Young Architects Will Love Building Brainstorm at The Children’s Museum of Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The Children's Museum of Memphis is hosting the traveling exhibit, Building Brainstorm, September 26-January 10. Visitors step inside a design studio where they can explore what it is like to be an architect, designer and engineer. Children plan a dream home or a dog house, build a skyscraper model, find the best arrangement of an apartment model's rooms and furniture, construct a structure they can crawl through, and much more in the bilingual exhibit (English and Spanish). The exhibition introduces children to the design process, including collaborative problem-solving, planning, revisions and execution.
Filled with architectural plans, photographs, models and authentic building elements, the exhibit features interactive workbenches and job sites that equip diminutive designers to brainstorm creative solutions for architectural and engineering challenges. Visitors discover the basics of buildings while exploring the process of creating structures that match the needs of the people inside them.
Building Brainstorm features several "design challenges," where kids experiment with building materials, engineering concepts, and design decisions in an exciting and educational environment. The challenges are Shape Search Challenge, Shapes in Buildings Challenge, Inside Shapes Challenge, Window House Challenge, Floor Plan Challenge, Room Design Challenge and Brainstorm Challenge.
Throughout the exhibition, graphic panels provide information about environmentally friendly building and construction practices and invite visitors to think about ways they can make their designs more "green."
Building Brainstorm was created by Brooklyn Children's Museum in association with The Center for Architecture Foundation and is sponsored by Skanska, one of the world's leading construction companies.
Building Brainstorm is included with museum admission. For more information, visit CMOM.COM.
The Children’s Museum of Memphis creates memorable learning experiences through the joy of play in hands-on exhibits and programs. Location: 2525 Central Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm, and Sunday, 12 noon-5pm. Admission: $10 ages 1-100. Information: 901-458-2678. Website: CMOM.COM.
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