The Kid-A team undertook the development and production of an educational workshop for children with the title "Break the Dam of Engineering", for the 100 years celebration since the completion of the Marathon dam of EYDAP (Water Supply Company of Athens - Piraeus). The workshop took place for the first time at the Marathon Museum. We were entrusted with the construction of the basic installation of the project; around which the interactive workshop took place. It is a circular table with a diameter of 3.20 m, around which the children sit, low, on cushions on the floor.
From the periphery to the center of the table three levels are developed perimetrically, in steps. Strips of plexiglass, stickers with texts and photographs, as well as other components are attached on each level that is being utilized at the various stages of the interactive workshop. Each perimeter concerns a separate play module and a participatory process in which children are involved. In the center and the top of the table a model of the dam is placed with a circular base of 1.2m diameter. At various spots and objects of the model, cards and stickers are placed based on the results and information created by the children throughout the workshop.
Due to its large size but also in order to be able to be stored or reused elsewhere, the construction is constituted by different pieces assembled together. The basic elements that form the table are the 4 surface quadrants, the central circle - model base, the 9 legs, and a wheeled wedge-shaped box that completes the circle. The auxiliary equipment of the laboratory is also stored in the mobile box.
As for the model, the elevations of the ground around the dam are made of 9mm plywood, in layers perpendicular to the water level, and the rest of the elements (the dam and other buildings) are made of plexiglass. The surface of the water level is also made out of plexiglass.
