I was in my glory this week!  I was able to merge my two favorite things: teaching and architecture!

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It was Career Day at GCCS and Mrs. Daniels and I taught the students about being an architect.  Mrs. Aldrich taught them about being a pharmacist and Mrs. Werner taught about being an Occupational Therapist.

Students learned what an architect does and they learned about different styles of architecture, such as Romanesque, Modern, Victorian, Gothic, and Beaux Arts!  We also examined local, national, and world architecture from different time periods and cultures.

YEMEN

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – BUFFALO – PRAIRIE STYLE – HORIZONTAL

VICTORIAN STYLE HOUSE – 1800s – BUFFALO

BUFFALO

BUFFALO – MODERN (NEW) – FEDERAL BUILDING

SULLIVAN – BUFFALO – INTRODUCTION OF FIRST SKYSCRAPERS (VERTICAL) – INTRICATE DETAIL

BUFFALO – SILSBEE AND MARLING – BEMUS HOUSE

BUFFALO

BUFFALO – CENTRAL TERMINAL

LACKAWANNA – BASILICA

BUFFALO – EB GREEN – RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE – 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

ST. LOUIS CHURCH – BUFFALO – OLDEST CHURCH IN BUFFALO

SPAIN

CHINA

INDIA

CANADA – MODERN ARCHITECTURE

GREECE

TORONTO – SKYSCRAPERS

LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL – BUFFALO

BUFFALO – CITY HALL 1932 – DIETEL & WADE

BUFFALO – RICHARDSON – RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE

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Students also learned the values of preserving our beautiful architecture and how place matters, meaning we don’t need anymore strip malls filled with horizontal rectangular prism shaped buildings.

After learning about different styles of architecture, students were able to be creative by making their own building models out of marshmallows, toothpicks, and stir sticks.

building out of toothpicks and marshmallows

architecture

architects

Hotel Natalia

Train Terminal

architect

Ang’s Cathedral

See the full lesson plan here: https://gccs2.wordpress.com/other/career-day-architect/