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Use code EARLY15 for 15% off our 2025 Summer Experience programme fees

Use code EARLY15 for 15% off our 2025 Summer Experience programme fees

The Young Architect Weekend

The Ultimate Work Experience in Architecture

Event
Event

The Young Architect Weekend

The Ultimate Work Experience in Architecture

Overview

The Young Architect Weekend gives students aged 15-18 a chance to test-drive life as an architect. Learn from top architects as they guide you through a series of interactive activities: Tackle an architectural brief, build 3D models, and present your designs to a panel of experts. You will also get expert advice on how to become a successful architect, with guidance on university applications, interviews, work experience, extra-curricular activities and more..

You can attend either in-person in London or live online. Register now to gain an edge over other aspiring architects, and a super-curricular experience to add to your university application.


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An Interactive Experience
  • Top architects will coach you through a range of interactive activities:
  • Receive a brief from your client and work as a team to deliver your vision 
  • Receive top technical tips and guidance on how fulfil the brief 
  • Present your designs to a panel of top architects and get detailed feedback
     
Expert Career Coaching:
  • Discover how to fulfil your ambitions of becoming a top architect
  • Receive expert advice on how to draft an action plan of how to break into the industry
  • Coaching by experts on: A-level/IB choices, university and degree selection, application and interview techniques, extra-curricular activities, work experience and more 
     
An Audience With Top Architects:
  • Hear from successful architects and ask them all your burning questions.
  • Q&A panel with experienced architects and current students from a range of specialties
Boost your Career Potential:
  • Attendance demonstrates you’ve gained key skills that universities are looking for, including teamwork, communication and problem-solving
  • Complete the online assessment after the programme and receive a personalised certificate to include in your applications
     
11.00am

The World of an Architect

  • Architecture: a science and an art
  • The design mindset: analysis and synthesis
  • Career possibilities, demands and expectations
11.40am

The Residential Design Project: Part I

  • Over the course of the day, you will work with leading architects to design a bespoke avant-garde building for your client
  • Follow official RIBA guidelines and receive guided feedback from architects at every stage
  • Part I: understand the client brief, create a mood board to align your vision, and prepare the design concept which will underpin your project
1.00pm

Lunch Break

  

2.00pm

The Residential Design Project: Part II

  • Expand upon your designs from the morning
  • Learn how to develop architectural drawings 
  • Part II: create developed designs, build physical and virtual 3-D models using cutting-edge software and assemble your presentation board
     
4.00pm

The Showcase

  • Present your group’s final designs
  • Receive feedback from the architects
  • Have your group’s work assessed according to architectural marking criteria
4.30pm

Career Coaching & Portfolio Workshop

  • How to be successful in the university application process for architecture
  • Portfolio building: how to best demonstrate your creative potential
  • Learn what top universities are looking for in a portfolio
  • How to use your portfolio to brand yourself: university and beyond
5.00pm

Panel Q&A

  • Live panel Q&A with experienced architects
  • All your burning questions answered
  • Receive valuable careers advice
  • Build an action plan for success
5.30pm

Close

  

This programme is for students aged 15-18. No prior knowledge or experience is required. The programme involves a mixture of interactive simulations, exercises and Q&A sessions. You can choose to attend the programme either in-person in London or ‘Live Online’; the content is the same for both.

Programme Fee:

In-Person: £195/student for full day

'Live Online’: £165/student for full day

There is no application process, and you can secure your place simply by clicking “Register Now”. We operate on a first-come first-served basis and programme places are limited.

Choose a location below:

In Person

Available dates:

  • 3rd November 2024

Venues:

  • University College London (UCL)

Accommodation location:

  • University College London (UCL),
    Bloomsbury,
    London

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