WOW! What a jam-packed 4 days we've had at our #PLACEDAcademy Summer School 2024. We had almost 60 young people ages 14-18 from across the North West join us at The University of Liverpool for an intense 4 days of workshops to mark the start of the 2024-25 programme.
In just 4 days we...
🌟 had our group of almost 60 young people in the room everyday
🌟 heard from a range of professionals in the built environment industry including Lucretia Ray from The School of Architecture at The University of Liverpool, Alex Kendall from AFL Architects, Peter Staniforth from Jon Matthews Architects, Chithra Marsh from Buttress, Ana Dieguez from David Miller Architects, Christopher Aitken-Smith & Beena Nouri from K2 Architects, Hannah McGrath from Planit, Jolie Molloy & Damianos Apostolidis from Civic Engineers, Sophie Kennerley from Morgan Sindall Construction, Claire Elisabeth Yates from shedkm, as well as PLACED Ambassadors Elise Ainsworth, Diya Calleechurn, Nicola Donnery, Esmé Flinders & Alice Young
🌟heard from Liverpool City Council's Planning team (Jane Hayward, Samra O'Neill & John Riley) about the local plan and then engaged the young people with this to contribute to a real live project
🌟played the Royal Town Planning Institute's new game to encourage them to think like Planners
🌟thought about key themes, communities, collective thoughts as a group, who we're designing for and why and began to think about masterplanning our own island
🌟introduced social value and how to incorporate into design and construction
🌟toured the School of Architecture
🌟designed, modelled, presented and justified our island masterplans
...and lots of other things along the way!
We are immensely proud of all our participants for settling straight in and getting stuck in with the tasks at hand. Every single person contributed to the design and presentation of their islands, impressing the professionals and University staff with their ability at this age. They got a first hand look at different careers within the built environment and some have now already got their sights on what career they'd like - and we're only 4 days in.
In September, we continue with monthly sessions to continue their growth.
A big thank you to all of the individuals involved in making the Academy possible with their support, time and sponsorship. It's a real team effort, and the impact speaks for itself. Thank you to the University of Liverpool for hosting us and giving the young people access to see what Higher Education looks like.
We're super excited.
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📸 by Fiona Finchett
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