We kicked off this week with a visit from Evan Fink (Architect and Christian's dad) who did an excellent presentation on Greek Architecture as seen in antiquity but also today. A lot of our own nation's architecture was inspired by these historical features. Evan showed examples of the different elements that are typical of Greek temples and structures such as columns and capitals, pediments, as well as different types of decorative moulding (their favorite was "dentil" because it looks like teeth!).
Then, Evan gave each student a sketch of the exterior of Lilja School and gave them an opportunity to use their own architectural vision to recreate this familiar structure into something that would not be out of place in Ancient Greece. Many kids even asked for the Greek alphabet spelling for Lilja School so they could label their buildings.
Their "homework" was to look around the community for examples of Greek architecture in modern buildings and share these with us in pictures. These are included after the pictures of the kids with their drawings.
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