Architectural educationalists Matt+Fiona worked with school pupils in the city of Hull to design and build a classroom with pivoting walls on their allotment.

The green timber pavilion was created as part of the Made in Oakfield project, which was devised by architect Matthew Springett and educator Fiona MacDonald.
It allowed pupils aged between 11 and 16 from Oakfield Residential School ? which caters for pupils struggling in mainstream education ? to design and then build a learning space for the school's allotment in just seven days.

"Self-build education projects empower young people to realise they can not only be involved in the decision-making that shapes our cities, but literally create places within them," MacDonald told Dezeen. "This is particularly important for young people at a school such as Oakfield," she added. "It caters for students who have not managed in mainstream education and require a specialist educational provision to meet their complex social, emotional and mental health needs in order for them to succeed."

The design was developed in an open workshop, during which students explored ideas through model making. A clear demand emerged for a structure that could serve as both an open learning space and an enclosed 'snug'. The children also wanted a high-level lookout so they could survey the allotment.
Matt+Fiona worked to incorporate these ideas into a design that could be feasibly be built in just a week by a te...