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Planning a Community!. Dr. Judith Briggs Jordan DeWilde. Why teach about community?. The ways in which a community is structured greatly affect our lives. By encouraging observation of their environment, teachers can gain insight into what the students value in their community.
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Planning a Community! Dr. Judith BriggsJordan DeWilde
Why teach about community? • The ways in which a community is structured greatly affect our lives. • By encouraging observation of their environment, teachers can gain insight into what the students value in their community.
Urbanism and Art Education in the USA • Written by June King McFee (1969) in Art Education, Volume 22/Number 6 • Incorporating a concern for the environment into education • America values an agrarian society, while it needs to move towards an urban society • Help children with the difficult task of preserving individuality in a society where interdependence is key for survival. • Encourage them to maintain their individuality • Taking responsibility for their community.
Go Beyond Your Community • While it is important for students to make observations of their own community, encourage discussion of different communities and identify their similarities and differences. • Rural, Suburban, Urban • Characteristics, experiences, advantages/disadvantages
Civic, Residential, & Business • Explain what these buildings are • Brainstorm different examples of each • Ask students, “How do you know?” • Show several examples • Ask students to identify shapes, patterns, colors, materials • How do these convey meaning?
Mixed Use • Some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, or institutional spaces. • Businesses always have customers living nearby, residents always have short distance to business • Challenges in construction and risky for developers.
Needs of the community in 2010 • The “nuclear family” is now only 25% of the American population. • Extended family • Blended families • LGBT families • Youth moving back in • Grandparents moving in with child’s family • Multicultural centers • Places of worship • Homeless shelters • Nursing Homes • Alternative schools • Public housing
Creating Buildings Using the Elements and Principles of Design • Balance – symmetry • Unity, Rhythm, Variety, Emphasis, Proportion • Shape, Space, Color • Details!
