Events / Journal
TET Launch
We launched the Thornton Education Trust (TET) on 30 March 2021 with the ‘Inspiring Future Generations’ webinar, attended by over 140 people, with panelists:
Matt Bell, Corporate Affairs Director at Grosvenor & co-creator of 'Voice Opportunity Power’
Karen Jelenje, Founder of social enterprise Activate the City
Fiona MacDonald, Head of Learning, Design Museum/Co-Founder, Matt + Fiona
Jorge Raedó, - Founder, Osa Menor, a Colombia-based arts education organisation
Simeon Shtebunaev, Birmingham City University
TET Dialogues
TET Dialogues provide an online space for practitioners to share knowledge and discuss ideas on how to build capacity and influence decision-makers in the built environment.
The theme for April 2021’s TET Dialogue was ‘How do young people experience personal development through built environment activities and programmes?’
Watch the full discussion, download summary and email suggestions for future events.
TET Dialogues
‘How to engage young people in sustainable urban design?’
Young people today are coming of age in the climate emergency, and around the world they are spearheading action to try to halt the destructive effects of the climate crisis. The need to make buildings and spaces greener is universally accepted, but what are the examples of meaningful engagement with young people on this issue?
Chaired by Hattie Hartman, Sustainability Editor, The Architects’ Journal on 29 November with speakers Neil Onions - Beyond the Box, Simeon Shtebunaev - Birmingham City University and Sumita Singha - Ecologic Architects
Full discussion and download summary available shortly.
Recent Articles and Publications
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The best clients you have never had
What is good youth engagement and why should we do it, asks Dinah Bornat of zcd architects
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The Kids are alright: Co-designing with young people
Architects and designers are increasingly collaborating with the end users of spaces and places — and that includes children. Francesca Perry, Editor of Icon explores just some of the examples around the UK.
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Children, Young People, and Architecture
Defining the scope of children, young people, and architecture as a field is an interesting challenge, since architecture draws on the theories and knowledge of a wide range of disciplines to inform its own understandings. Scale also comes into question: architecture can be understood to be strategic as well as haptic; sociocultural and political as well as experiential and material. This article co-authored by Professor Rosie Parnell focuses primarily on architecture as design and social process, with a spatial product.
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Giant Doll's House Project
The Giant Dolls’ House Project invites displaced children to share their experiences, hopes and aspirations through a room of their own, created by Catja de Haas
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The case for architecture to be taught in schools
Hong Kong architect Jackie Chan writes for Bloomberg on how architecture teaches children patience and problem solving
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Voice Opportunity Power
Grosvenor Plc’s ‘Voice Opportunity Power’ is a toolkit on how to involve young people in the making and managing of their neighbourhoods