A very special group of 2
nd grade girls from
Central Riverside took part in “
I can be…an
Architect,” managed and organized by my fellow art educator, Ayonna
Patterson, a community advocate for educational opportunities for girls.
The purpose of this career day workshop was to give a basic
understanding of the Architecture profession and to inspire girls to dream
about what they can become.
The first stop on our trip was to “Breaking Ground,’ a
construction company owned and run by women! The “junior architects” studied
blueprints for buildings, learned about “green construction” and visited the
roof to explore a rooftop garden.
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| Reading blueprints |
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Learning about the rooftop garden
Next stop: the Karpeles Manuscript Museum where students were
treated to a day of creative design! Wearing pink hard hats, the girls sat at
tables to plan a dream house design assisted by a real
architect/volunteer! Each girl created a
floor plan by cutting out room modules and affixing them onto graph paper.
After a pizza lunch, they were presented with a bag full of children’s books,
creative tools and other goodies.
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Much thanks to AIA, a local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, FAMU School of Architecture and Ms. Ayonna Paterson, director and organizer of this fantastic event!
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| Ayonna Patterson, Event Organizer |
