Wednesday 30 — Thursday 31 March
Get hands-on to find out why and how birds build nests. Explore the pieces of art and architecture that are influenced by bird nests. Examine nests from local and exotic birds, match the bird to the nest that it built and build a nest of your own to take home or leave in our special museum trees.
Presented by University of St Andrews
Age: All Ages
Time: 10:00 – 17:00 (drop-in)
Venue: Hawthornden Court, National Museum of Scotland
Tickets: Free (drop-in)
http://sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/pop-up-science-nest-building
Saturday 26 — Wednesday 30 March
Can you build a bridge without nails or glue? Can you make a curved tower out of straight sticks? Can you design a building that would melt a car? Find out how maths is the key to all these questions and how it influences architecture in the world around us.
Presented by The University of Edinburgh
Age: All Ages
Time: 10:00 –16:30 (drop-in)
Venue: Learning Centre Level 2, National Museum of Scotland
Tickets: Free (drop-in)
http://sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/finding-the-arc-in-architecture
Saturday 26 March to Sunday 10 April
Humanity’s first Mars Colony needs your help! Come and build pods, buildings, labs, habitats, and anything else you think that humans need to live on another planet. Our first building has been designed and crafted by renowned artist in LEGO® bricks, Warren Elsmore. Now it is up to you to add to the Mars landscape and help contruct the first colony.
Age: All Ages
Time: 10:00 – 17:00 (drop-in)
Venue: Grand Gallery, National Museum of Scotland
Tickets: Free (drop-in)
http://sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/mars-master-constructors
Monday 28 March
Help build a house in an afternoon, with no power tools! Join volunteers from Fountainbridge Canalside Initiative, who built the UK’s first community WikiHouse, to put together the pieces. WikiHouse is an open source building system with many designers collaborating to make it simple for everyone to design, print and assemble beautiful, low-energy homes. Come along and see just how easy it is by taking part in our build.
Presented by the Fountainbridge Canalside Initiative
Age: All Ages
Time: 13:00 and 15:00
Venue: Courtyard, Summerhall
Tickets: Free (ticket required)
http://sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/wikihouse-demonstration-build
Monday 28 — Wednesday 30 March
Minecraft is a game that allows you to manipulate the immersive 3D world around you to create anything that your imagination can conjure. In this workshop you can design your own space in Minecraft as we look to build a better world for ourselves. What would you like to see? What is your vision for the future? Participants will become virtual town planners and architects as they build and create anything from new parks and squares to monuments, shelters and tree houses!
Presented by ComputerXplorers
Age: Ages 8+
Time: 14:00 — 16:00
Venue: Basement Gallery 3, Summerhall
Tickets: Standard Ticket £15.00
http://sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/explore-our-world-in-minecraft
From the first forest shelters to the Sagrada Familia, humanity has shaped its own environment to an extraordinary degree. The spaces we inhabit have a direct impact on how we feel, think, and behave and, as part of Science Festival 2016, we’ll be asking how science, technology, architecture and design can impact on our homes and cities to help us to live well through a special series of events focusing on Our Built Environment.
In Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design, we’re looking at eco-friendly portable living spaces in our Tiny Homes Village. Explore the exhibition on The Mound Precinct or join in the debate at Tiny Home Sweet Home.
Say Hello to Architecture!
