Using google sketch up the fields of art and technology could be combined by creating unusual architecture in response to a problem. I have explored children designing new museums for Silverstone Race Circuit, buildings to host architectural launch parties and creations in response to the work of Antonio Gaudi. The outcomes and creative possibilities the children come out with are endless, they learn new skills about materials, design, scale, shape, form and pattern and also realise their designs in CAD in the same way as architects in the industry.

Have a go at setting your children an architectural challenge and you will be amazed by the directions in which they travel…