Dezeen promotion: children between six and 18 years old can get a taste of the world of architecture at the first-ever International Youth ArchiDesign 2020 event, organised by Hong Kong education institute My ArchiSchool.
Set to take place on 6 December to mark the school's fourth anniversary, the event is designed to "rally the young talents of architectural design who will build our future world" and to help them "develop their full potential of creativity".
Top image: Queenie Sun created a physical model of her Green Home design. Above: model of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, by Oscar Chung
The day will introduce kids to the realities of the profession over a series of workshops, ranging from digital and real-life modelling lessons to a lecture about Asian architectural heritage and a run-through of a day in the life of an architect. Speakers will include several practising professionals as well as professor Ho Puay Peng, who heads up the National University of Singapore's architecture department and is the UNESCO chair of architectural heritage conservation and management in Asia.
Alanna Mak designed a cosy home interior to bring elements of the outside in
The event will also play host to the awards ceremony for the institute's first-ever architectural design competition, which the organisers say was conceived to "cheer up all the young ones" who were limited to taking virtual classes in their homes.
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