The outdoor classroom with the brick fire pit as its central point was designed and built by our Year 1 BA (Hons) Architecture students in 2018.19 was shortlisted for the . It was one of 11 shortlisted projects. The context of the outdoor learning environment was developed in collaboration with students from BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies and Education from the Â鶹´«Ã½.
The sophisticated design – which enabled the students to engage in various stages, from briefing, design to post-completion evaluation – is an ecologically strong and socioeconomically robust structure. The outdoor classroom follows the established ‘live projects’ structure where students form teams that model and propose a design concept design to the client. The winning design, chosen by the client, is then built by students. The outdoor learning space was constructed out of 130 recycled timber pellets.
