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Architects design places and buildings where people, animals and plants can thrive. Architects do this by designing buildings and places using their skill and knowledge, and by working with nature to create environments that are healthy, happy and fun! Our lives are sustained by the animals and plants that share the world with us and that provide us with our sustenance. Farms are places where people, animals and plants co-exist to help us all live healthy lives. Healthy farms makes for healthy people, animals and plants!
You are the architect: what does your dream farm look like? A farmer has asked your help in designing a farm. What kind of farm does this farmer have? Which animals or plants are on this farm? What kind of buildings does this farm need? What does the farmer’s house look like and where do the animals live? Are any special buildings needed for the animals or plants? Where does the farmer keep all his farm equipment? How will you make this farm a fun and healthy place for people, animals and plants? What makes this farm a really special place?
Who can enter the contest? All children currently enrolled in Kindergarten through Grade 5 in the Greater Birmingham and surrounding areas.
What are the requirements? Create your “dream farm” with any mixed media (markers, paint, crayons, etc.) on 11” x 17” paper. Apply the official entry form to the back of your drawing and be sure to include your name, grade, school, teacher, and teacher’s phone number and signature.
Drawings without the official entry forms will not be considered.
One more requirement: We are asking all contestants to include a “Dream Statement” describing their dream farm in a sentence or two. Write your “Dream Statement” on the back of your art work, or ask your teacher and they will assist you.
When is the contest deadline? All entries need to be submitted to AIA Birmingham no later than April 7th, 2010. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each grade level (first, second, third and honorable mention). The dreamArchitecture Awards Program will be held May 06, 2010 at the historic Birmingham Printing & Publishing Company building in downtown Birmingham (130 19th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama, 35233), now home to the offices of Architecture-Works and the SawWorks Studio.
Overall and Third through Fifth Grade Winners: The AIA will host a hands-on workshop Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 9 until noon at the SawWorks Studio.
Please contact AIA Birmingham at 205.322.4386 or email aiabirm@aiabham.org with any questions!
Learn about last year's dreamArchitecture Awards
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