SWISS CLUB WORKSHOP

WHO:                  7 to 17 y-o
WHEN:                5 day – Monday to Friday
8th, 9th, 11th, 12th January 2024
                            9am to 12nn
WHERE:             Swiss club (288139)
Rifle Lounge
HOW LONG:      15 hours
PRICE:                S$ 500 (inclusive of all materials) 

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The aim of this workshop is to introduce children to architecture.
In a tutorial-like creative setting, children will find out about architecture in a playful way. I will guide them in their reflections so that they mature their own projects.
The main activity will be the construction of a model of a shophouse transformed into housing space. Many other complementary activities will be proposed to enrich this initiation.

We will focus on the shophouse because it is a landmark in the built-environment and a feature of the Singaporean identity. The combination of the past and the contemporary construction will allow children to understand the new challenges facing architects in terms of heritage. A housing project is a program that children can easily understand and handle. Each child will design their own project with the aim of preserving the historical part and imagining a new construction behind the shophouse.

Along with the construction of the model, we will explore several other aspects related to architecture.
Namely, the explanation of the profession of architect, its role and its missions, the presentation of certain major projects in the world, the discovery of references combining ancient and contemporary as well as other complementary workshops.

We will not be using a computer, everything will be done manually. The material will be provided.