Context and backgroung project: European Art'Mony project is a project about architecture from the XIXth century. We would like to show that our own architectural environments in Europe share many similarities. As years go by, European societies change and architectural environments as well, with cross-influences. We would like to help students to realize that architecture reflects our European societies and their shared values. Participants: Students , teachers and professionals will be involved in the activities. Parents , local elected officials, and educational community will indirectly benefit from this project. METTRE LE NOMBRE Description of activities: 1.Creation of the website and of the facebook page. 2.Knowledge improvement on architecture. Experts present the different architectural styles. Students work on the links between architecture and European societies’ values. Each country manages an exhibition and / or a publication of photos in order to organize a competition to elect the best ones. 3. Presentations of the schools. Students prepare a video that aims at presenting our school as an institution and as a building. 4. Creation of a calandar 5. Creation of the logo project. Organization of a european contest. 6. History& Symbolism. Write the history of a national monument ( XIXth ) and describe its purpose and social value as well as its architectural description. Creation of a game « time’s up ». 7. Urban policy and urban planning. Students explain the characteristics of the area (geography – climate) Meeting with a member of the town hall if possible .What are the impact of these rules on inhabitants ? Creation of a slideshow / powerpoint presentation 8. Monuments in public space. Choose photos of urban landscapes or monuments that can provoke a reaction (street art / bridges) Survey : Each country will create a questionaire with at least 6 questions using the photos. The aim is to analyse how the population reacts to some urban landscapes ou buildings. 9. Initiation at the art of the photography.Work with a professional photographer Shots, symbolism analisys. What is trying to be communicated and what is communicated . 10. Maths: forms / volums/ curves/ proportions/ golden number 11. Architecture and ecology. (February/ March 2017) How do contemporary architects take ecology into account in their works ? Prepare a slideshow presenting different photos of eco-friendly buildings. Presenting different labels and national rules and discussion about the European rules. Methodology: We would like to involve students on the same tasks to share methodology to analyze links and differences between European architectures. Multidisciplinary activities(History, Geography, Sociology - and Mathematics, Chemistry, Psychology) are coherent / consistent with educational rules of each country. Students’ productions will be integrated in the book project of the partnership. A meeting will be organized in each country. Four students from each country will be invited for each meeting: they will present their productions and work together on the book writing. The meetings will allow : -to become the springboards of the next steps of our work, -to concentrate and give a lift to the work done between two meetings on our digital platform, -to bring the group closer together and therefore enhance the involvement in the project. Description of the results expected and impacts: The expected results are : - the productions (the book, the calendar,....) ; they will be coherent with the specifications decided by the partners. - (for students) : a good knowledge about architecture, History, Sociology, photography, etc. ; open-mindedness ; languages skills improvement ; improve their skills in self-managing a project. - (for students and teachers) : to learn how to work in an international team, to respect the cultural differences of each partner ; knowledge improvement of European educational systems. - (for the educational community) : Strengthen the feeling of being a European citizen. - (for the schools) : to create a European network in order to develop exchanges ; to extend and strengthen their local radiance.
Context and backgroung project: The architecture from the XIXth century to nowadays shares many similarities across Europe, but also local specific features. Styles, techniques, technology and societies evolve over time, influencing each other, additional factors that shape urban planning being sociology and environmental issues. All this makes the study of European architecture worthy of interest for teachers and students. Partners and participants : Students, teachers from 7 schools (secondary education) in 7 countries : France, Italy, Spain, Finland, Romania, Poland and Sweden. Hosting families, other members of the educational communities of the partner institutions and all the professionals (elected officials, guides, photographers) invited to take part in the project are also essential participants. Type of activities: Creation of the website and of the facebook page, of a calendar and a logo Discovery of meaningful monuments and buildings (including the schools themselves) in each partner country (through visits and/or research work), presentations (slideshows, photo exhibitions, “Time’s up” game cards, ). Workshops / conferences / visits / survey to improve knowledge on architecture, photography, social values of monuments, impact of monuments or buildings on the population, urban planning and policies, ecological aspects of architecture and urban planning, geometry, golden section and perspective in architecture, local geology. Methodology: Students worked in pairs (rarely in groups of three) in their own school in order to produce the expected assignments. During the meetings, the visits were guided by students or teachers from the hosting institution, or by outside professionals, and conferences / presentations were conducted by external partners. All the students welcomed by the organizing partner attended these activities, as well as at least some of the hosting students (depending on their school obligations). "European" articles about these activities were always written in mixed teams (that means at least 3 different nationalities), under the responsibility of professors from different institutions. Multidisciplinary activities (History, Geography, Sociology - and Mathematics, Chemistry, Psychology) were consistent with educational rules of each country. Students’ productions were integrated in the book project of the partnership. A meeting was organized in each country. Four to five students from each country were invited to each meeting: they presented their productions and worked together on the writing of articles among which the most relevant were included in the book. The transnational meetings helped to refine the objectives of future activities, to address logistical or practical issues, to bring the group of professors in charge of the project closer together and therefore to enhance the involvement in the project. Description of the results and medium/ long impacts: - the productions (the book, the calendar,....) are consistent with the specifications decided by the partners. In addition, tourist brochures marrying architectural aspects and geological data and exhibition posters containing some of the contents of these leaflets were printed. - (for students) : a better knowledge about architecture, History, Sociology, photography, etc. ; improvement of open-mindedness, of languages skills, of self-management skills in a project. Long term benefits : - (for students and teachers) : to be able to work in an international team, to learn about and respect the cultural differences with each partner ; to learn more about European educational systems and test new methods. - (for the educational community) : Strengthen the feeling of being a European citizen ; to encourage more teachers and students to take part in international projects. - (for the schools) : to create a European network in order to develop exchanges ; to extend and strengthen their local radiance. - Possibly future partnerships with tourist information desks who might be interested in our brochures or posters, or in a similar type of product.