Below are accounts of designed/built environment projects from the perspectives of an Artist, Architect and Young Person.
Claire Wood, Art and design secondary school teacher and youth worker, discusses her involvement in the “Making Sense of Places” Project in Tamworth, Staffordshire.
“The prime motivation for me as the artist on this particular project was to encourage and support dialogue that engaged young people’s minds in order to develop their confidence to make statements and judgements about their locality…” read more
Judy Preston, Architect, talks about how she reached the decision to make a career change and become an architect as well as her involvement in the development of a new school building.
“He talked of how a building…. a building …. plays a role in transforming people’s lives and in this case young people’s educational experience. Yes, the education offered, the quality of teaching and support to pupils matters, but for the first time I was hearing that the bricks and mortar and the space between them, interior and exterior, mattered a whole lot more than I had ever realised…” read more