Open City 2026 : Model Making

In May, Haverstock concluded our workshops with Year 5 Students as part of the 2026 Open City : Young City Makers programme!

A wide shot of the full model, with paper trees, pipe cleaner gardens and card caves.

This culminated in students manifesting their designs for an inclusive forest school in a collaborative model.Based on a real-life school site, students considered how nature-based learning can support SEND students through regenerative design, natural materials and increased biodiversity by designing their own interventions, masterplanned on a shared site.

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Image of student’s map, with large water-based habitats and horticultural spaces.
A detail shot of a pond within the model, hosting lilypad habitats for frogs
A scanned image of Student’s initial mappings of the site, including ‘Habitat Zones’

The designs introduced dedicated habitats for London’s wildlife, including a ‘Frog Zone’ with areas for perching and protected spaces for frogspawn, tunnels and dens for foxes and wildflower meadows supporting pollination.

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A close up photo of a ‘Den’ created by students.

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