How the Architecture for Kids podcast is empowering young people and educators

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A new podcast series explores the growing consensus around the need to engage young people in the built environment, writes Antonio Capelao

Last year I set up Architecture for Kids, a community interest company (CIC), to inspire and promote creativity and self-confidence in children and young people by engaging them in discussions about architecture, design, and sustainability. It is a hands-on problem solving and spatial programme, explored by sharing with children and young people knowledge about the built environment and the architect’s skills, through a process of conversation, site visits, drawing, and making – but always with the young person in charge of their own thinking and decision making.

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