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Learning By Design in Massachusetts is a statewide K-12 architecture and design education program. Since 1999 over 15,000 children, educators and designers have taken part in LBD:MA architecture and design activities.

Our Mission:

LBD:MA draws on the power of architecture and design to build within each child an essential structure for learning and creating that will inform every endeavor in their lives. Today’s children are the designers of a better tomorrow.

We will fulfill this mission by:

• bringing design activities focusing on people, places and spaces into the heart of K-12 learning
• enabling students, teachers and architects to learn and design together
• building a strong community dedicated to K-12 Architecture and Design Education

Vision:

LBD:MA believes that the design process will be integral to the way every teacher teaches and every student learns.  All children will value their connection to the architecture of their world and develop a sense of stewardship for sustainable, well-designed environments.

As a proponent of project-based learning, LBD:MA knows that children have the curiosity to form their own design questions, the creative ability to find their own solutions, and the higher-level thinking skills to communicate their ideas about those solutions. When we give our future designers, engineers, builders, decision-makers, and members of the global community the opportunity to communicate their ideas about their built and natural environments, we all benefit.

LBD:MA offers:

• Children’s Design Workshops
• Professional Development
• Curriculum Consultation
• Biennial Conference
• Resource Website

LBD:MA thanks the Boston Society of Architects for hosting this web page.