The Lock-Up's Little Architects program is part of the education services we deliver and is supported by Newcastle City Council's Community Assistance Program.
The Lock-up Cultural Centre presents a series of hands-on workshops for creative and inquiring young people.
The workshops take place after school each wednesday and explore architecture, the city, sustainability, art, culture and design in a variety of fun and practical ways.
Term starts : Wednesday 10 March 4pm - 5.30pm
Cost $15 per week upfront.
2010 PROGRAM
Week 1- Welcome to Little A's 2010
Little A's will use this session to discuss upcoming projects and prepare for the year ahead. They will also do some drawing with a focus on experimenting with marks and observing their surroundings.
Week 2- Exploring colour
This session is all about colour; how we use it, how it relates to design and how it can make us feel. Little A's will be introduced to a range of design concepts relating to colour and will produce an artwork exploring the possibilities of different colour combinations.
Week 3- Feeling the world
This session will explore the idea of using texture to activate spaces and surfaces. Little A's will produce their own cave of textures and will discuss the connection between how things actually feel and how they make us feel.
Week 4- Order vs Chaos
This session will contrast two different starting points for creating a design and will explore concepts of rhythm, pattern and composition. Little A's will begin with a set number of basic design elements which they will piece together to create a work. Little A's will then produce a collage of random elements and use this as the basis for a second work.
Week 5- Fantasy Lands
This session will challenge Little A's to design fantastical buildings in response to a range of strange environments. Little A's will be given photos of different landscapes and will draw/ collage buildings and structures in amongst the environments.
Week 6- Highs and lows
This session is all about the city and how the heights of buildings relate to each other.
Little A's will talk about high rise versus low rise buildings and will then create their own skyscrapers. As a group the little A's will then put together a miniature cityscape.
Week 7- Skin deep
This session is all about the facades of buildings and how surfaces can be activated in different ways. Little A's will talk about different ways architects design the outside of buildings and will then design their own facade. Little A's will be encouraged to think about detail, light and texture.
Week 8- Echoes from the deep
This session is all about sound and acoustics. Little A's will expl
ore the way sound interacts with architecture. They will use various rooms in the lockup to create and record noises and will the put together their own soundscape.