Sustainable architecture

Art and design

A diverse range of approaches will be used in this unit to investigate houses in both an artistic and an architectural style. Drawing and printing techniques will be explored before pupils investigate how architects design environmentally friendly houses or flats, then design their own eco-home.

Our spaces: drawing and printing

Continuing or being kept up over time is called ...

soak up the sunlight and turn it into electricity

help keep buildings cool, make the air cleaner

Match the sustainable building feature to its definition.

What eco-friendly design features can you not see in this image?

A line which runs up and down a space is called ...

Using a ruler helps us to draw lines that are ...

Which architectural drawing is asymmetrical?

Starter Quiz