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To mark the end of the Open Up programme, an award ceremony was held at the stunning newly refurbished German Gymnasium in King Cross. This award ceremony celebrated the winning students across London from 26 different schools. The Open Up competition asked students to produce drawings and models of their vision for a temporary school building, applying the knowledge they had acquired from the site visits, workshops and discussions with architects, engineers and architect students.
Founding Director of Open House, Victoria Thornton said: ‘This is the sixth year we have run our Open Up programme which sees year on year in a rise in the number of schools who wish to participate. At a time when the design of schools across the country is at the forefront of the government’s agenda Open House is pleased to offer ways to educate young people in the language of architecture and the built environment in order to enable them to become informed clients should their school become involved in the BSF programme.’
This year I am proud to announce that Willowfield Secondary School, the school which I taught was awarded for Best Class Response. This award was awarded to the school which demonstrated a high level of detail, a good awareness of the sustainability and understanding in construction methods.
But above all, I was awarded Best Education Volunteer of the Year against twelve Part 1 and Part 2 students. This award was awarded to the best architect student that showed good teaching skills, leadership skills and true involvement with the programme.

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