Eco-Cubby: footprint on the world

2012 Eco-Cubby schools and architects announced

We are very excited to announce the following Schools and Architects for the 2012 program: (School and architect pairings will be announced at the Eco-Cubby official Launch 11am, 17th February 2012 @ ArtPlay as part of the Sustainable Living Festival)

SCHOOLS

Camp Hill Primary School - Bendigo

Clayton South Primary School - Clayton South

Colbinabbin Primary School - Colbinabbin

The Farmhouse Bush Kinder - Mansfield

Goongerah primary school - Goongerah

Mallacoota P-12 College - Mallacoota

Tarwin Lower Primary School - Tarwin Lower

Wangaratta District Specialist School - Wangaratta

Warringa Park School - Hoppers Crossing

Wooranna Park Primary School - Dandenong North

ARCHITECTS

Karl Baumann - Karl Baumann Architecture

Ammon Beyerle & Michelle James - here studio

Tonique Bolt

Gerard Brandrick - Brandrick

Emilio Fuscaldo - Nest Architects

Fiona Gray - Soul Dwellings

Anthony Lake & Angus McKay - Slap Architects

Harriet Stone

Charlotte Lindsay (Building Designer) - Charlotte Lindsay Design / Earth Structures

Sunny Wilder - Timbertrip

Mansfield Primary School - 2009

Creswick North Primary School - 2010

Gowrie Victoria - 2011

Architect Expressions of interest for 2012 Eco-Cubby program

Expressions of interest are now open for the 2012 Program. Please email us on:

eco-cubby@rav.net.au

for more info and application forms

CLOSING DATE - 5PM 9TH DECEMBER 2011

Architect Fiona Lew from BENT Architecture demonstrates light and shade to children at Berwick Fields Primary School (Eco-Cubby 2010 Participants)

What is Eco-Cubby?

Eco-Cubby is a workshop program for primary school children, which aims to illustrate how to adapt sustainable technology and principles to everyday living. By designing an Eco-Cubby, students engage in challenging dialogue about sustainability and are encouraged to adopt sustainable living principles.

Selected schools work with a local architect and project facilitator in the development of an Eco-Cubby for their school. This project focuses on the process, identification and understanding of issues raised through the development of a sustainable living environment.

Documentation of the thought and design process along with Eco-Cubby scale models will be displayed at the Sustainable Living Festival Melbourne, February 2010, offering the chance for participant’s outcomes to inform other children.

This new initiative presents an exciting opportunity for students to explore sustainable living, not only through discussion, but also in design and building. It is the first time ArtPlay and Regional Arts Victoria have engaged with architects to work directly with students, and offers schools across the state the chance to work with their community and share their Eco-Cubby ideas.