LDa Architecture and Interiors - KidsBuild! https://www.lda-architects.com/explore-lda/list/kidsbuild en KidsBuild! All Grown Up 2017 https://www.lda-architects.com/explore-lda/kidsbuild-all-grown-2017 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Every year the <a href="http://www.architects.org/">BSA</a> hosts an event called KidsBuild! where children of all ages come to create and build. As stated on the BSA's site:</p> <p>"<em>KidsBuild! is a hands on, interactive learning experience for children, which is committed to creating learning opportunities for children through design and the built environment.</em>"</p> <p>This year was the 25th anniversary of the first KidsBuild event and as a celebration the adults got in on the fun and had their own night called KidsBuild: All Grown Up! Whereas at the KidsBuild event a city grid is laid out for kids to build upon is based on Boston’s layout, for the grown-up event the city was a city of the future where sea levels have risen and Boston has moved up on elevated platforms.  The challenge was how to build for a multi-level city and both reconsider traditional building types in that setting, as well as imagine new building types which might emerge.</p> <p>We had a great time designing and building at the event and if this post has piqued your interest, you can find more information on <strong>the free KidsBuild event happening April 8-9 </strong>on  <a href="https://kidsbuild.org/">BSA's Kid'sBuild!</a> Scroll down to read <a href="/node/422">Kimberly Barnett</a> and <a href="/node/419">Julieta Ohri</a>'s favorite part of the night and to see some fun pictures!</p> <p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/img_2626.jpg" style="width: 1200px; height: 900px;" /></p> <p><a href="/node/419">Julieta:</a> <em>"I would say that my favorite part was seeing which materials people selected. At the last KidsBuild I had volunteered in the Material Area, so I helped a lot of the kids with selection but I never got to see the final product. One group make a skyscraper out of old CD cases, which I thought was genius! Usually those CD cases are a hard sell. "</em></p> <p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/img_4106.jpg" style="width: 1200px; height: 1200px;" /></p> <p><a href="/node/422">Kimberly:</a><em>"I think the most fun part was to see how building the city brought people together.  When groups first arrived, people very much stuck with their building team of 3 or 4.  Through the course of the building time, you could see people working on neighboring tables start to chat &amp; help each other with ideas.  By the end of the evening, after everyone was done building and had presented their project to the group, it felt much more like a large group effort that had worked together on the overall city."</em></p> <p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/img_4108.jpg" style="width: 900px; height: 1200px;" /></p> <p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/img_2627.jpg" style="width: 900px; height: 1200px;" /></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/explore-lda/list/kidsbuild">KidsBuild!</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/explore-lda/list/bsa">BSA</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/explore-lda/list/events">Events</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:59:01 +0000 LDa 1993 at https://www.lda-architects.com