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Subject:	Motivating CAD students to model LEGO (was prototyping)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu
Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:45:20 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

I would also like to talk to you at some point about how to motivate your students to want to do modeling (that topic came up at BrickFest too)

Well, my Semester starts in two weeks, so if you have any tips I’m all for hearing them! My biggest problem is motivating the Architecture students in my group. The Engineers don’t really care what they draw (a widget is a widget is a widget). They also embrace designing custom parts and reverse-engineering existing parts.

But the Architects have a problem seeing how LEGO can help them at all.

Some things I’m considering trying this semester:

Micro-scale Urban Planning
LEGO skyscrapers (thanks to Michael Labelle)
LEGO Furntiture Design/FLW,Schindler, Bauhaus, etc.
LEGO Product Design (design a household object, in brick)
Moonbase? (probably too geeky)

Another idea I have is to make them create a custom LEGO set of a famous building. In the past I’ve started some of these projects, but they always seem to bog down with scale and interest. Perhaps they should be micro-scale instead - I could give more points to the most “micro-ed” (use the least amount of bricks)? Here are some candidtates - I’ve tried to pick some that are LEGO-friendly as well as easy to research:

a) Wright: Fallingwater, Ennis-Brown, or Robie House
b) Mies: Farnsworth House, Barcelona
c) Corbusier: Savoie, other villas
d) Eames: or other Case-Study Houses
e) Schindler: several of his houses in LA are LEGOable
f) Rietveld: or Loos, Oud, etc. de Stijl

Obviously I’d only have time for one or two of these..Any architects or educators have an opinion on which could work best? I think I want to narrow it down to two or three ideas and then let the students choose.

Got any other ideas/recommendations?

Darrell

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		Re: Motivating CAD students to model LEGO (was prototyping)
(...) I am amazed that the architecture students would need any motivation to design with legos. Being an architect myself I cannot even fathom the thought! One suggestion would be to ask the students to try and model their previous projects using (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)

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(...) I apologise in advance for the fact that the following will sound like nitpicking... LUGNET is not moderated. It however, does have admins. Admins can do a number of things. However, they cannot move posts. More however-ingly, an admin can (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts.custom)

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