Unit 2 - Critical thinking and problem solving 2.1a - The Ruin

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Critical thinking and problem solving

Lots of buildings are being created into something unexpected. Take this church in the Netherlands. From the outside it looks like this:

Inside it looks like this:

A BMX park

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Can you guess what this old building is now used as?

It is located in Scotland and has been functioning in its current use since 1818.

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It is bar…

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Your School/College/Education establishment has just inherited this building.

The Ruin

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In groups of no more than 4, your school/college/educational establishment needs you to come up with a use for ‘The Ruin’.

You will then need to pitch your idea to the rest of the group.

You need to fulfil 5 criteria:

Your task

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1) Your idea needs to be innovative. This means it needs to be different to what is currently available in Wales

Criterion 1

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2) Your idea needs to have a specific target market. You will need to justify why your target market will be interested in visiting The Ruin

Criterion 2

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3) Your pitch needs to be persuasive as to why your school/college/ educational institution should pick your idea

Criterion 3

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4) Your idea needs to generate income. You will need to explain how it will do this

Criterion 4

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5) You will need to communicate your vision for The Ruin. What will it look like? How will it run?

Criterion 5

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Here are some tips for being innovative:

Ideas follow five simple steps:

1.Generate2.Document3.Organize4.Cull5.Execute

Come up with as many as possible in a timescale, write them down, categorise them, get rid of some and then select one to follow through.

Coming up with ideas

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Any questions before you begin?