Activities for Interior Design
UACTE Mid Winter Conference
January 19, 2007
Wendy Cordell
Nature’s Color Schemes
Color Scheme Key
Cookie Color Wheel
Rhythm With Food
Scategories
iMovie
To Tell The Truth – Architects
Classroom Floor Plan Contest
Floor Plan Symbol Bingo
Gingerbread Houses
Dollhouse Furniture
White Boards
To Tell The Truth
Thomas Jefferson #3
Q-When were you born?
A-In the 1700’s
Q-How long were you president of the United States?
A-Two terms
Q-Where were you born?
A-Virginia
Q-What did you design?
A-My own home and many inventions, such as a bed that could be pulled up to the ceiling during the day.
Q-Why did you name your house Monticello?
A-It means “little mountain” in Italian, and I built it on top of a little mountain on my family’s land.
Q-What inspired your architecture?
A-An Italian architect Andrea Palladio
Q-What made Monticello different from other American homes?
A-It square and boxy like other homes, I also decided to use brick instead of wood.
Q-How were you creative in your design of Monticello?
A-It was on a mountain so I had to work to level the land for the foundation.
Q-Describe your personal life.
A-I love to learn and to write. I have many different interests such as, architecture, inventing, politics, and gardening.
Thomas Jefferson #2
Q-When were you born?
A-Around 1740
Q-How long were you president of the United States?
A-8 years
Q-Where were you born?
A-At Monticello
Q-What did you design?
A-The University of Virginia
Q-Why did you name your house Monticello?
A-It was named after my relatives that gave me the land.
Q-What inspired your architecture?
A-Sketches I drew in Europe.
Q-What made Monticello different from other American homes?
A-It had the first dome roof on a home in America.
Q-How were you creative in your design of Monticello?
A-I used new materials that people had not tried before.
Q-Describe your personal life.
A-I like to be alone, that is why I had such a nice study. Then I didn’t have to worry about common people.
Thomas Jefferson #1
Q-When were you born?
A-In the mid 1700’s
Q-How long were you president of the United States?
A-10 years
Q-Where were you born?
A-In England
Q-What did you design?
A-The Bill of Rights
Q-Why did you name your house Monticello?
A-It was the name of my Italian Mistress.
Q-What inspired your architecture?
A-Building blocks and nature
Q-What made Monticello different from other American homes?
A-The staircases were narrow and in hallways, not a focal point like many grand staircases in America.
Q-How were you creative in your design of Monticello?
A-I used a portico to make the house look like one story.
Q-Describe your personal life.
A-I love politics, traveling and working in Europe, inventing, and writing, but most of all I love my home, Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson
Q-When were you born?
Q-How long were you president of the United States?
Q-Where were you born?
Q-What did you design?
Q-Why did you name your house Monticello?
Q-What inspired your architecture?
Q-What made Monticello different from other American homes?
Q-How were you creative in your design of Monticello?
Q-Describe your personal life.
Frank Lloyd Wright #2
Q-When were you born?
A-June 8, 1867
Q-How long was your career?
A-Almost 70 years
Q-Where were you born?
A-Richland Center Wisconsin
Q-What kinds of things did you build?
A-Mostly houses. I created and perfected the prairie style where spaces inside expand to the outside through porches, windows, and terraces. They were low and horizontal and almost seemed to grow out or the ground.
Q-What is the most important part of designing, the inside or outside?
A-The inside, because you can have the outside of the building be dull, or even block out the outside, like the Johnson Wax Company building, and have still have the inside be detailed and inspiring.
Q-What inspired your architecture?
A-My mother, and playing with blocks as a child.
Q-What was Taliesin?
A-My favorite house that burned down, and was rebuilt.
Q-How do you feel about nature?
A-Nature is the basis for my designs, I use building materials, colors and ideas from nature.
Q-How did you feel about doing the “Fallingwater” house?
A-It was the perfect location for one of my projects.
Q-What made your prairie design different from homes before?
A-The open spaces inside and how they bring nature into the house.
Q-Describe your personal life.
A-I had a wife and six children that I loved, but there came a time when my career and my family life changed. Eventually I found another wife that I spent the rest of my life with.
Frank Lloyd Wright #1
Q-When were you born?
A-June of 1867
Q-How long was your career?
A-91 years
Q-Where were you born?
A-Richland Center Wisconsin
Q-What kinds of things did you build?
A-Some houses, but I built a lot of churches, office buildings, and even a museum, the Guggenheim.
Q-What is the most important part of designing, the inside or outside?
A-The inside, because it doesn’t really matter to me what the outside looks like, as long as you feel at peace on the inside.
Q-What inspired your architecture?
A-Nature and music.
Q-What was Taliesin?
A-It was where I lived, and where a tragedy happened. I was so upset about the killing and fires that I never went back there.
Q-How do you feel about nature?
A-Nature has principles that I follow in my designs, I love it and feel inspired by it.
Q-How did you feel about doing the “Fallingwater” house?
A-It was a big pain because of the waterfall, but I was offered a lot of money to do it, so I did. It ended up being a good idea after all.
Q-What made your prairie design different from homes before?
A-They were more horizontal than all the other buildings before.
Q-Describe your personal life.
A-I had a wife and six children that I loved, but there came a time when my career and my family life changed. After I left my first wife, I just had mistresses.
Frank Lloyd Wright #3
Q-When were you born?
A-1867
Q-How long was your career?
A-well, I retired at 66 years old.
Q-Where were you born?
A-Mill Run, Pennsylvannia
Q-What kinds of things did you build?
A-I built anything that someone asked me to build. After all, my kids needed new shoes.
Q-What is the most important part of designing, the inside or outside?
A-The outside, because it blends with nature, and it gives the first impression before you even walk in the building.
Q-What inspired your architecture?
A-My teachers, and my traveling
Q-What was Taliesin?
A-The name of the fellowship of young architects that I began.
Q-How do you feel about nature?
A-Nature is great, but I try to improve on nature, make it better by building things.
Q-How did you feel about doing the “Fallingwater” house?
A-I thought the Kauffman’s were crazy when they asked me to build there, but I love it now.
Q-What made your prairie design different from homes before?
A-They weren’t very different from houses before, I just changed little things about the houses, like the colors and the roofs.
Q-Describe your personal life.
A-I had a happy and uneventful personal life, which made my work easier to do.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Q-When were you born?
Q-How long was your career?
Q-Where were you born?
Q-What kinds of things did you build?
Q-What is the most important part of designing, the inside or outside?
Q-What inspired your architecture?
Q-What was Taliesin?
Q-How do you feel about nature?
Q-How did you feel about doing the “Fallingwater” house?
Q-What made your prairie design different from homes before?
Q-Describe your personal life.
To Tell The Truth - Architects
Three people all claim to be the real architect. Listen carefully and take note of how each one answers the questions to determine who is the real one.
Thomas Jefferson / One / Two / ThreeWhen were you born?
Where were you born?
How long were you president of the United States?
What did you design?
Why did you name your house Monticello?
What inspired your architecture?
What made Monticello different from other American homes?
How were you creative in your design of Monticello?
Describe your personal life.
Frank Lloyd Wright / One / Two / Three
When were you born?
Where were you born?
How long was your career?
What kinds of things did you build?
What do you believe is the most important part of designing, the inside, or the outside?
What inspired your architecture?
What was Taliesin?
How do you feel about nature?
How did you feel about doing the “Fallingwater” house?
What made your prairie design different from homes before?
Describe your personal life.