CMS Research Summit February 8, 2002 Games-to-Teach Project DreamHaus.

CMS Research Summit February 8, 2002

Games-to-Teach ProjectDreamHaus

CMS Research Summit February 8, 2002

DreamHaus• Unlocking magic of math, science, and

engineering through Architecture• Compelling to non-gamers• Edutainment cross-over potential• Witty, camp aesthetic

Robin Hauck, Heather Miller, & Zachary Nataf with Wally Holland

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What is DreamHaus?• Bobbi is a cutting-edge architect in Soho• She wants to win the AIA Gold Medal• AIA Panel presents 7 design challenges• Each challenge embodies a set of math,

physics, and engineering concepts.• Win all 7 challenges and

win the Gold Medal!

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DreamHaus CurriculumLevel

Design Challenge Field Trips Content

Intro Design a simple home that stands

Dogon Home; Irish Home Villa Savoye

Force, Beams, Loads, Equilibrium.

1 Give wealthy child actor a solid “roof”

Pyramids Parthenon; Stonehenge

Force, Beams, Loads, stone.

2 Create a tall building for a little king.

Hancock BuildingEiffel tower

Trusses, Steel, Horiz. pressures; Shearing.

3 Circus Tent Tokyo Olympic; Nervi’s hangars; Super Dome

Tension, Elasticity.

4 Earthquake Resistant Structure

Coliseum; PantheonNotre Dame; Egg

Arches, meridians, domes

5 Design a building for rap star in Antarctica

Igloo; Ice Hotel Dome structures, Thermodynamics

6 Underwater Building Falling Water Canterleavering

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DreamHaus

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Checking Other Sites: (Villa Savoya)

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Web Communities• Upload and download original buildings• Upload and download user-created models of

actual buildings• Peer Reviews• Peer Assessments• Collaboration with experts• Online Communities of Design Practice (e.g. Lave

& Wenger, 1991; Squire & Johnson, 2000)

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DreamHaus Pedagogy• Conceptual Physics / Engineering

(Belcher, 2001; Forbus, 2001)

• Multiple Approaches to Understanding (Gardner, 1992)

• Learning by Design (Perkins, 1986)

• Creativity in Engineering (Sheperdson, 1999)

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DreamHaus Future• Potential Partners

– Design / Software Companies, Engineering Programs

• Questions? [email protected]

• http://cms.mit.edu/games/education/