TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chan,Vicky
TI  - Adventures in architecture for kids: 30 design projects for STEAM discovery and learning 
T2  - Design genius junior
SN  - 9781631599729
U1  - 720 23/eng/20210713
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Beverly, MA
PB  - Rockport Publishers
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Handicraft
N1  - Includes index; 8+ years old
N2  - Introduces kids to the design challenges faced by architects today, including choosing materials, designing for diverse users, and considering the environment. Offering a world of possibilities for learning math, engineering, history, social studies, planning, geography, art, and design, this rich educational resource includes hands-on projects that allow kids to experiment, design, build, succeed, fail, and try again. Children will draw upon many fields of knowledge and sharpen a variety of skills, including observation and communication, as they: Complete building challenges with corrugated cardboard and geodesic forms; Look at how designers have solved impossible problems of gravity and space with creations such as suspension bridges, the Loretto helix staircase, and Brunelleschis dome; Explore how materials can be used in interesting ways, such as how paper can go from flimsy to structural; Participate in family game playing: client and design team-finding creative ways to meet a clients wish list. Use games to test strength, balance, and structure; Engage in pure imaginative archi-doodling; Explain the why
ER  -