Art Gallery

We (room 17) went to the Edmonton Art Gallery on December 8th, 2009 to learn about architecture and art. We were there for three hours. We went to the City Hall that same day, but that’s a different story. Anyway, when we got there our class got split up into two groups and we were given tours of the gallery. We were shown photos, drawings, and models on different buildings around the world. One of the buildings we were shown was a technology building that had a school in it too, but was never built. Another one of the many photos was a few photos of buildings that were built in ancient Greece and are still standing, which is pretty cool.

After looking at the pictures we were told to create our own buildings with the three other people in our group, using the pictures we had seen as inspirations. The materials we used were clear plastic, cardboard, egg cartons, paper towel rolls, etc. Everyone’s was unique and different. Everyone had different inspiration including a bottle, Fort Edmonton and a Wii remote. We were given sheets that told us what the topic was, what it was going to have inside it, where it is located, the weather, the climate, etc.

The people who worked there gave us a sheet of paper where we drew our design. We were also able to brainstorm on the huge sheets of paper that covered the tables. Then we started to build the structures using the sheet we had used earlier to do the planning. We used the materials as we mentioned above. Our whole group had to work on it to finish in time. We had about one hour to complete our buildings. Once we were done we shared what it had inside of it, where is located, the weather, the climate, and our inspirations.

We all had tons of fun and we learned a lot of interesting things about architecture and buildings. Thanks for reading!!

BY M & J