On April 25th, a team of talented employees from Architectural Nexus, with the help of other volunteers, participated in the culmination of the EECTA Program (Educating Elementary Children Through Architecture) – the Box City. EECTA’s grand event was held at the Salt Lake City Library. If you missed the event, check out these images from that evening:
Click to view slideshow.The Project
Throughout the last few months, we have had the opportunity to share our architectural skills with the elementary children from the Rosecrest Elementary School. We teamed up with students from the University of Utah, and other professionals from around Salt Lake City. Each of our “towns” (classes) were divided into nine blocks, each a ¼” scale, 30”x30” parcel of land. Our students had to coordinate with each other to organize roads, buildings, and landscape. It was great to see our two classes come together, as well as other schools from Salt Lake, and form three renditions of a 90” x 270” long Box City. There were so many great ideas and designs, and every class had a different style.
Project Team
Rosecrest Elementary 5th Grade Students, in Ms. Henry’s and Mrs. Ratto’s classes.
Jessica Peterson, Peter McBride, and Jenny Patterson – Architectural Nexus Interns/EECTA Volunteers
Ben Lowry – GSBS Architect/EECTA Volunteer
Evan Haslam, Isabelle Ghabash, and David Polk – U of U Students/EECTA Volunteers
Related articles:
- EECTA Celebration (nexusfocus.com)
- Next Generation Architecture: the Box City (nexusfocus.com)
- Box City: Educating Elementary Children Through Architecture (nexusfocus.com)
