Arkki workshop: Sweet Architecture. With Pihla Meskanen

The Museo Würth La Rioja will host the Arkki workshop “Sweet Architecture” with Pihla Meskanen on September 3^rd with two sessions (11 am / 12.30 pm) aimed at children aged 7-12.

Children explore the world and learn by playing. Creativity is also developed by playing and using the imagination. This original workshop will be the best occasion for children to investigate our built environment and learn about structures in architecture in a fun way. In the workshop “Sweet Architecture”, children will make structural discoveries and test their own model built with triangular structures. “Sweet Architecture” offers a fun and delicious experience like no other, because children will be able to taste how architecture tastes… The main goal of the activity is to bring participants closer to the geometry of space and to create “architectural masterpieces” using toothpicks and sweets as building materials.

In order to guarantee the social and safety distancing measures indicated by the health authorities, groups are very small and prior registration is required on +34 941 010 410. All participants must wear a mask and respect at all times the indications of the health authorities and the museum staff in charge of the activity.

The Arkki programmes were created in Finland in 1993 and its extracurricular curriculum for children aged 4-18 was approved by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture in 2008. Arkki develops creative educational projects using architecture and design as a point of connection of various disciplines and to foster essential innovation skills for life: a civic and cultural literacy. These programmes are present in 9 countries and have inspired children with their unique approach. They been recognised internationally on multiple occasions and have received many awards.

Pihla Meskanen (1970) is an architect and educator, co-founder of Arkki and CEO of Arkki International. She believes that creative education through architecture provides children with new skills, means and tools to influence the sustainable creation of our future environment. Meskanen has published several books and articles, and has participated in the drafting of the Finnish National Curriculum for Visual Arts and Architecture. She was awarded the honour of Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the President in 2018 for her work in the field of creative education. Meskanen has also received the Asko-Avonius Prize, the Pietilä State Prize for children’s culture and was elected Art Educator of the Year in 2013.

The Museo Würth La Rioja opened its doors on September 2007 and has made great strides in exhibiting, conserving, researching and providing education on the Würth collection and contemporary creations. The museum’s exhibition programme offers visitors the chance to gain first-hand experience of the various theoretical and methodological discourses at play in 20th and 21st century plastic arts. At the same time, the Museum is home to cultural and educational programming for the public, in the hopes that it will become a pluralistic space, open to the myriad expressions of contemporary culture and capable of forming a link between today’s artistic dynamics, especially in the Museum’s local surroundings.

You can find more information here: https://concentrico.es/en/arkk...