GET INTO THE CLASSROOM TO BUILD DIVERSITY

摘要

rr is a cliche that 'the built environment' influences daily lives so its absence from the school curriculum is all the more salient and remarkable. This doesn't mean all students should learn about architecture ratherthan, say, geography, but architecture has a unique capability to deliver multiple sub-disciplinary aspects. What could be more exciting? The UK is home to some of the finest architecture in the world and we should take children beyond the confines of their classrooms into realms that are private and privileged as well as public. Giving them the chance to explore exemplary architecture has been central to Open-City's Architecture in Schools programme with 30,000 school children taking part over the last 10 years. There is also the RIBA 'Adopt a School' initiative, backed by resources from the RIBA Library and Engaging Places portal.