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ABC 2004 - the Project
We asked our students, "What is your most sacred space? What makes that place sacred to you?"
Wherever it is for you, every person can recall a place they have been that has provoked an emotional or visceral response. We sometimes describe this feeling with words like 'awe', 'transcendence', 'sublime' and 'holy'. What is it about the quality of these spaces that moves our souls and connects us to something other than ourselves? These are the ideas that this year's Architecture by Children program aimed to creatively explore with the 2004 theme, SACRED SPACES.
The theme 'Sacred Spaces' is intended to include all places, religious and secular, that can fall under the broadest definition of 'sacred'. These include monuments to individuals, ideals, myths, and deities as well as spaces of refuge, retreat, meditation and prayer. While churches, mosques, temples, chapels, etc. are readily recognized as places that are sacred; a sacred space might also be the corner of a bedroom or any place that is very special - large or small, public or private.
The students' responses are
as varied as one could imagine. They were presented with the task of designing
a sacred space for either themselves or a client. The field was intentionally
left wide open... While churches, chapels and grottos abounded, there
were also homes, gardens, tree houses, private islands, forests, memorials,
cemeteries, monuments, clock towers, a gorgeous Buddhist tea-house and
a cow museum and cafe.
AIA Cincinnati would like to thank all of our architects, teachers, and
volunteers for helping to make this year's program an overwhelming success.
The following winning projects were chosen from 180 projects on display
during the week of April 24 through May 1, 2004 at the Downtown branch
of the Public Library of Cincinnati
and Hamilton County. These projects were chosen from the hundreds
of projects created in classrooms at the 36 participating schools. ABC
congratulates these and ALL of the 2,100 students who successfully completed
this year's program.
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Future Architect
Award Grades
K-4 age group Grades
5-8 age group Grades
9-12 age group _______________________________________________________ Our
Lady of Victory
Feng
Shui Award Grades
K-4 age group Grades
5-8 age group Grades
9-12 age group ______________________________________________________ Lincoln
Heights Elementary ______________________________________________________ Winton
Woods City Schools' Lakeside Elementary
Grades
5-8 age group Grades
9-12 age group St.
William School Montgomery
Elementary Kilgour
School
Most Creative
Interpretation of the Theme Grades
K-4 age group Grades
5-8 age group Grades
9-12 age group
Kilgour School Clough
Pike Elementary |
Participating Annunciation Catholic School |
2004
Program Sponsors and Contributors
ABC gratefully thanks the following businesses that made ABC 2004 a success.
AES, Inc.
American Architectural
Foundation
ABC gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati and the American Architectural Foundation’s Accent on Architecture Community Grants Program, which is sponsored by CAN Insurance Companies and Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc.
APG
Office Furnishings
Architects Plus
Architectural
Foundation of Cincinnati
AGI - East (formerly Architectural Group International, Inc.)
Cincinnati
Art Museum Gift Shop
Cole + Russell Architects
Harley Ellis
Herman Miller
Holthaus Signs
Imperial Builders
ISI / Feng Shui
Annex
Ohio Blue Print Co.
Parkey Design
Queen City Reprographics
TGI Friday's
Tradesources.Net
ABC proudly thanks our 2004 Design Jury. The following individuals volunteered
their time to review and select winners from amongst the 180 displayed
projects.
John Senhauser
John Senhauser, Architects
Shannon Duffy
Cole + Russell Architects
Jim Postell
University of Cincinnati,
College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
Emily Holtrop
Assistant Curator of School and Teacher Programs, Cincinnati
Art Museum
Colleen Stanton
Director, Artworks
Matt Distel, CAC
Curator of Exhibitions, Contemporary
Art Museum
Antwan Jones
Assistant Curator of Education, Contemporary
Art Museum
Dawn Schwartzman, Owner
Michael Schwartzman,
Owner
ISI
/ Feng Shui Annex