Middle School Architecture Camp

Middle School  Architecture Camp is for students enter grades 7-9.  Campers come from around the country and the world to build friendships, and learn about buildings and design. Our award-winning architecture camps introduce young people to the design of the built environment.  Register online at continuinged.siu.edu or call 618/536-7751.

Learn:

• Why do buildings stand up?
• Why do buildings look the way they do?
• How is a building designed, built and reused?
• What do architects and interior designers do?
• How and why do people define space? 

Understand

• Construction materials
• Computers in design
• The design process
• The importance of the built environment
• Design drawing as a problem solving tool

Activities

• Explore historic architecture
• Travel to St. Louis or other architectural sites
• Learn about the history of architecture with slides, discussion and costumes
• Discuss how the built environment affects our behavior
• Engage in the design process; brainstorm and critique
• Sketch, render, and build models
• Check out computer graphics and computer aided design (CAD)
• Visit construction sites
• Try your hand at casting concrete
• Join in small scale construction project