Kid Architecture Day Camp - Session 2
July 21 - 25, 2008

This Architecture Camp was developed to introduce young people to the design of the built environment. The workshops are sponsored by The Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the School of Architecture, and the College of Applied

Sciences and Arts, in cooperation with the Division of Continuing Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Architecture Camp Objectives:

Participants will develop an understanding of the following:
- Why buildings look the way they do.
- Why buildings stand up.
- What architects and interior designers do.
- Design drawing as a problem solving tool/method.
- The design process used by architects and interior designers.
- How a building is designed, constructed, used, and reused.
- Construction materials used in building.
- How and why people "define" space.
- New tools of design including computer graphics systems, animation and computer-aided design.
- Importance of all citizens to have a voice and participate in the design of the built environment.

These objectives serve as the core of all our architecture camps. The content complexity and skill levels are appropriately structured for each academic level.

Activities of Architecture Camps

- Walking historic architecture field trips.
- Architecture history slide discussions.
- Environmental behavior studies discussions
  (How the built environment affects our behavior).
- Architecture history slide discussions in costume.
- Design process, application, generation of solutions and critique.
- Sketching and rendering.
- Small scale construction projects.
- Visiting constructions sites.
- Casting concrete.
- Model building.
- Spatial projects.
- Computer graphics and CAD.
- Structural projects.
- Field trip to St. Louis Architecture or other sites.

Evening activities, including instruction and recreational activities, are planned for those attending the Middle School and High School Architecture Camps.

Project Director

Jon Davey, the project director for the Kid Architecture and Architecture Camp, is starting his 27 th year of design teaching. He has experience at both the School of Architecture-University of Wisconsin and at the SIUC Architecture Studies and Interior

Design Pro grams. As a teacher of architecture and design, he has been awarded department Teacher of the Year five times, and college Teacher of the Year twice, Distinguished Faculty Award twice and college scholar of the year. His professional experience includes work with various architectural and engineering firms. Davey has a special concern with young people's ideas of what de sign is, especially their development of three-dimensional spatial skills. To contact Jon Davey personally, call

618-453-3734, FAX 618-453-1129, cell phone 618-559-8931, or email jdavey@siu.edu

Awards

The Architecture Camps have received a national Certificate of Distinction from Urban Net work, School of Architecture at the University of Michigan; a Citation of Honor from the Illinois Council and Presidential Award from the American Institute of Architects; a Chapter Education Award from the St. Louis Chapter of the Construction Specification Institute; a Regional Educational Award from the Construction Specification Institute; an Illinois Connections Award of Distinction from the Illinois State Board of Education; and an Award of Merit for Best Practice in K-12 Architectural Education from the American Architectural Foundation.

Program Date: June 23 - 27, 2008

Program Date: July 21 - 25, 2008

Program Times: Registration: Monday, 8:00 AM
Camp: Monday - Thursday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Field Trip: Friday, 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Program Location: SIUC, Quigley Hall

Registration Deadline: Online Registration Deadline July 14, 2008 at noon.

Fees: $175

To download a copy of the brochure, click here.

Program Requirement: The Academic Medical/Photo Release Form must be submitted to the Division of Continuing Education prior to a camp in order for your child to attend.

Registration Options:
Register on-line for this course or call the Division of Continuing Education @ 618-536-7751

Last updated: April 23 2008.