Students construct a model of a house according to their own imagination. They consider changes in architectural design over time and what makes the difference between conventional and unusual houses. They then transform cardboard into an unusual house, whilst also carefully assessing if they have included all of the necessary features of a house and have created an attractive and functional space to live in. 

• Develop aesthetic and functional qualities of visual designs

• Learn about the history of architecture

• Develop spatial imagination and technical skills

This unit has a creativity and critical thinking focus:

• Play with unusual and radical design ideas and question conventions in architectural design

• Create, appraise, and consider several perspectives on visual art that show expressive qualities

Web and print

• Pictures of an open-air museum and traditional architecture on ICT

• Pictures of modern houses, buildings, and constructions on ICT

Other Resources

• Small and large boxes, glue, medical sticks

• Cotton wool, tempera paints, cups, and various waste materials

Opportunities to adapt, extend, and enrich

• Students could be asked to create a house of the future as a follow-up activity

• Further links could be made with local history by going on an architectural tour of the local area

• An architect or equivalent expert could be invited to speak to the students

• Further activities from the OECD CERI project Fostering and assessing creativity and critical thinking skills over the use of mathematics in the design of buildings and architectural plans include Mathematics for a new Taj Mahal and The Math-Mystery of the Egyptian Pyramids

English Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HwCg_fv41RSN-8wxl0_veOdXDOgn6z6e6PLo9rCao8w/edit?usp=sharing

Hindi Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JXGiblTEnjLdevjK6OSBGc7K1Q1GGpaIy0jdrqqakcM/edit?usp=sharing 

Gujarati Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/180S9eYYzX0RJia3SPfyxIIQmUzhwDgePfYS9Rl5rNRA/edit?usp=sharing 

Kannada Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yht0wKYBWjrIErpQB7cNN6s_Rwy58134yoIpCesDj84/edit?usp=drive_link