A learning architecture @nicantaki - Tumblr Blog

Mariamma Nagar Presentation Day: Class Photo

#Mariamma Nagar #Muktangan School #collectivedesignpractice #alearningarchitecture

Mariamma Nagar Presentation Day: Class Photo

#Lovegrove school #Muktangan School #critical thinking #Mariamma Nagar #Mumbai #alearningarchitecture #a learning architecture #design pedagogy #Critical Pedagogy

More Trees: Presentation Day in Mariamma Nagar

#More trees #muktangan #mariamma nagar #critical thinking #design pedagogy #design workshop #design for change #alearningarchitecture

Rubbish and Recycling: Presentation Day in Mariamma Nagar

#recycling #rubbish and recycling #Muktangan School #Lovegrove School #Mariamma Nagar #Design for Change #design workshop #design pedagogy #Critical Pedagogy #critical thinking #alearningarchitecture

Open Gutters: Presentation Day in Mariamma Nagar

#open gutters #gutter cover #design for change #Muktangan School #Lovegrove School #design workshop #critical thinking #Critical Pedagogy

Fighting and Bad Language: Presentation Day in Mariamma Nagar

#avoid fighting #Muktangan School #Lovegrove School #design work #Design for Change #Mariamma Nagar #critical thinking #design pedagogy #design workshop

Mosquitos: Presentation Day in Mariamma Nagar

#mosquitos #Design for Change #Mariamma Nagar #Muktangan School #Lovegrove School #design pedagogy #design workshop

More Trees: Final Design Drawings

The children designed a machine embroidered handbag, that would send a message about saving trees to conserve and increase greenery in the city. They also designed an embroidered planter that would contain kitchen plants such as tulsi (basil) curry leaf, mint, oregano and lemongrass. The planter is on wheels so that it can be moved into the house after dark, so as not to get stolen. The planter has a fabric cover with a design that urges people to ‘save trees’, decorated with drawings of trees, mountains and clouds.

#save trees #muktangan #Lovegrove School #design for change #design workshop #design pedagogy #mariamma Nagar #a learning architecture

Rubbish and Recycling: Final Design Drawings

The children focused on designing large bins for separate waste, one wet, one dry. They decided on the size based on the current dimension of BMC bins, but made them from tin, so the local tin maker could fabricate them. They chose to paint the dry bin green (for recycling) and the wet waste bin brown (for waste food). Bombay is supposed to have 2 waste pick ups but waste is very seldom segregated. They designed machine embroidered signs to be fixed on to the bins, made by local machine embroiderers Mahetab and Ameek, who had previously fabricated the embroidered map.

#rubbish and recycling #waste #mariamma Nagar #design for change #muktangan #lovegrove school #design workshop #design pedagogy

nicantaki

Preliminary object assessment:

During this session, we also chose which designs to take forward. The tin fabricators from Mariamma Nagar had unsuccessfully fulfilled their mission, supplying us with two buckets and tin box lids, loose. The fabricators did not have time to work on the project despite one of their daughters being in the class. We therefore searched for tin makers elsewhere, whilst continuing to use the tin lids from the settlement to create the gutter cover. However the recycling bins would have to be made from scratch outside of Mariamma Nagar.

Mosquitos: Final Design Drawings

The children designed a door and a window mosquito net on frames. They designed patterns and motifs to decorate the nets, to be made by the hand embroiderer Mainuddin and his colleagues. They designed a large beaded mosquito and a red frill around the frame for the window, with ‘Fight the bite’ written in the corner. Ousama designed a a starry pattern on the door, adding the words ‘Mosquitos Go Away’.

#mosquitos #muktangan #lovegrove school #design for change #a learning architecture #design pedagogy #design workshop

Open Gutter Cover: Final Design Drawings

The children designed the gutter cover in detail, so that mosquitos could not breed in the stagnant water, and people wouldn’t lose coins/phones down the gaps between tin lids. They designed it to be painted orange so that it was bright and visible. They also wanted cartoons to be drawn on the painted lids so that children would look after the gutter cover and play on them.

#open gutter cover #muktangan #lovegrove school #design for change #a learning architecture

Fighting and Bad Language: Final Design Drawings

The children designed their fine box in detail, adding painted colours and hand embroidered stickers with slogans. They designed a banner that would identify the area and draw attention to the debating not fighting table.

#avoid fighting #muktangan #design for change #a learning architecture #lovegrove school #design pedagogy

Preparing for presentation day: Fighting and Bad Language

The children prepared their presentations for Mariamma Nagar inhabitants. They made up a role-play, had Q&As, and were ready for all the questions their classmates thought up.

#avoid fighting #muktagan #Lovegrove School #Design for Change #design workshop #Design integrated curriculum #Mariamma Nagar

Meeting with the craftspeople at Muktangan:

The craftspeople were invited to come to the school and spend a session with each group discussing the designs. They helped the children to develop design details further, answer questions, and give ideas as to how they might realise their ideas in a more cost effective or simple way. The children also amalgamated their designs during this session, combining their favourite parts of the groups work to create one series of objects.

#design workshop #Design for Change #Muktangan School #Lovegrove School #A learning architecture #design pedagogy #Mariamma Nagar

Adding colour:

We wanted to specify colours to the craftspeople, so used tracing paper and masking tape to layer colours on rather than fill in the monochrome drawings. The children were very specific with their colour choices, annotating carefully as they went.

#design workshop #Design for Change #muktangan school #Lovegrove School #a learning architecture #design pedagogy

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

A learning architecture