10th Annual Kidstruction - Tomorrow's Designers 2011
"Tucson's Architectural Treasures...Going Green"
Student Design/Build Contest
History of Kidstruction
Kidstruction is a design/build competition among middle school students sponsored by the SACSDA as part of Architecture Week. SACSDA provided the leadership for this successful event when AIA Southern Arizona Chapter's Architecture Week Committee Chairman asked them to design a children's event.
The event takes place at the start of Architecture week every year. In order to compete, teams from Tucson's middle schools have to design and build futuristic structures based on a theme. The student entries have to be built using only business cards, toothpicks and glue and must fit on a 12" x 12" base.
Judges for the event have included representatives from the University of Arizona's College of Architecture, the City of Tucson, the SDA local chapter and local businesses. In previous years, awards have been presented to the students by Mayor Bob Walkup and other prominent members fo the Tucson community.
Cash prizes, trophies and ribbons have been presented to the winning teams.
Additional information about Kidstruction including additional photos of the event can be found here:
Kidstruction 2003
Kidstruction 2006
Kidstruction 2010
For additional information, please contact Tami Griffin.
For Information on how to received hi res images of your students or children from SDA's photo library please contact Jen Carreon at jcarreon@oaconsulting.com.
Congratulations to the following teams 1st Quail Run #3, Quail Run Elementary 2nd Firebird Firestorm, Academy del Sol 3rd Firebird Fervidity, Academy del Sol Fire Station Category 1st The Green Machines, Sonoran Science Academy 2nd The Chili Peppers, Alter Valley Middle School 3rd Firebird Flames, Academy del Sol Theatre Category 1st Firebird Fliers, Academy del Sol 2nd Green Stuff, Alter Valley Middle School 3rd Team Green, Twin Peaks Elementary 1st Firebird Fermium, Academy del Sol 2nd The Architects, Alter Valley Middle School 3rd Duck Tape, Coyote Trail Elementary 1st Team Awesome, Roskruge Middle School 2nd Wierdos, Inc., Coyote Trail Elementary 3rd Flaming Dragon Tables, Coyote Trail Elementary
Library Category
Place of Worship Category
School Category
Thank you to all those who participated!!!
We had 125 teams register with 19 schools from the Tucson area represented.
All the winning structures are on display at the Downtown Library through the month of October. We will make arrangements to get those structures back to you in early November.
Thank you to this year's judges:
Dave Burns, BWS Architects
Dave N. Gibbens, P.E., S.E., Schneider Structural Engineers
Siri Trumble, U of A, School of Architecture
Katie Carreon, SDA Representative
Judging & Awards: September 24, 2011
Downloads:
Kidstruction 2011 Promotional Flyer
Kidstruction 2011 Guidelines & Information
Kidstruction 2011 Team Registration Form
Kidstruction 2011 Team Entry Description Form
