Society of Young Architects
One of the first architecture schools for children in St. Petersburg offers four basic courses. The lessons are designed in the form of long reads, which is quite convenient: nothing distracts from the process and you can work at your own pace. Each lesson includes theoretical blocks, practical tasks and game elements. The younger ones get acquainted with prototyping, graphics and application, while the older ones do quite serious projects: Tatlin's aircraft and a zine with a forecast about the future of the city. Recently, a mini-course on creating architectural New Year's toys from cotton wool has appeared.
Age: 5-16 years old
The cost: 4200 per course, now a discount. There are free trial lessons.
Dragon project
Dragon Project is known for the fact that architects-teachers design with children as with full-fledged co-authors, and create real objects according to children's projects. The online program includes two courses: "Architectural warm-ups" - a telegram subscription to small tasks, and "My personal space" - a program that will help you rethink your home and your yard, think about what the city could become if the children could influence him. In addition, you can buy tools for prototyping, as well as a box "Flutes and shtulki" - a set of materials for creativity, which can not be found in a regular store.
Age: 5-12 years old
The cost: 2500 per course, 600 for warm-ups.
Anastasia Golovina
Anastasia Golovina worked for many years in the Central Scientific and Restoration Design Workshops, since 2012 she has been teaching in the Garage, publishing books, drawing, and also publishes author's lectures on the history and theory of architecture. In addition to the "applied" courses - "Fairy-tale architecture", "How to draw a beautiful house" and "Geometry in architecture" - Anastasia Golovina also has classes in theory, which are not so common. For example, you can subscribe to the course "Architectural Vitamins" and receive a video for 2-4 minutes every day, "so that architecture gradually accumulates in the body." Or study the architecture of Ancient Greece more deeply and comprehensively.
Age: 6-16 years old The cost: 2800-7000, some lectures are available on the youtube channel, some of the presentations are open for review.
Architect
At the school of Ella Mehovich, who before working with children was a leading architect at the GIPRONII RAS, there is a serious course in Interior Design for children from 8 years old. Here they will teach not only how to draw sketches and make architectural models, but also help with visualizations in Photoshop and modeling in ArchiCAD. There are also separate lessons on architectural fantasies, small architectural forms, posters, etc.
Age: 5-16 years old The cost: from 99 rubles per lesson, from 6250 for the course Interior design, there are free lessons.
Scale
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the school conducts architecture and drawing classes for children 5-12 years old on the Zoom platform, so that children have the opportunity to interact with teachers almost like in the studio: ask a question, get feedback and support. In the process, there is a conversation about important terms and an acquaintance with different techniques. Among the teachers there are acting architects of well-known Moscow and international bureaus.
Age: 5-12 years old The cost: 500 rubles per lesson.
Artcubes
Video lessons at Irina Volkova's school are designed for the widest audience: there are programs for both two-year-olds and adolescents, both one-time lessons and long courses, divided into modules, as well as seasonal classes and unusual topics: architectural alphabet, dialogues with nature, winter patterns, etc.
Age: 2-14
The cost: 1200 - 5890 rubles.
LilSchool
The course "Archclassics" will introduce the main concepts and names, help develop spatial thinking and master the techniques with which you can create an unlimited number of buildings: bridges, arches, stained glass windows, fortresses, temples, etc. There are three directions to choose from: basics, “around the world” and “masters of architecture”. Age: 5-10 years old
The cost: 2500 for 5 video lessons.
RIBA Bonus
For those who are ready - or already able - to organize the educational process on their own, the Royal Institute of British Architects website has a publicly available and very diverse selection of materials that help develop skills or teach something new. For example, you can design a green roof, use trash for design, study temporary architecture and skyscrapers, draw up a terms of reference, draw master plans, and just practice architectural English.
