In 2005-2006, SchraderGroup Architects and Guerilla Educators collaborated on 2 high school re-design projects in Philadelphia. Our collaboration involved connecting the real-world design process to teachers, students, and curriculum via Project Based Service Learning. In both projects, the process began with multi-day design charrettes that brought together stakeholders to have an authentic voice in creating the most effective re-design of their school. This video documents the charrette at one of the high schools with the focus on student participation. Take a look...
The charrette was the kick-off of a yearlong Service Learning project in which students interacted with design professionals and essentially used the educational facility as a teaching and learning tool - a 3 dimensional textbook. The commitment by ShraderGroup and their design team to connect the design process to students and curriculum via Project Based Service Learning gave these students an unparalleled opportunity to achieve mastery of their curriculum in a rigorous academic way via real world applications that had great meaning to them (i.e., the re-design of their school).
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