Workshop Journal

Our experiences teaching annual workshops where we experiment with arts based curriculum adapted to Urban Sri Lankan kids. The best way to read these are from bottom up, in chronological order.

The inaugural annual workshops were made possible with the support of the Percival and Naomi Goodman Fellowship, from Columbia University GSAPP. Thank you for letting us dream bigger.

Posts tagged Architecture for kids

13: Building our Mini City: Reimagining Colombo

13: Building our Mini City: Reimagining Colombo

Mapping big and making a playful, colorful three dimensional model of our dream city!

Visualization, Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya10 February 2020urbanism, mapping education, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Art class, architecture, City, Model, Architecture for kids, ScaleComment

11: Mapping our Street

11: Mapping our Street

‘Do you see the humps on the road?’ ‘How many garbage trucks are parked across the playground?’ ‘Did anyone notice the staircases leading to all the houses? How many are there?’

We accepted any answer.

Observation, Problem SolvingRanitri Weerasuriya24 November 2019urbanism, art, mapping education, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Art class, maps, mapping, Architecture for kids

9: CLAY: Exploring materiality

9: CLAY: Exploring materiality

Is it soft? smooth? heavy? wet? As we continued spinning the bottle, the students themselves began the search for interesting materials to hand over to their blindfolded companion.

Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya24 June 2018Materials, Clay, Art class, Architecture for kids, Materiality, Texture, makingComment

8: Building an Iratu Bridge

8: Building an Iratu Bridge

Can Iratu hold up a stack of books? We build a bridge out of it.

Problem Solving, Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya23 June 2018Stick, Iratu, Mini Bridge, Structures, Architecture for kidsComment

7: Mapping your School

7: Mapping your School

Why does this place make you happy? Why don’t you like this place? Can we all think of ways to make the sad places happy again?

ObservationRanitri Weerasuriya23 June 2018mapping education, mapping, Architecture for kids, Art classComment

1: Build your 'Character' and their room.

1: Build your 'Character' and their room.

Can you make your character to scale? What is this character like? Where does this character live?

Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya2 June 2018Architecture for kids, making, ScaleComment