Young city designers
In February and in March I worked with children from Amsterdam North.
The project was in collaboration with SPIN and took place in one of their playgrounds Zeeslag.
I conducted a series of workshops related to urban design and games.
Topic: design your own dream neighbourhood
Duration: every Friday 20 January – 17 February
Goals: To challenge children to get to know their home town and to stimulate their creativity and imagination.
Target: Children 6-12 years old
In a series of five 2-hour sessions, the children mapped the neighbourhood’s streets and made models of their dream neighbourhood. In the first session, the children learned about the principles of topography, looked at different types of maps and discovered what elements they contain. Then they drew their own map with routes and objects such as a helicopter pad, a children’s museum and, of course, candy and ice cream shops
