For architects to design buildings that are structurally strong, they must understand that the forms they use, such as cubes, cylinders, and rectangular prisms are well-constructed and made of sturdy materials. You probably don’t have the materials available to architects in your artroom, but your students can build surprisingly strong structures starting with stacked cubes made from high-quality construction paper.
Art teachers provide lessons for students to build and construct with loose parts and three-dimensional materials. Students create mixed-media STEAM-based treehouses, build 3D mod pod houses from paper, study an outdoor sculpture and create pyramid assemblages, sculpt clay homes inspired by historical American architecture, and more.
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