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Option A - My Home

• Option A - My Home
  • Introduction
  • Lesson A1 - What is a House?
    Examines why we need houses. Focuses on the features considered important in a well-designed house.
  • Lesson A2 - My Favorite Room
    Explores the layout of rooms and their contents
  • Lesson A3 - Surveying Rooms
    Examines the proportions of rooms and their features through surveying. Explores the concept of plans and the associated terminology
  • Lesson A4 - Layouts and Floor Plans
    Explores layouts and plans by examining the position of rooms and the way in which they are associated according to use
  • Lesson A5 - What kind of house do I live in?
    Introduces the range of features found on the façade of a house and examines a variety of house types found in Ireland
  • Lesson A6 - Plan, Section and Elevation
    Investigates the means by which architects represent different views of houses to reveal their external and internal structure
  • Lesson A7 - What is my house made from?
    Explores building materials and their suitability for different purposes
  • Lesson A8 - How does a house stand up?
    Investigates technical problem solving, focusing on different parts of a house's construction.
  • Lesson A9 - Planning and Aspect
    Explores case studies of two families with different needs. Considers appropriate designs and house types. Investigates the concepts of site and aspect.
  • Lesson A10 - The Planning Game
    Explores factors to be considered when planning a site for a group of houses.
• Option A - Worksheets
  • Worksheet A1
  • Worksheet A2
  • Worksheet A3
  • Worksheet A4
  • Worksheet A5
  • Worksheet A6

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Option B - Neighbourhood, Village, Town, City

• Option B - Neighbourhood, Village, Town, City
  • Introduction
  • Lesson B1 - Buildings in the Neighbourhood
    Explores a range of building types found in communities
  • Lesson B2 - Buildings, Streets and Public Spaces
    Explores students' routes to school.
  • Lesson B3 - The Origins of a Settlement
    Explores some of the factors which influence the location and growth of settlements.
  • Lesson B4 - The Shape of a Town
    Explores the physical form of a community.
  • Lesson B5 - Communities and Change
    Investigates a range of issues related to planning for communities undergoing change.
  • Lesson B6 - The Origins of my Community
    Explores factors which have influenced the origin and development of the students' own community
  • Lesson B7 - Field Trip: Community Study
    Explores building materials and their suitability for different purposes
  • Lesson B8 - Conservation and Preservation
    Identifies opportunities for and implications of conservation in the students' community.
  • Lesson B9 - My Community Now
    Takes a critical look at the current state of the students' community.
  • Lesson B10 - The Way Ahead
    Students negotiate proposals for the conservation and development of their own community.
• Option B - Worksheets
  • Worksheet B1
  • Worksheet B2
  • Worksheet B3
  • Worksheet B4
  • Worksheet B5
  • Worksheet B6
  • Worksheet B7
  • Worksheet B8
  • Worksheet B9
  • Worksheet B10

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Option C - Buildings through History

• Option C - Buildings through History
  • Introduction
  • Lesson C1 - Building Shelters
    Explores some reasons for making buildings.
  • Lesson C2 - Building with Wood and Stone
    Explores the characteristics of materials and some early methods used in construction of buildings.
  • Lesson C3 - Structural Systems in Buildings
    Explores how buildings stand up
  • Lesson C4 - The Shape of Buildings
    Explores the use of geometric shapes in buildings.
  • Lesson C5 - Buildings in Paintings
    Explores one-point perspective, one method of representing space in paintings.
  • Lesson C6 - Building Portraits - Interior and Exterior
    Explores two-point perspective in paintings.
  • Lesson C7 - The Evolution of Design Ideas
    Investigates how some design ideas have developed from 5th century BC to the present day.
  • Lesson C8 - Field Trip
    Involves a detailed study of an important building in the community.
  • Lesson C9 - Profile of a Historic Building
    Focuses on assembling all of the information which was collected to present an in-depth view of the building.
  • Lesson C10 - Conservation, Preservation and Innovation
    Explores the appropriateness of conserving or preserving certain buildings.
• Option C - Worksheets
  • Worksheet C1
  • Worksheet C2
  • Worksheet C3
  • Worksheet C4
  • Worksheet C5 (Parts A & B)
  • Worksheet C5 (Part C)
  • Worksheet C5 (Part D)
  • Worksheet C6
  • Worksheet C7
  • Worksheet C8

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Guidelines

• Drawing Guidelines
• Model-Making Guidelines
• Surveying Guidelines
• Photo Guidelines

Information Sheets

• Information Sheets
  • 1: Scrapbook Instructions
  • 2: Architectural Symbols
  • 3: Landscape and Services Symbols
  • 4: House Facade
  • 5: Irish Houses
  • 6: Doors and Windows
  • 7: Roofs
  • 8: Houses of the Americas
  • 9: Section of a House
  • 10: Bearing the Load
  • 11: Site for a House
  • 12: House Evaluation Checklist
  • 13: Planning Game Patterns
  • 14: Planning Game Rules
  • 15: Four Houses
  • 16: Streets and Squares
  • 17: Maynooth
  • 18: Scale, Vista and Axis
  • 19: Library Facade
  • 20: Compression, Tension and Span
  • 21: Structural Systems
  • 22: Greek and Roman Temples
  • 23: Classical Portico
  • 24: Shapes in Doors and windows
  • 25: Shapes in Buildings
  • 26: One-point Perspective
  • 27: One-point Perspective in Paintings
  • 28: Two-point Perspective
  • 29: The Parthenon
  • 30: Architectural Heritage
  • 31: Four Buildings

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References & Resources

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