The Department would like to thank and congratulate all students who took part in this year’s Sutton Trust Summer School in Architecture. In just a week, students learned basic drawing and modelling techniques, and designed a project of their own. The brief this year asked students to devise a new folly for Hobson’s Conduit, a historic site just opposite the Department.
The University of Cambridge has worked alongside the Sutton Trust to deliver Year 12, subject-specific, residential Summer Schools for over twenty years. The Sutton Trust is a philanthropic organisation which pilots and part-funds initiatives aimed at improving access to universities and the professions. The Sutton Trust Summer Schools (STSS) are one of the University’s largest outreach schemes, having increased significantly since 2010.
The Architecture summer school hosts approximately 20 students each year. The primary ambition is to introduce students to studio education through the completion of a design exercise. Skills workshops and one-on-one desk critiques are offered to support students in designing a modest structure of their own, and the summer school culminates in a friendly review on the last day. The summer school was led by Dr Sofia Singler, and co-taught by graduate students Lei Song and Cuicheng Zhang.