Course 1: Introduction to Modern and Contemporary

There is one of the best Simpsons

episodes that illustrates and pokes
fun of Gearys creative process of
turning loose gesture and motion
into solidified buildings and work.

Class 5 & 6 Architecture

Vocabulary
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and the
product of planning, designing, and
constructing buildings or any other
structures. Architectural works, in the
material form of buildings, are often
perceived as cultural symbols and as works
of art.

Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs
and reviews the construction of buildings. To
practice architecture means to provide PROJECT: Create your own modern model
services in connection with the design of
buildings and the space within the site dream house
surrounding the buildings.
1. Have students think of the examples shown, especially how the
Simpsons makes fun of crumpling up a piece of paper that later turns
LA Kids Class Pack Pro- into Disney Concert Hall. Using pencil and paper students should
draw a loose gestural drawing of their initial design for their modern
vides: model dream house.
Scrap cardboard pre cut into in various 2. Once students have a quick gestural drawing have them think about
sizes how they would translate their drawing into a three dimensional
Glue Sticks architectural model. Give students the option to redraw their drawing a
second time.
Mini hot glue guns
3. Have students using scissors cut cardboard down to size to make
Other materials found in teacher the components for their architectural model. Using hot glue have
pack: students attach cardboard pieces together to realize their 2d design
on paper in 3d form.
Scissors
Paper 4. The project should be about 2 ft x 2 ft with some wiggle room.
There is no right way or wrong way to build the house models, so be
sure to let students make models that are imaginative.
AFTER PROJECT DISCUSSION:
Ask students: *This project should be in depth and take at least 1 ½ hrs.

Where do they see their modern dream

house existing if it really existed?
Course 1: Introduction to Modern and Contempo-

Frank Geary, one of the most

famous architects ever originally
from Canada currently resides in
his unfinished house in Santa
Monica California. Geary is known
for many buildings but locally his
work can be seen downtown on
grand Ave in the 2003 built Disney
Music Hall.

Class 5 & 6 Architecture

Key Architects and Buildings

Frank Lloyd Wright-Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who
designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in
harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture.
Frank Geary -is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles. A number of his buildings, including his
private residence, have become world-renowned attractions.
Disney Music Hall- The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is
the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It opened on October 24, 2003.
Zaha Hadid- was an Iraqi-British architect. She was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004.
She received the UK's most prestigious architectural award, the Stirling Prize, in 2010 and 2011.

Greene and Greene- was an architectural firm established by brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather
Greene, influential early 20th Century American architects. Active primarily in California, their houses and larger-scale
ultimate bungalows are prime exemplars of the American Arts and Crafts Movement.
Gamble House- The Gamble House, also known as the David B. Gamble House, is an iconic American Craftsman
home in Pasadena, California, designed by the architectural firm Greene and Greene.