| Opinion | Size | Other | Age | Shape |
| Spectacular | tall | illuminated | modern | thin |
| Colour | Pattern | Origin | Material | Purpose |
| grey | plain | international | concrete | landmark |
Which Auckland building would these adjectives describe?
Look at each building and think of a different types of adjective to describe them:
| Opinion | Size | Other | Age | Shape |
| Colour | Pattern | Origin | Material | Purpose |
| Opinion | Size | Other | Age | Shape |
| Colour | Pattern | Origin | Material | Purpose |
| Opinion | Size | Other | Age | Shape |
| Colour | Pattern | Origin | Material | Purpose |
| Opinion | Size | Other | Age | Shape |
| Colour | Pattern | Origin | Material | Purpose |
| Opinion | Size | Other | Age | Shape |
| Colour | Pattern | Origin | Material | Purpose |
| Opinion | Size | Other | Age | Shape |
| Colour | Pattern | Origin | Material | Purpose |
Order of adjectives PRACTICE
Under construction
Modest
Traditional
Colonial
Towering
Wooden
Modern
Brick
Stone
Unique
Vibrant
Stylish
Historic
Ornate
Earthquake-strengthened
Functional
What could you do with this place to make it a bit nicer?
Speaking 1
1. What kind of building is it?
2. What’s it made of?
3. What is the building or structure for?
4. How would you describe the style?
5. What kind of people might use this building?
6. How many people might use it every day?
7. Would you like to work in, live in or use this building?
Why / why not?
8. What do you think the architect or designer intended with
this building?
Speaking 2
Go through each picture and talk about it for about a
minute.
Think about its pros and cons?
After discussing the six pictures, decide if any buildings
seem better than others in your opinion.
Finally, decide which building you like the most and see if
your partner agrees or disagrees.
Huts
Did you and your siblings or friends used to build huts as kids?
Did you have a tree house?
Did you have a tree house?
Did you ever make huts in the woods or the garden, park?
What country?
What country?
What country?
What country?
What country?
They're all Japanese!
What do they all have in common?
Discussion:
Can you remember Kindergarten? Or maybe primary school? What was the building like?
Do you have good or bad feelings about it?
Was it an old or new building?
How large was the building and the rooms?
Was there a lot of natural light?
Was the floor carpeted, tiled, wood, concrete...?
What sticks out in your memory?
Were there lots of trees around?
What could you see out the windows?
What was the furniture like?
Were there any unusual spaces?
Was it colourful?
is it still there?
Have you ever gone back and seen it? If so, what had changed?
The Best Kindergarten You've Ever Seen
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process that really lets kids be kids.
Watch:
The Best Kindergarten You've Ever Seen
1. What do most parents know kids love to do?
2. What did the principal of the kindergarten want to use to prevent the children falling off the roof?
3. Why did the designers make the roof so low?
4. How do some kids react to being put in a quiet space?
5. What does noise help kids to do?
6. What do kids do around the well?
7. What is a skylight?
8. How many floors does the annex building have?
9. What does a little dose of danger help the kids to learn?
10. What does the drawing show?
11. What is Takaharu's philosophy about injury?
Key word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (10 letters)
4. Architect Diébédo Francis, Birkina Faso: building with clay and community
What limitations does the architect face here?
What are the purposes of different elements of the finished building?
I.e.: small windows, slats, cavities under the structure, extended roof, colour, curved walls, screens and shades, clay pots, clay walls
How have the light spots been achieved? What are they for?
Can you see a connection with the Takaharu's Kindergarten?
5: Jean Nouvel, Qatar National Museum
Construction:
Completed building:
The inspiration: a desert rose
6: Idioms around building
7: Collaborative task
Think about the following places
A hospital
A prison
An airport
What immediately springs to mind?
1. Have you ever been in a prison? What are prisons like in your country?
2. What's the best airport you've ever visited? What made it better than others?
3. Have you ever been in a really well designed (or terribly designed) hospital? What was it like?
Further questions:
1. What are the main priorities of each site?
2. What are some of the negative impacts they have on the people who live around them?
3. What are some of the negative impacts they have on people who work or live in them?
4. Should they be beautiful? Humane? Peaceful? Energetic?
5. What's the ideal shape for one?
6. If you were to work in one of these places what would you like it to be like?
With this in mind, pick one of three and generate a few ideas together. Take your inspiration from anything you like.
Jot some ideas down, make some simple drawings and then share with the rest of the class.
Discussion:
Can you remember Kindergarten? Or maybe primary school? What was the building like?
Do you have good or bad feelings about it?
Was it an old or new building?
How large was the building and the rooms?
Was there a lot of natural light?
Was the floor carpeted, tiled, wood, concrete...?
What sticks out in your memory?
Were there lots of trees around?
What could you see out the windows?
What was the furniture like?
Were there any unusual spaces?
Was it colourful?
is it still there?
Have you ever gone back and seen it? If so, what had changed?
The Best Kindergarten You've Ever Seen
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process that really lets kids be kids.
Watch:
The Best Kindergarten You've Ever Seen
1. What do most parents know kids love to do?
2. What did the principal of the kindergarten want to use to prevent the children falling off the roof?
3. Why did the designers make the roof so low?
4. How do some kids react to being put in a quiet space?
5. What does noise help kids to do?
6. What do kids do around the well?
7. What is a skylight?
8. How many floors does the annex building have?
9. What does a little dose of danger help the kids to learn?
10. What does the drawing show?
11. What is Takaharu's philosophy about injury?
Key word: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (10 letters)
4. Architect Diébédo Francis, Birkina Faso: building with clay and community
What limitations does the architect face here?
What are the purposes of different elements of the finished building?
I.e.: small windows, slats, cavities under the structure, extended roof, colour, curved walls, screens and shades, clay pots, clay walls
How have the light spots been achieved? What are they for?
Can you see a connection with the Takaharu's Kindergarten?
5: Jean Nouvel, Qatar National Museum
Construction:
Completed building:
The inspiration: a desert rose
6: Idioms around building
7: Collaborative task
Think about the following places
A hospital
A prison
An airport
What immediately springs to mind?
1. Have you ever been in a prison? What are prisons like in your country?
2. What's the best airport you've ever visited? What made it better than others?
3. Have you ever been in a really well designed (or terribly designed) hospital? What was it like?
Further questions:
1. What are the main priorities of each site?
2. What are some of the negative impacts they have on the people who live around them?
3. What are some of the negative impacts they have on people who work or live in them?
4. Should they be beautiful? Humane? Peaceful? Energetic?
5. What's the ideal shape for one?
6. If you were to work in one of these places what would you like it to be like?
With this in mind, pick one of three and generate a few ideas together. Take your inspiration from anything you like.
Jot some ideas down, make some simple drawings and then share with the rest of the class.
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