Origins Of The Giant Tetrahedron

The Architecture Workshops Association are the orginators of the Giant Tetrahedron.

Key Stage One; Small Tetrahedrons

Tetrahedrons are for us the starting point of many of our workshops, so we like to start building them with Reception children, so when we work with them at Key Stage One and Two, they already have some experience of the construction techniques on which to build.  Thus giving the children increased levels of self esteem and a can do attitude, from the earliest possible moment.

Key Stage One; Giant Tetrahedron

The processes were developed by our late founder, Nigel Frost during the mid 1980's whilst working as a Craft, Design & Technology teacher at Comberton Village College in Cambridge.

Year 2; Massive Tetrahedron, 7m tall

The massive Tetrahedron Architecture Workshops build with Year 2 children is evidence of our knowledge of the materials and the techniques we have been utilising for 15years.  Nobody builds bigger or better than we do, because we created it!

 

We don't usually build the giant Tetrahedrons with pupils older than Key Stage 1, as our otherworkshops are more challenging for them, but sometimes we do get Secondary Students to build the 7m high version, as a finale.