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

12: The City is our Classroom: Our Class Tours Colombo!

The City is our classroom on this double decker adventure.

ObservationRanitri Weerasuriya27 January 2020Building Hope children’s center urbanism, mapping education, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Bus tour, mapsComment

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

10: Mapping our Classroom

We had students come to the white-board to draw the class table, the cupboard, the computers, the trees outside, even a car in a ‘bird’s eye view’.

Observation, VisualizationRanitri Weerasuriya8 November 2019urbanism, art, class, mapping education, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Art class, mapping, maps

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

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