ANIMAL & SITE
To design a pavilion architecture for an animal, you need to pick an animal & a site location somewhere in the world.
This page shows the animal & site information you need to research before you can start designing your pavilion.
Document your research on a copy of this Google Slide doc: LINK TO ANIMAL & SITE DOCUMENT.
This page shows the animal & site information you need to research before you can start designing your pavilion.
Document your research on a copy of this Google Slide doc: LINK TO ANIMAL & SITE DOCUMENT.
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1. YOUR ANIMAL
There are more than 8 million species of animal in the world.
What animal are you going to design for? Use this website to research animals a-z-animals.com. You can search animals by name, or search animals by location a-z-animals.com/animals/location or search animals by pictures a-z-animals.com/animals/pictures or even endangered animals a-z-animals.com/animals/endangered. Research & answer the following...
1. What animal are you designing for? 2. Describe your animal in 1 sentence. 3. What part of the world does your animal live? 4. How big is your animal? (length, height, weight) 5. What are the main features of your animal? 6. What makes your animal unique? 7. Why did you pick this animal? |
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2. ANIMAL DRAWINGS
Do drawings of your animal.
Animal drawing examples architectureschool.co.nz/drawing. |
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3. SITE LOCATION
Where in the world is the site location you are going to design a pavilion architecture for the animal you picked?
Use Google Earth to explore a location for your site. google.com/earth. |
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4. GOOGLE EARTH PROJECT
Once you have picked a site location for your animal pavilion, make a new project in Google Earth about your site.
Watch the Google Earth project tutorial youtube video if you have not created a project in Google Earth before. Doing this project will let you explore your site in more detail. What is the Google Earth URL of your site? This link is the site location of the SnakeTower example project in the Zakouma National Park, Chad, Africa. earth.google.com/web/@12.40278781,23.40682853,-2256.33769786a,6215495.1050806d,35y,317.3949492h,0t,0r/data=ClgaVhJQCiUweDExMjg4MzY0ZDMyYWJmOTE6MHhmMmVhNGE0MmQxMTYyOTM4Gc3MzMzMrCVAIay15n3SpzNAKhVaYWtvdW1hIE5hdGlvbmFsIFBhcmsYASAB. |
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5. SITE DRAWINGS
Explore your site in greater detail?
Do site drawings of the scale, main features, land contours, & sun diagram so you can decide where to put your animal pavilion architecture based on the research you have done on your site. The drawing on the right is created using a screenshot of Google Earth, copied into a Google Sheet & use the 'Scribble line' tool to draw on the image. Add text & arrows to annotate the site. |
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