Playing with Buildings
V&A Museum of Childhood
V&A Museum of Childhood
Year 1 BSc Architecture were invited to take over the Front Room Gallery at the V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, with a year long show of their work, titled Playing with Buildings. The commission included a series of 1:1 prototypes, models, and drawings, photography and film. Initiated by Teresa Hare Duke, from the Museum of Childhood, this collaborative project involved the V&A, UEL Architecture, visual and performance artists, engineers, and local primary and secondary schools.
Students worked from a brief that thematically ties in with the V&A’s ambition to change the physical and conceptual approach to the museums teaching spaces and expand its approach to learning in the museum. The designs for new playful spaces for learning were kick-started in a series of workshops that took place in the museum. The projects were designed and built at UEL and installed in the gallery in February 2019. Participatory design included students facilitating workshops with local school kids at the Museum of Childhood, after installation, to test and scrutinize the designs. The workshops were documented by photographer Madeleine Waller, and the images formed part of the exhibition.
Teaching partners: Kristina Hertel, Reem Charif, Michele Roelofsma, Toshiya Kogawa.
Students worked from a brief that thematically ties in with the V&A’s ambition to change the physical and conceptual approach to the museums teaching spaces and expand its approach to learning in the museum. The designs for new playful spaces for learning were kick-started in a series of workshops that took place in the museum. The projects were designed and built at UEL and installed in the gallery in February 2019. Participatory design included students facilitating workshops with local school kids at the Museum of Childhood, after installation, to test and scrutinize the designs. The workshops were documented by photographer Madeleine Waller, and the images formed part of the exhibition.
Teaching partners: Kristina Hertel, Reem Charif, Michele Roelofsma, Toshiya Kogawa.
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