CSH/Brunswick School Bus Stop Project: October 2015

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Final Models

I...like models because they are so realistic. You can light them and photograph them and take them to bed and pretend that they are built.

~Emilio Ambasz

The Bus Stop Project

Monday, November 17^th, marked the first meeting of the School Bus Stop Project, a collaborative alliance between Convent of the Sacred Heart and Brunswick 8^th grade students and their art teachers, Mrs Annette Grueterich and Mrs. Lorna LaRiviere, The girls crossed King Street for the kickoff celebration and information session held in the Art Studio at Brunswick Middle School.

Students from both schools will address a real life design challenge: how to design and construct the ideal school bus stop. Factors they will consider include shelter, comfort, accessibility, safety, sustainability and the environment.

The School Bus Stop Project is an industrial design and architecture venture derived from a course offered at the Rhode Island School of Design. Students will base their designs on the results of their own extensive inquiry, using innovative, participatory research methods and collaborative conversations. Teachers will offer a series of technical lessons, such as estimated two-point perspective sketching and 3-D modeling, providing the tools necessary to bring the students’ designs to life.