This freelab uses the kite as an object for architectural exploration. Students will combine ideas about form, materiality, and structure to iterate upon kite designs from sketch models to final build and flight inspired by the historical context of kite making in Nova Scotia. With kite origins in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the South Pacific for the purpose of measuring landscapes, documenting weather, and transport, kites developed unique styles and cultural ties globally. In 1898, Scottish inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, began pursuing studies of aeronautics and flight with the goal of flying kites strong enough to carry passengers and engines. With support from his wife, Mabel, Bell and his team, the Aerial Experiment Association, began developing elaborate kites with strong tetrahedral structures that were clad in maroon silk. These self-bracing structures made from repeating triangular shapes kept the kites durable and light, despite their scale. Tested over Bras D’or Lake in Cape Breton, Bell’s tetrahedral studies and their innovations, among others, lead to the creation of larger aeronautics advisory committees, and eventually the beginning of NASA. Today, kite flying in Nova Scotia remains an annual tradition with the Kite Festival, originallyinspired by events held at the Indian Festivals Club, occurring each summer on Citadel Hill.