On Monday 29th April Coral Class visited the home of architecture to undertake a 3-hour creative workshop led by the RIBA Learning team.
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The children began the session by thinking and designing a building.
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We visited the museum and saw some examples of design.
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This is a mirrored building. It is set in the English countryside and reflects the surrounding fields. It is camouflaged.
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The children looked at the structure of buildings.
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We ate our lunch in one of the board rooms-the children were very impressed with the length of the table!
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The children were encouraged to critique model buildings and come up with an alternative.
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The children eagerly began to make their own models.
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We shared our models and discussed why we had made them, who they were for and any sustainable materials used.