Children’s urban school Svidomi is the 14-modules course that focuses on urban studies, urban planning, city design, participation and urban policy making. This is a science-art project for schoolchildren of 12-17 years old.
Svidomi urban school launched in Summer of 2016. Since then 24 schoolchildren passed 3 test modules of the program. In 2017 Svidomi school starts a full 14-modules course in Kyiv.
Idea of urbanism-focused education influences future of cities and architecture in them through preliminary early-age cognition of processes performing in cities, cause and effect relationships, city data systems, societies and communities in cities by youngsters.
On local level the school fosters agents of changes – alumni of urban school, who should became active citizens, encouraged for changes of urban environment through application of urbanism and architecture. The global-scale influence of this school helps to make cities better via engagement of young generation.
