In this presentation I will discuss how we developed a series of projects in Design and Technology lessons with boys aged 9-13 using a single batch of donated timber. The wood was used for 2019 iconic temporary pavilion designed by Yinka Ilori and Pricegore architects at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. The gallery requested the students design a prototype artefact that could become a community resource. This presentation explains how a series of projects evolved from the initial designs. The original artefacts were adapted to different uses and the smaller and smaller offcuts were re-imagined in a variety of different projects across the age groups. This case study offers an example of how a material with a cultural history can motivate projects that value and use the material with care ensuring that nothing goes to waste. It also examines how existing artefacts and offcuts can stimulate unique and exciting creative outputs within a wide range of abilities and ages. It demonstrates the way students learnt to renew and repair weathered material and how using re-purposed materials was embraced.

Authors:
Melanie Mortimer, Dulwich Prep London, United Kingdom

About the Presenter(s)
Melanie Mortimer has a first degree in English Literature, a Masters in Design Education and trained as an architect before becoming a teaching of design and technology. She works in an independent boys school and is doing a PhD with RMIT University.

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