Y9/10 Architecture
Last Friday, the Year 9 & 10 Architecture classes went on an excursion to the city. The assignment given to us on the excursion was to complete a scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt used buildings as clues to find our way through the city. As we did, we used our research skills to answer questions. We all had a great time furthering our knowledge of architecture in the city.
Jay M (Year 10 student)
The architecture of Melbourne is rich in history and full of surprises, from the building in Chinatown designed by the architect of Canberra, to the Melbourne plaza designed by the architect of the Louvre Pyramid.
Congratulations to Santi, Ted and Jayden for winning the competition to visit the most buildings and answer the most clues.Read below for a selection of the questions that were put to the students on the day; these particular questions can be answered with Google Streetview, although you have an advantage: On the day the of the excursion, students had to figure out the name and address of each building themselves.
Can you do as well as our Architecture students? Answers under the photos at the end of this page!
a) At the Block Arcade:
A cluttered wedding-cake façade built in boom-style hype.
Look above the entrance; define the pediment’s type.
b) At the State Library:
Before you leave, be sure to tarry; Say G’Day to Redmond Barry.
Read the Latin number here, but write in English that very year.
c) At the Old Treasury Building:
Palazzo-style Renaissance revival, heritage listing ensures survival.
An educated guess or a stab in the dark, designed by a teenager called J.J…?
d) At Collins Place:
The spaceframe got him in the groove, to design a pyramid at the louvre.
Perhaps he had a thing to prove? Google the architect before you move.
e) At Melbourne GPO:
Northeast of the grid’s dead centre, look above the ground-floor arches.
Count the triglyphs facing south before commencing northward marches.
Architecture trivia answers:
- Broken (although we might accept “curved” and “segmental”)
- 1880
- Clark
- I.M.Pei
- 42 (Approximately)
Mr Rob Gray
Teacher