Architecture for Children

We see a lot of environmental problems to be the result of current politics. We believe our future will be brighter when our children are more equipped with sustainable, collaborative and creative thinking. By teaching children about architecture, sustainable design, urban planning, and efficient use of materials, they will get into the habit of thinking in those terms. We hope to change the world through volunteering and education.

We conduct classes once a week in primary schools. There are currently 4 primary schools who are working with us in Hong Kong. We have taught over 7,000 children for free since 2014

Architecture for Children focuses on geometry, environmental problems, science, history, creative thinking and model buildings. We begin the lesson with something simple and small, like a triangle. From one geometry, we explain the concept of building a bridge (tessellated structure) and how to build a more efficient structure. Using interactive presentations, we teach children the concept of sustainable designs. We build up new lesson on top of the previous lessons. More geometries will be taught until they learn how to assemble a complicated geometry like high-rise towers. They learn to collaborate with their teammates.

Through trial and error, children discover the beauty of scientific experiments as they develop their creative and critical thinking.

We encourage people to use trash or recycled materials to build their projects. Feel free to email us if you want your ideas to be included.

Download advanced syllabus here for children aged 10 or older.

Download simple syllabus here for younger children.

Books:

We put together the best ideas we have collected from children in the last 18 years into a children book. Children can read and build along using found-at-home materials. Profit we will earn from this book will be used for us to cover our expenses of volunteering.

Link on Amazon

Volunteers:

Our volunteers come from multiple background with the desire to promote equity, access, ecology and sustainability. The goal is to give our children a full spectrum of architecture. Our study is a mixture of art, design, math, science, culture and history

Our volunteering work is on display at the The American Institute of Architects Headquarter next to the White House until May 2017. Check AIA website for more information about the Emerging Professionals Exhibition.

AIA Hong Kong – A Chapter of the American Institute of Architects

Boy Diocesan School Primary Division, Hong Kong

Farmacy HK

Growing Up Green in Brooklyn, New York

Kwun Tong Government Primary School (Sau Ming Road)

LaSalle Primary School, Hong Kong

Pratt Institute, New York

Red Cross John F. Kennedy Centre, Hong Kong

Subform Eco-Product Design Competition

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – School of Design

The International Montessori School