Enhancing the value of a monument
| Title of the activity | “Enhancing the value of a monument” |
| Teachers/Schools/Country | Italy: Artistic High School “V. Ragusa & O. Kyohara F. Parlatore”
Loredana D’Ippolito, Cettina Di Noto, Renato Alessi |
| Age of the students | 15-16 |
| Class | Italian, English, Design and CAD Lab. |
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| Description of the activity | “Around alleys and alleys: how to value a minor monument” is a project which will make students practice technical skills and learn something more about their city.
It is important for students to “know” the city where they live and its artistic, architectural and cultural heritage. Furthermore, it is a great challenge to discover how to value areas whose beauty is not recognized. The students followed the phases of the design circle: they explored their city and, in pairs, they developed their Ideas from a stream of personal suggestions, from interviews with tourists and inhabitants and from observation of the sites. The physical product of their work were 2D graphics (a tower shaped brochure for example), 3D Cad models, jewellery and gadgets, authentic expression of an undervalued site and the fruitful result of interactive design and teamwork, The methods used are industrial, artisan, digital, or mixed. |