Manorfield Primary creates ‘Celebration City’ for Architecture in Schools programme

The LOM team included Ana, Charlie, Ishan, Joyce, Maliha, Morgan, Paloma, Peter and Rachel. They partnered with Year 5 children from Ms. Simmon’s Tokyo class. Together they visited the Museum of London Docklands where the children discovered how it was built and how the building has been used over time.

Maliha Haque, associate at LOM said: “It was a wonderful experience to work with Tokyo class, it was a great insight into each pupil’s mind into how they view their city, and I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to engage creatively with them.

Back at the school, LOM held two workshops with the children to design and create a model of their Celebration City. Everyone got really hands on with the task and created a fantastic display comprised of places to live, eat, play, exercise, work/learn and experience culture.

Peter Loader, architectural assistant at LOM said: “In Tokyo class we found a bubbling pool of enthusiasm and talent. Every child approached their tasks differently, but each had a unique and creative view to how to shape their ideal world. There’s no doubt that with the right encouragement any one of them could make an excellent designer one day.”