Design
Playground
course
description
Organised around 6 sessions of intense playing, the Design Playground opens up a multitude of joyful scenarios, delivering innovative ways of thinking about and understanding space.
Created as a playful introduction to design and spatial qualities, Design Playground is a scenario where you test your imagination, reinvent design qualities and understand architectural design.
The sessions are structured around core design concepts such as materiality, light, access, activity and time, all carried forward by the groups’ dynamic.
prerogative
Every participant, named “student”, will be expected to bring his imagination, free spirit, curiosity and courage to every Scientific Architectural Design Investigators course attended.
time span
6 weeks ; 1 meeting/week ; 2h30’ / meeting
location
Bucharest
age
category 1 : 10 – 18 ( with parent supervision or letter of consent )
category 2 : 18 +
educational
offer
> studio meeting 1 : qualities and necessities in space
> studio meeting 2 : attributed identities
> studio meeting 3 : characteristics in action
> studio meeting 4 : mixed scenario qualities
> studio meeting 5 : public space revisited
> studio meeting 6 : making a difference
tools
Traian Tuta - RiBA part II architect
author
Traian Tuta - RiBA part II architect
calendar
A new Design Playground studio is formed when 8 people per age group enrol on the course.
The course lasts for 6 weeks.
frequency
takes place once a week, every week.
equipment
Students are required to have leisure clothing and shoes.
Every other equipment and tool needed will be provided in the studio as part of the Design Playground Investigator student kit.
food / drinks
water, fruit, pastry, tea and coffee are on the menu as part of every session during the Spontaneous Design course break.
capacity
15 people per age group. The course takes place with a minimum of 8 students per age group.
access
disabled access is available ( this should be checked prior to booking, as locations of field trips may vary in accommodating wheel chair users or visually impaired citizens )
language
English + Romanian
cost
category 1 :
category 2 :
outcome
English + Romanian
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