The girls get into patterns

Patterns generated digitally can be used for many design purposes. Understanding repeats get us all to think in terms of mathematics, too!

Cinematic design

Deon, from the Downtown YWCA program, got really into creating a scene from a disaster movie.

Inspiring the groups

The impetus for the work done in Brick by Brick comes directly from the work of artists who know how to translate what they do to young people in after-school settings. Michelle Weinberg, Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez, Dimitry Chamy and Patricio Cuello work in art, design and architecture fields. Their own practices were the model for Brick by Brick activities.

Michelle invented an environment using the same "playful physics" that characterizes her paintings.

Experimental Designs

By experimenting in Sketchup, we can imagine a whole new look for an urban plaza. This design was made by Alex at Little Havana Institute.

Girl Power gets design fever

The girls at Girl Power in Liberty City harnessed the lightning fast connection between millions of images they surf on the internet, photos of themselves and the 3D drafting platform provided free by Sketchup. Buildings that they designed and customized with their photos eventually landed up on their myspace pages! Technology and design meet social networking.

by Cornelius at Coconut Grove Cares

Using cosmic painter, we can make moving images.

Working with SketchUp

After playing around with SketchUp, I made this 3D image and exported it as a 2D image. After using SketchUp for the second time, I will download it on to my laptop.

Posted by: Lissette C.

Moving images show all the views of a building

In this case, a project by Dariel at Little Havana Institute, the Umbrella Corporation.

Kenny's animated movie made in sketchup

Some basic forms have been enhanced with color. Kenny is a student at Little Havana Institute.

patterns make good textures for building surfaces

Lissette made these patterns.