The Creative Academy

By Leanne McMillanMA Interior Design

2015

The Creative Academy

The Creative Academy

Can design be taught?

“People cannot learn by having information pressed into their brains. Knowledge has to be sucked into the brain, not pushed in.

First, one must create a state of mind that craves knowledge, interest and wonder. You can teach only by creating an urge to know.”

Victor Weisskopf, Physics professor . 1997

The Creative AcademyI want to create an active learning environment where art, aesthetics, research and design are connected as part of the “doing” process at the heart of the project. I want to express that practice and research are essential components and the ultimate aim is to develop students who can connect life and creative potentials. The Bauhaus made up the rules of “doing”. I have been influenced by the Bauhaus teaching material and reinterpreted these to create my own curriculum made up of hearing, listening and communicating skills. I believe life lessons lead to learning in a modern contrast. Numeracy and literacy = Essential Creativity, compassion and responsibility = Valued

Curriculum

• Motivation• Engaging change• De construction• Play (Example to follow)• Failure• Sensory exploration

Example Task

• Brief: PLAYOver the course of the semester photograph framing objects with a metaphoric meaning and a secondary aspect to create a colour pallet. This colour pallet should work harmoniously for the following six moods. 1. Angry, 2. scared, 3. overpowered, 4. anxious, 5. contented, 6. gloomy. At the end of the semester the chosen preferred pallet will be used in the curriculum for the following semester workload.

Landscaping

Ground Floor Plan

Schedule of accommodation

• Entrance Foyer• Wash rooms• Meeting Room• Comfy Space• Boarding facilities• Material & resource library

First Floor Plan

Schedule of accommodation

• Foyer• Meeting Room• Comfy Space• Study pods• Printing area• Material & resource library

Second Floor Plan

Schedule of accommodation

• Entrance Foyer• Wash rooms• Meeting Room• Comfy Space• Boarding facilities• Material & resource library

Roof Plan

Schedule of accommodation

• Comfy space within the tree house• Ceiling hung exhibition

Section through entrance foyer

Section through boarding facilities

Section through library

Section through study pod

Entrance / Foyer

Meeting Rooms

Study Pods

Ceiling hung exhibition

Overall Site

Entrance

External Materials Zinc Roof Glazed structure

Perforated metal cladding Entrance Wall

The Creative Academy

The End. Any questions??