Discovering Hidden Shapes in Architecture - Te Tuhi Pre-visit Lesson

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2. Dream Houses Te Tuhi Pre-visit lesson 2 Hidden Shapes

3. In our last lesson we learnt that buildings don’t have to be built and designed one way. Lets take a closer look at 5 buildings and try to find the hidden shapes in each building. Through imagination and creativity buildings can be designed and made using many different shapes.

4. Lets begin with this building in Melbourne, Austraila. What shapes could this building be made of? Lets take a closer look… Carefully looking at the side of this building, can you see which shape appears the most? Different shaped triangles appear on this building. Are there other shapes you can see? Let’s find more hidden shapes... Image: http://www.amnoncarmel.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album08&id=Small_Melbourne_Federation_Square2

5. Here is the Edifico Mirador building in Spain. I wonder what shapes this building is made of? Are there other shapes we can see in this building? Let’s find more hidden shapes... Let’s take a closer look… Looking carefully, what shapes appear the most in this building? This building is made up of different sized squares and rectangles. Image: http://www.flickriver.com/places/Spain/Madrid/Madrid/Valdefuentes/

6. Here is the Seattle Central Library in the USA. What shapes could this building be made of? Are there other shapes we can see in this building? Let’s find more hidden shapes... Lets take a closer look… Carefully looking at the glass walls of the building, what shapes can you see that stand out? There are triangles, rectangles and diamond shapes on this building. Image: http://www.strangebuildings.com/seattle-central-library-seattle-usa//

7. Here are the “Habitat 68” apartments in Canada. I wonder which shapes these buildings are made of? Are there other shapes we can see in this building? Let’s find more hidden shapes... Let’s take a closer look… Looking at all the different houses in this picture, what shapes can you see? This building is made up of squares and rectangles.

8. Here are the “Honey Bee Hive Houses” in Israel. I wonder which shapes these buildings are made of? Are there other shapes we can see in this building? Let’s take a closer look… Looking at all the different houses in this picture, what shapes can you see? This building is made up of pentagons,squares and rectangles. Image: http://www.strangebuildings.com/honey-bee-hive-house-jerusalem-israel/

9. In each of the 5 buildings we saw, we found… Houses and buildings are all around us and are made from many different shapes. Triangles Next time you are out and about with your “shape sheet”, see if there are buildings and houses that have the same shapes you have. Squares and rectangles Diamonds with triangles and rectangles If you see new shapes you can add them to your sheet. And rectangles with squares and pentagons.

10. In the next lesson we will explore “Artist Gregor Kregar”. End of lesson.