Young Architects: Think Like An Architect

Architecture offers children a new way of perceiving the world and the architectural elements around them. This program aims to develop the participants’ engineering logic and critical vision of their built environment. It fosters their ability to observe buildings, structures, habitats and other elements of cities.

This bootcamp embarks on a group of age-appropriate activities that vary from individual projects, where each participant can have the freedom of self-expression, to group projects that build teamwork spirit. Participants work on 3D models to explore topics such as habitats around the world, structural systems, landscapes, and urban planning. They also learn how concepts like scale, proportions and anthropometry affect the built environment. 

Going through all those topics helps them increase their respect and responsibility towards their environment, which prepares them to be the responsible future leaders they aspire to be. It also equips them with intrinsic skills of responsibility, autonomy and self-expression,  and awareness of challenges related to our built environment.

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Learning Outcomes

• Introduce children to architectural and structural concepts while applying the learned concepts to building up real objects
• Develop the children’s engineering reasoning and understanding of both their distant and immediate built environment
• Raise the children’s awareness about our environment and the challenges that we are facing nowadays
• Explore different habitats around the world, and understand the rationale behind their designs
• Promote children’s creative thinking, motor skills, and presentation skills

Duration and Location

• One Week: July 7 - July 11, 2024 
• Sessions will run daily from 9 am to 3 pm
• AUC New Cairo campus
• Fridays and Saturdays off
• AUC holidays will be compensated for with extra hours

Fees

• EGP 3,700 (price including materials needed)
• The following discounts are offered:
  • 10% discount for siblings
  • 10% discount for AUC faculty and staff
  • 15% discount for AUC alumni

Egyptian students can pay the tuition using

Who can apply?

Students aged 8 - 12 years.

Certification

All the bootcamp participants will receive a certificate of participation from AUC.

Transportation 

The AUC bus service is available for extra fees. Details on the schedule will be shared before the program's start date.

Accommodation 

Accommodation is offered at the University Residences in case needed. 

About the Instructors

Doha M. Issa

Doha M. Eissa holds a PhD in architecture and urban design. She is an internationally certified professional trainer. She studied design at a number of universities in Egypt, Italy, the UK, and Germany. With over 18 years in this career, Eissa has worked on simplifying architectural concepts and passing them forward to younger generations. She has developed her own architecture for kids’ series of workshops and has been delivering them since 2012 in Cairo and Dubai.

AUC Refund Policy

A 100% refund of the program fees will be offered in the following cases. If reported at least three weeks before the program's start date.

• Course cancellation 
• Medical withdrawal
• Visa denial