Lesson

1: AREA FOR EVERYONE

HOW CAN SPACES BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES?

STUDENTS WILL. Reect on how spaces are used and controlled. Inves8gate the eect that these spaces have on the communi8es who use them.

SOUTH CENTRAL FARM, Los Angeles, CA

CAMBRIDGESIDE GALLERIA MALL, Cambridge, MA

1.What do you notice about how this space was designed or constructed? 2. Why do you think it was constructed in this way? What do you think it is used for? 3. What questions do you have about it?
THE ACROPOLIS, Athens, Greece

4. Do you think that the way that this space is designed has a negative or positive effect on the community that uses it? Why?

1950 GROUP AREAS ACT MAP OF CAPETOWN, South Africa

HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY PLAN, Hollywood, CA

9/11 MEMORIAL, New York, NY

STUDENTS WILL. Brainstorm the needs and desires of their community. Design a community space in a local open lot. Create two drawings. Photoshop these drawings into a satellite image of the space.
SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS: -One-Point Perspective -Using Adobe Photoshop