Welcome to the Dallas Mapping Project.  This website was created by the 11th grade students in the DallasISD magnet architecture program at Skyline High School, the first magnet high school in the United States, and at 4,500 students, one of the largest high schools in Texas.  The Skyline Architecture Cluster  includes approximately 100 students in grades 9-12, and this award winning, college-prep program prepares students for future careers in architecture and other design related fields. 

 

The goal of the Dallas Mapping Project is to create a portrait of Dallas as seen through the eyes of students.  The portrait you see here attempts to depict a "sense of place," and includes a wide range of architectural, topographical, historical, and cultural information.  The data was collected and edited by the 11th grade Skyline Architecture Cluster students beginning in January, 2013, and includes drawings, collages, and diagrams they created along the way.  Their goal was to create a multi-faceted portrait of the city revealing it's character- and, like the changing face of the world we live in, the website itself is a work in progress and continues to evolve and change over time.

 

As you navigate the site, you will find familiar and unfamiliar buildings and places, interviews with student's family members and with famous Dallasites, and a feel for the neighborhoods of Dallas and the people who live there.  The project was undertaken as the starting point of a similar mapping project of Cape Town, South Africa.  Before departing for Cape Town as the recipient of a Fulbright Teaching Award, architect and teacher Peter Goldstein and the Skyline Architecture Cluster students created this map of Dallas to tell the story of their city, and share it with students in South Africa.

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The ultimate goal of the Mapping Project is to reach across boundaries and foster common ground through the study of architecture and the built environment.  Through their investigations of the architecture and built world around them, this map of Dallas created by the 11th graders in the Skyline Architecture Cluster explores and celebrates the rich cultural diversity of Dallas, and the people and places that make Dallas unique.  Our hope is to create connections with students in other cities as they explore their neighborhoods and history, and tell the stories of the place they call home.

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To learn more about the Skyline Architecture Cluster please visit us at skylinearchitecturecluster.org

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