WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

Brainstorming ideas for our kid-first Central Square interventions/ installations

To come up with a divergent and copious bank of project ideas from which to choose in moving ahead with our projects

Individual Brainstorming: Take 3-4 minutes and list as many project ideas as you can come up with. Refer to the Client Needs and Design Constraints when thinking of ideas.

Instructions

1st

Client Needs:

• Safety
• Engagement/ fun
• Scaled design

Design Constraints:

• Scale model
• Only 3 hours to work!
• Limited Supplies

Sketching: Take 3-4 minutes and make quick sketches of your favorite 3 ideas. This will help flesh these ideas out and will be a tool for communicating your ideas to your partner and your studio mates. 

Group Brainstorm: Now that you have some ideas in mind, we will come together as a studio group to share them. Your coach will record ideas on the whiteboard, and we will look for connections, themes, and site overlaps - together.

Idea Selection: With your project partner, select a few ideas that interest you both. Any ideas (or combinations) listed on the board are open for you to explore. 

2nd

3rd

4th

Instructions

1 - ENCOURAGE WILD IDEAS

2 - SUSPEND JUDGMENT

4 - BUILD ON IDEAS

5 - BE VISUAL

3 - GO FOR QUANTITY

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Sketch your ideas.

WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

Looking at examples of urban designs, installations, and interventions that enable a kid-friendly experience in a city

Precedent research is important to find inspiration for your own designs later in the process.