The "Imagine" Project documents the design processes between students at the Barack Obama Green Charter High School located in Plainfield New Jersey and their expert Community Partners, both real-time and virtual. Students participating in the "Imagine" Project are re-designing an actual unused industrial space in Plainfield that very well may become the actual physical facility of the school in 2015 and beyond. "Imagine" is also a powerful catalyst for students to achieve academic and civic proficiencies. Take a look...
Best Practices; "Imagine" Design Project Student Voices
"Imagine" Design Project; Teacher Reflections
A remarkable session took place between students at the Barack Obama Green Charter High School, in Plainfield, NJ and David Schrader, from the offices of SchraderGroup Architecture, located in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia. David livestreamed from Philly to Plainfield to work with the students there about programming of physical school spaces, zoning, and design. This virtual session with the Obama Green students is the second in a series of web-based "live" sessions between Community Partners like SchraderGroup and the students. With the critical support of Community Partners, students at Obama Green are imagining their school, currently located in a storefront at Downtown Plainfield, as they would like it to be. Take a look...
This video is a mash up of 2 design sessions that took place on February 26 and 27, 2014 under the guidance of architect Jay Perantoni at The Barack Obama Green Charter High School, in Plainfield, New Jersey. The video demonstrates authentic student involvement at the very beginning of an actual design process that is engaging, curriculum based, and fun and that addresses real world, community related issues that are important to them. This is Service Learning at a very high degree of effectiveness. Take a look...
Students at the Barack Obama Green Charter High School continue their "Imagine" design Project. They are re-imagining their school spaces as they would like them to be. In this video, they have their first SketchUp session with Marcus and Bianca from SSP Architects. "Imagine" is part of the actual design renovation process of an abandoned urban structure which is projected to become the new charter high school. Take a look...
This following is a 5 minute audio from Ewan McIntosh, one of the world's most creative thinkers about education and educational facilities design, to the students at Obama Green High School about their design processes. Thanks, Ewan!
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The "Imagine" Design Project continues with students from the Barack Obama Green Charter High School making a class visit to the SSP Architectural Group's offices. The students were given a tour of the work areas and were able to interact with the educational facilities planners there. After the tour, they presented their work thus far to the architects on their re-design ideas for the next iteration of the Obama Green physical teaching and learning spaces. Take a look...
Special thanks to Jeanne and Jay Perantoni and all the folks at SSP Architectural Group for allowing us to invade their spaces and learn by their example. ...and for the pizza!
The "Imagine" design Project continues at the Barack Obama Green Charter High School, in Plainfield, New Jersey. In this video, the students are thinking critically, hypothesizing, and problem solving around getting the scale determined so all of their interior renovation design will properly fit within the site boundaries.
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