The author's design of a workshop method developed at the postgraduate course Archikultura, architectural educator. The several-stage scenario of the classes uses the analogy of dental treatment. The idea is to draw attention to the cavities of space and subject the nearest space to aestheticization. Urban Dentist allows to change the perspective from a passive user of space to the position of an active designer of space in urban processes.
The authors of the project arch. Natalia Gaweł and artist, curator Bartosz Zimniak W skali wyobraźni – Artistic-creative summer workshops - the project consisted of a two-week artistic-creative workshop, implemented at Dom na Skraju, in the Gdansk Nowy Port district. The result of the classes is a 1:10 scale model of the facility, which serves as a home for hedgehogs - frequent visitors to the garden. Thanks to the workshop, the children faced the task of creating visualizations of the future of selected buildings located in their home district. The finale of the classes was a picnic with the opening of the designed model house. The author of the photos is Bartosz Bańka.
The nationwide program in architectural education is designed for preschool children and elementary school students. Editions completed: pilot, first program in kindergarten in Gdynia, next edition in two kindergartens in Gdynia and edition aimed at elementary school children in Gdansk in 2020 (partly online) It is a proposal to carry out classes with the theme of bringing understanding of issues related to architecture, as well as introducing them to the culture of social life.