Talk with Dixon Lu, Associate Partner of MAD Architects
Luncheon By Design 2024
Museum Friends: Nadia Watts: The Gem Collection for Kravet
Architecture and Design
Consists of more than 18,000 objects dating from the 1500s to the present, comprising one of the preeminent modern and contemporary design collections of any comprehensive museum in the United States.
Building outside the box
Explore architecture with the idea that buildings don't have to be box-shaped. Students will create their own architectural designs by literally thinking outside the box.
A Butterfly’s Perspective
Children will examine images of traditional buildings and compare them to what they see in the Frederic C. Hamilton Building. They will then imagine they are butterflies flitting about the Frederic C. Hamilton Building and describe differences they notice.
Do You See What I See?
Students will work with a partner in a fun activity that helps them see the importance of finding precise words to describe the Frederic C. Hamilton Building. They will then learn how research can expand their understanding of the Frederic C. Hamilton Building beyond what they examined and learned about it from visual images alone.
Architect and the Public in Public Architecture
Students will learn how a public building reflects the ideas of the architect and compare this to how the public perceives the building. Students will look at the Frederic C. Hamilton Building, read about the architect Daniel Libeskind, and interview people about their perceptions of the Frederic C. Hamilton Building to better understand the similarities and differences in the architect’s and the public’s points of view.
The Things People Build
Children will have time to construct their own “buildings.” They will then look at an ancient structure, followed by the Frederic C. Hamilton Building and the North Building, and talk about the different shapes, styles, and materials used for construction over the course of history. A comparison to the buildings they’ve fashioned, followed by a chance to build their own “forts,” winds up the lesson.