Design Time: A-maze-ing Mazes – In-person workshop

About the Workshop

Design Time: A-maze-ing Mazes – In-person workshop

Thursday 4th August 2022, 11am-4pm

For children aged 11-14

Humans have been building a-maze-ing mazes all over the world for thousands of years!

Whether of hedgerows, stone, mirrors, maize (or something else entirely) mazes and labyrinths have been made in different countries all over the world. But what's the difference between a maze and a labyrinth?

Why were they made in the first place? Are they always designed to confuse, or is there a more thoughtful reason to make tangly-pathways and hidden passages?

In this practical and creative architecture workshop we will explore the history, mythology and spirituality of mazes and labyrinths. We will contemplate the creative planning of mazes and labyrinths and work collaboratively to design and build a twisty wiggly pathway with a new tale, all of it's own.

This creative architecture workshop for children aged 11 to 14 will be run by artist educator Zoe Allen.

About the Workshop Series

Our Design Time (previously Design Day) workshops for ages 11-14 take architectural design a step further by providing context and knowledge of the built environment to spark creativity. Past workshops have focused on different architectural styles, small and large-scale construction methods, traditional and digital drawing techniques, architectural games and using software to design collaboratively in a shared space.

Based in London, mainly our HQ at 66 Portland Place, all participants must arrive by 11am. These workshops are led by professional educators and all materials are included in the ticket price, but lunch is not provided.

If you're under 18, tickets must be booked by a parent or guardian. Online booking in advance is essential and if we do not receive full registration information in advance of the event we cannot allow the participant to attend.

To see other learning workshops taking place in this series, see our families and children page.

Terms and Conditions

• Tickets for participants under the age of 18 must be booked by a parent or guardian and advance online registration is essential. Bookings made on behalf of someone else still require advance online registration and it is your responsibility to share the registration form with that person. If we do not receive full registration information in advance of the event we cannot allow the participant to attend.
• We can offer a full refund up to 30 days in advance of the event start date. Thereafter, we cannot offer a refund or transfer. Cancellations must be made in writing to [email protected]. We will offer a refund if a participant is unable to attend due to corona virus.
• We reserve the right to alter the advertised content of events.
• In the unlikely event we need to cancel we will contact all ticket holders as soon as possible to rearrange or offer a full refund. We cannot reimburse or compensate for travel or other associated costs.
• On entry to the event participants agree to behave in an appropriate manner; the RIBA reserves the right to remove participants who behave inappropriately from events and request their immediate collection by parents/guardians.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London, United Kingdom