With thanks to Dan Raven-Ellison, Geography Collective

SpaceSpace explorersexplorers

How can you experience spaces?

How can you see the world differently?

New perspectives….

……..little people..little people

How would spaces feel….

…from a different perspective?

Image: slinkachu http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Image: slinkachu http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Image: slinkachu http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Image: slinkachu http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Image: slinkachu http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Image: slinkachu http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Activity: Little PeopleActivity: Little People

• Take your little people somewhere you think they would feel comfortable / uncomfortable.

• Use your phone / camera to take a photo of this

• Be prepared to explain why you chose these spaces….think….from a different perspective

Little people: Your results

What did you find?

What surprised you?

Outdoors again!Outdoors again!

‘Ask & Seek’

The class is going to split in to two sections.

Part 1:

Group 1: should go and find spaces in the school / grounds that make you feel happy / that you enjoy.

Group 2: wait inside for a few mins. Then, ‘seek’ and find the rest of the class & interview them about why they chose that space. ASK! JUSTIFY!

Part 2: SWAP.

Group 2: go and find spaces that make you feel unhappy / unsafe

Group 1: seek and ask.

What ingredients make a place you..

like dislike

• What about different groups of people?

• Does everyone choose what they like/dislike in the same way? How do priorities change?

What different What different groups of groups of

people use our people use our space? How?space? How?

Magic glasses

Magic glasses

• You will be given a pair of 3d glasses + a character role card.

• Go out and walk around school wearing these glasses, get in to your new role. Imagine being a different person in this space, how does it change your view?

• When you come back, be prepared to discuss your feelings in this different role.

What do we want?

What do we need?

• Desired

• Inspired

• Required

What we want, ideal needs

Creative, pie-in-the-sky ideas

Needs, absolute necessities

United Nations Convention of Human Rights

What’s this got to do with us and our space?

Annotation – Positive vs Negative

New Priory School

• You have the chance to impact on the future of this school

• Make a design plan for how Priory could be improved for the future….think about what different groups of people want, need, etc.

• This will eventually be turned into a digital plan of the school and can be shared with the architects

Rules Who does what?

What if you let the team down?

Group work….you set the rules