Art Scholar part of winning team in the Shape Your City challenge

On Saturday 29 September our Art Scholar Louise P. went to the Guildhall to take part in SHAPE YOUR CITY: an Urban Design Challenge for the Next Generation.

This was an opportunity for 12-19 year olds to help the Greater Cambridge Partnership to explore ideas on how to improve urban spaces for future generations. Louise worked with city planners and landscapers to develop innovative ideas to make Cambridge a more beautiful place. Working in a team of four, she helped to redesign the market square. Her team won the competition.

Louise said that when she arrived they were split into groups, and their group was given the market square to redesign.

“We visited it and began to think of new ideas. We redesigned it using a huge map. It was such a cool experience. We met some Cambridge city councillors and some urban designers from Cambridge and London who did the judging. At the end they announced the winner of the competition and our group won. It was very exciting, I really enjoyed myself.”