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Experiment overview
An educational project for children that combined Maker Movement principles with future urban planning, creating a hands-on learning environment where young participants could explore technology while reimagining tomorrow’s cities.
Main objectives
The project focused on three key areas:
Practical education: introducing children to DIY and basic electronics through creating simple circuits, helping them understand how modern cities function at a technical level
Collaboration and creativity: facilitating group work where children developed shared visions of future cities, resulting in imaginative concepts from space elevators to reimagined schools and abundant green spaces
Democratization of urban planning: demonstrating that even the youngest citizens have valuable perspectives on urban development, challenging conventional planning approaches
Achieved results
The initiative engaged children in both technical learning and creative urban design. Participants demonstrated remarkable imagination in their city concepts while gaining practical skills in electronics and collaborative problem-solving.
Main reflection
By merging technical education with creative expression, the project revealed children’s natural capacity to envision innovative solutions for urban challenges.
Their creative thinking produced surprisingly insightful ideas about community spaces and infrastructure needs.
The enthusiasm was so contagious that one participant even attempted to “hack” time by turning back the clock to extend the workshop, perhaps in the city of the future, creative learning never ends.