LESSON: Use the work of an influential designer to inform design ideas. Design a Moon-base on Minecraft Education – focus on Aesthetics and Function.

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Design Brief:

Design a Moon-dwelling or a Moon-base (in your groups or individually) on Minecraft Education. Use the work of an architect considering aesthetics (beauty). But, more importantly, functionality. Choose an Architectural Design Era or Style (for example, Modernism, Minimalism, Hi-Tech. and more). Also, embed sustainability and scientific features and functions into the design.

Situation:

You have been asked to successfully investigate the essential aspects of living on the Moon. Bjarke Ingels – a well-known architect – is an example of an architect who has explored buildings suitable for living on the Moon. Design eras to consider are Modernism, Minimalism, and Hi-Tech. You have to use Bjarke’s ideas – or the concepts of other designers and architects – to inform your ideas and concepts. With this new knowledge, create a beautiful and practical Moon-dwelling or Moon-base in Minecraft.

Learning Intentions:

1. Learn about architectural design eras and styles (Modernism, Minimalism, Hi-Tech, and more).
2. Learn how Bjarke uses his architectural genius to design unique and practical buildings – or another architect’s design ideas (your choice). Implement their design ideas combined with your own architectural design ideas in the Moonbase or Moonhouse.
3. Learn about, and explore scientific and technological possibilities, when planning and designing a building on another planet, like the Moon.
4. Consider how Redstone works for ‘electrical and mechanical’ circuits in Minecraft. Learn how to use it in your design as a tool to make your building more efficient and sustainable.
5. Learn about applying aesthetics (beauty) and function when designing the Moon building or base.
6. Learn how to embed sustainability into the building. Considering aspects like recycling of building materials, harvesting energy from the Sun, mining minerals for building materials on the Moon for construction purposes, and more.
7. Learn how to use existing and new Minecraft knowledge, tools, and applications to design an efficient building or base on the Moon. For example, implementing Minecraft Code.
8. Learn how to develop systems – like oxygen systems – for your Moon habitat.
9. ADDITIONAL: Learn how to model the Lunar base on TinkerCad. Learn how to make a 3D print on a 3D printer.

Important to consider and include in your design and presentation:

1. You have to find an influential architect and design a Moon Building like Bjarke Ingels. There are more designers and architects available. Find an architect whose designs you like. Your choice of an architect. Search ‘Moon architects ‘ or Lunar architects.’
2. Paste Bjarke’s (or another ‘Moon-architect’s’ – your choice) biography and some of their designs in a Google Doc (as always, share with the teacher). Comment on the design era or style. Create a table as shown in this unit of work, and compare your work with the work of your chosen architect.
3. After scrutinising these ideas, show resemblances of their design work in yours – if any. In other words, there must be some ideas and concepts in your Minecraft design that sort of match his ideas or has inspired you. Point it out. You are going to use his ideas to inform your ideas (inspire your designs on the moon using Minecraft).

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