Grimshaw Foundation

The Royal Albert Hall x Grimshaw Foundation programme, 'Performance. Architecture. Design.’ (PAD) has won a TET (ThorntonEducationTrust) Inspire Future Generations Award in the Children Long Term Programme category!   The awards recognise organisations working with children and young people, to engage them in advocating for a better built environment, and it’s an honour to be recognised for PAD, which was led with the support of Urban Learners in 2024.   Over six months the programme worked with 160 students, and the Hall's Associate Artists — Rhael 'LionHeart' Cape Hon FRIBA, Anna Lapwood, Jess Gillam, and Corey Baker — to introduce, engage, and immerse engage young people in creative thinking, making and learning and expose them to the opportunities in creative professions. The culmination was a Big Build Day where eight different installations, designed as performance spaces, were constructed at the Royal Albert Hall.   It’s fantastic to be part of these awards that promote the commitment in the industry to closing the gap between architecture and education, encouraging a diversity of thought and inclusion through activity, collaboration and research. Congratulations to all the other winners → https://lnkd.in/dxExx3M2   And thank you and congratulations to the amazing group of students who took part in PAD, the inspiring Royal Albert Hall Associate Artists, and to all our volunteers from Mott MacDonald, AKT II, Hoare Lea, SHH Architecture & Interiors, Exterior Architecture Ltd, MICA Architects, Momentum Transport Consultancy, and ING Media.    Find out more here → https://lnkd.in/ezQqfW99

The Grimshaw Foundation is a finalist in the TET (ThorntonEducationTrust) Inspire Future Generations Awards 2024, an awards programme that recognises organisations and individuals that have been working with children and young people, to help them engage in and advocate for a better built environment.   Over the past two years the Foundation has been leading on programmes and initiatives that, through making and creating, elevate the role of creativity as an essential skill for the future, and introduce young people from different backgrounds to the creative industries and careers within architecture and design.    The two projects recognised as finalists are: → Performance Architecture Design (PAD): Youth Long Term Programme and Children Long Term Programme Award led by Grimshaw Foundation and the Royal Albert Hall with the support of Urban Learners. → Architecture for Change: Climate Change Award, led by Grimshaw Foundation, supported by Urban Learners.   Since 2021 the Foundation has worked with over 500 young people and 15 schools. Its most recent partnership, with the Royal Albert Hall, was behind the successful PAD programme which enabled 160 young people to work with the Royal Albert Hall Associate Artists Rhael 'LionHeart' Cape Hon FRIBA, Anna Lapwood, Jess Gillam and Corey Baker through a series of workshops and a final bid build — installing eight performance spaces at the Hall, designed by the students.   A huge congratulations to all the finalists and thank you TET (ThorntonEducationTrust) for continuing to advocate for professional and practitioner action in programmes that educate, engage and inspire the next generation. #ifgawards #ifgawards2024 #art #architecture #design #education #inspirefuturegenerations

🎭The Royal Albert Hall and Grimshaw Foundation have joined forces for a new programme - Performance. Architecture. Design. (PAD) - that brings together the RAH’s four Associate Artists and over 160 secondary school students from across London. 🎨 At the heart of this collaboration is a shared vision: to empower and inspire the next generation through the transformative power of creativity. 📐 Through immersive experiences and hands-on workshops, students will explore the intersection of architecture, design, and the performing arts, gaining invaluable insight into the spaces, professions and expertise that come together to create memorable experiences. 🎉 The year long programme with culminate in a ‘big build’ project bringing all the schools together at the RAH. ‘By going behind the scenes at the Royal Albert Hall, we’re hoping to inspire our students to choose creative subjects and to show how this can link to a huge range of careers - from lighting and sound design, to design, film and communications.’ Kirsten Lees, Trustee of the Grimshaw Foundation Read more → https://lnkd.in/esnZ9Zrc ✨ Thank you to Urban Learners , the Associate Artists Rhael 'LionHeart' Cape Hon FRIBA , Anna Lapwood, Jess Gillam and Corey Baker for coming together to spark creative minds and inspire young people. #Education #Design #Innovation #GrimshawFoundation #RoyalAlbertHall #performance #architecture #art #artisforeveryone #creativity