Fuller´s Dome in the school
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Project Description
This is a project lead by children and their parents to improve their schoolyard. Children, Teachers, Architects, Biologists and Artists all influenced by Fuller´s optimism and energy to improve our planet. This project changed the way the school uses an empty piece of green land at the back of the school. Bikes, climbing walls, color, a botanical garden, an alotment, games, a theatre and an open-air clasroom to fight Covid. Designed by 9 to 11 years old children and happy architects
Project Region
EU Programme or fund
Which funds
Other Funds
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Programa Impulsa 2020.
Consejería Educación Andalucia.
Fondo Social Europeo (ESF)
Description of the project
Summary
Underprivileged kids aged 9 to 11 learnt through sustainable architectural lessons to analyse and be critical with their schoolyard. Nature was in the backyard, Nature was neglected and still it was extraordinarily beautiful. It was there and it had lots of potential so we started learning about the natural resources we already had and we converted our non used back garden into a botanical garden finished with an open-air Fuller Dome.
They learnt next to biologists about urban flora and fauna and linking art and science designed playful signs in English, Spanish and Latin to name the rediscovered trees. They also designed an area to have fun and to climb and painted a theatre to sing dance and celebrate the multiculturality of this school.
Key objectives for sustainability
Video:
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
Wood, green and dark brown from the soil. That's the colour scheme
Key objectives for inclusion
The schoolyard now has space for the ones who want to play football and for the ones who prefer sitting, digging, or relaxing. Now we are using a forgotten place
Results in relation to category
We have collected the drawings before and after the lessons and we are currently analysing the improvements and their understanding of sustainable architecture.
You can see a short video with the exercise ( Before and after) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1CYo7LhGpQ
How Citizens benefit
Some parents who never used to visit the school or contribute have been involved and helped to build the Fuller´s Dome. OPen air clasroom
Innovative character
1. Inviting parents to learn with their children about sustainable architecture during school hours.
2. Reusing the space and optimizing what they already had. The trees and the space to place the openair classroom are now much more valuable and tangible for the students.
