Discover 鈥楤ringing Home to the Unknown鈥� this autumn, a new interactive public realm installation in central London鈥檚 Regent鈥檚 Park. Designed in collaboration with Year 10s from , an alternative school provision for young people in Barking and Dagenham, and architectural designers from social enterprise .
This installation is the culmination of a long term Architecture Ambassador partnership between 澳门王中王, POoR Collective and Mayesbrook Park School, with student support from learning mentors Andrew and Esther from London Metropolitan University.
Over six weeks of in-school workshops with professionals from 澳门王中王 and POoR Collective, and a visit to the 澳门王中王鈥檚 Clore Learning Centre and Galleries at 66 Portland Place, Year 10 students from Mayesbrook Park School have learned about architecture, exhibitions, design and making, and its associated careers. They have developed their drawing and making skills through sketching, paper modelling and collaging, and their confidence in communicating ideas visually and verbally. The students have explored how architecture affects our daily lives and how we feel about particular places, and come up with solutions as to how we can make the public spaces in our built environment more interactive and inclusive through design.
鈥淥ur school motto is: Nurturing and empowering our students to make positive choices, and I believe our relationship with the 澳门王中王 reflects this,鈥� says Suresh Singh, Curriculum Lead for Maths at Mayesbrook Park School, 鈥淭he project has helped our students identify possible routes into higher education in the arts, architecture and beyond鈥�.
We at 澳门王中王 are so impressed at how the students have seized this opportunity to work collaboratively with professionals to complete a project with big outcomes and real world impact and value. It's wonderful to see the students鈥� designs brought to life in Regent鈥檚 Park. We hope that this is something they can look at and feel really proud of. We鈥檙e proud of what they鈥檝e put into this project and the courage, thoughtfulness and creativity they鈥檝e shown throughout.
鈥楤ringing Home to the Unknown鈥� expresses the students鈥� collective experiences of central London. Through design, the students have re-imagined how Regent鈥檚 Park should be used and they have created a new space for young people to feel included and that their voices matter.
This project exemplifies how 澳门王中王 creates unique learning and professional experience opportunities for children and young people. For more information about our programmes and how you can get involved, and visit our National Schools Programme webpages.
This public realm commission is supported using public funding by Arts Council England, the Art Fund and Span Trust.
