Building for the future
In 2008, Children & the Arts ran ArchitectureQuest, a year-long project which introduced London children to the built environment around them.
About ArchitectureQuest
ArchitectureQuest partnered children with an urban designer and a visual artist. Together they observed buildings from different perspectives – via visits to buildings on foot, during a cruise along the Thames, and through a flight on the London Eye.
Children also took part in a series of practical workshops. This included trying their hand at the traditional wattle and daub building technique, making rubbings of constructions materials and creating scale models of whole buildings.
A public exhibition of the children’s work took place in September 2008.
Who was involved?
Made possible by the kind generosity of The David Cock Foundation, Gardiner & Theobald and The London Eye, Children & the Arts worked closely with one London school to develop the project together and learn from the school’s feedback.
In 2008, Children & the Arts ran ArchitectureQuest, a year-long project which introduced London children to the built environment around them.
About ArchitectureQuest:
ArchitectureQuest partnered children with an urban designer and a visual artist. Together they observed buildings from different perspectives – via visits to buildings on foot, during a cruise along the Thames, and through a flight on the London Eye.
Children also took part in a series of practical workshops. This included trying their hand at the traditional wattle and daub building technique, making rubbings of constructions materials and creating scale models of whole buildings.
A public exhibition of the children’s work took place in September 2008.
Who was involved?
Made possible by the kind generosity of The David Cock Foundation, Gardiner & Theobald http://www.gardiner.com/ and The London Eye http://www.londoneye.com/, Children & the Arts worked closely with one London school to develop the project together and learn from the school’s feedback.