Education
Allegheny West Foundation
Collaborative volunteers engaged youth in the Allegheny West neighborhood in the design of a playful element for the Peirce Elementary schoolyard and the design and building of a “lounge pod” that can be moved to different locations in the neighborhood. Playing for the Future was a partnership between the Collaborative and AIA Philadelphia’s Architecture in Education (AIE) Program and used AIE’s new curriculum, which emphasizes experiential learning.
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Students worked with Collaborative volunteers from Kieran Timberlake to re-envision the Peirce Elementary schoolyard
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AIE's new curriculum includes hands-on design activities
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Students used design to look at their environment in new ways
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Student drawing for the redesign of Peirce Elementary's schoolyard
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Students working on the design/build phase of the design grant, a "lounge pod"
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The lounge pod is mobile and multi-functional
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Allegheny West students show off their hard work
