Summer@theCenter
Summer@theCenter programs are week-long design studios for students entering grades 3 - 12. Students explore their own design ideas and learn about architecture, urban planning and landscape design through hands-on studio projects, trips and site visits. Programs include a two-week intensive Architecture Design Studio for high school students, digital design computer classes, apartment design, "green design" projects and more.
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New York's 6th Boro
July 23, 2012
Bringing their creative ideas to this urban design program and designing a new boro for NYC, students created a man-made "boro" extending into the water off Manhattan. Students learned how to...
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Architectural Drawing
July 23, 2012
Students developed their drawing abilities and created new portfolio pieces as they got to know some of the amazing spaces and places in our city. Students learned the basics of perspective drawing...
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A Room of One's Own
July 16, 2012
This week, interior design met architecture in a design/build studio for middle school students. Each student designed a room that uniquely met their needs and interests, and expanded on this,...
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Digital Green Design
July 16, 2012
Students developed their own designs for a personal shelter using Google SketchUp. Students learned the full range of SketchUp tools while they translated their design ideas into 3-D models and...
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Architectural Design Studio
July 2, 2012
For two weeks, students received a thorough introduction to the design process in this intensive studio. Focused around a studio design project, students learned how to work through an architectural...
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Summer at the Olympics
June 25, 2012
In honor of this summer's Olympic games, this program focused on the architecture of sports and recreation. Students explored ideas about how people like to watch and play their favorite sports and...
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