The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Exhibitions

Botanical Architecture: ARS285 Student Projects
Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House
June 15 - October 9, 2009

Students in the ARS285 Introduction to Architecture: Language and Craft studio, taught by Jim Middlebrook, were asked to reinterpret the spatial language of a flower. Each student started by choosing one flower from the Botanic Garden during the first week of March. She photographed this flower and analyzed its spatial character in terms of certain organizational principles. The student then built a model to abstractly re-present the flower according to this visual “language.” Finally, these forms were appropriated by the student in the design of a pavilion that would be used to display flowers next to Paradise Pond. On display in the Church Exhibition Gallery are the photos, models, and pavilion designs.

			Kindergarten Artwork: Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House June 15 - October 9, 2009
		Students in EDC 231, Foundations and Issues of Early Childhood Education, taught by Susan Etheredge, explored how young children think and learn. They examined the teaching/learning relationship in the early childhood classroom using the Lyman Conservatory as a laboratory. In the investigation of leaves and bulbs, students used inquiry-based teaching with kindergarteners of the Campus School. Together they engaged in a collaborative inquiry through observing, collecting data, sketching, photographing, generating metaphoric language, and learning scientific language to describe the leaves, reading and writing poetry, keeping journals and notebooks, and contributing to a small exhibition at the Plant House on their inquiry and study. See exhibit

Permanent Installation - Lyman Plant House
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Last updated on Wednesday, July 01, 2009.