Every semester I teach an introductory Architectural Design course. Many students who take the class have never made models before, and a majority of them are not design majors. Normally I’ll provide materials for them to work with, but during the second half of the semester we had to switch to online teaching. Many students were unable to even get the materials that they ordered. It was incredibly impressive to see how inventive and creative they were in creating their final models! The assignment is to design a bus shelter in the style of an architect of their choosing. This year they turned whatever they could get their hands on (styrofoam packaging, aluminum foil, sticks and straws) into design elements !
