KIDSTRUCTION is a design/build competition among middle school students sponsored by the Southern Arizona Chapter of the Society for Design Administration (SACSDA) as part of the AIA Southern Arizona Architecture Week.
SACSDA provided the leadership for this successful event when AIA Southern Arizona Chapter's Architecture Week Committee Chairman asked the organization to design a children's event. The event takes place during 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. Design entries will be on display in the Park Place Mall from Saturday, September 24th through Sunday, October 2nd. The display will be dismantled late on Sunday, October 2nd. .
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. Awards have been presented to the students by Mayor Bob Walkup, the director of Rio Nuevo and other figureheads.
For more information, vist the SDA website at www.sacsda.com under KIDSTRUCTION or contact the 2011 KIDSTRUCTION Chair, Tami Griffin of SDA at by email at tamara.g@wt-us.com .
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