Challenge 038 · Ages 10–16
Architecture Sketching
Design an eco-friendly home.
Recommended Guided Learning Time: 3 hours
Learners may require additional or fewer hours depending on age, prior experience, pace and the level of development they choose to take their project to.
Primary STEAM area
Arts
The Challenge
What will your learner investigate?
Can you design an eco-friendly home. and explain the choices that make your solution effective?
Learning outcomes
- Explore visual ideas, techniques and design choices linked to the project.
- Apply pattern, form, colour, composition or spatial thinking purposefully.
- Create, evaluate and refine an original outcome.
Connected learning
Art & Design: architectural drawing; Mathematics: scale and geometry; Science: materials and energy; Geography: sustainability and place.
Dream Areas
Prepare for this Challenge
What you'll need
Here's what may be useful for completing this activity. Requirements may vary depending on the learner, activity format and equipment available.
Materials & consumables
- Drawing paper
- tracing paper
- pencils
- eco-home brief.
Equipment, tools & software
- Ruler
- set square
- reference images
- CAD tool (optional).
Safety & preparation
- Consider ventilation, climate and realistic building constraints.
These preparation notes support planning and do not replace a project-specific risk assessment or appropriate adult supervision.