Year 8 Building Centre Trip

Last week, a group of Year 8 students, along with Mr Chimonas and Miss Cole, went to The Building Centre in London to take part in a workshop led by Rebecca Goozee from the V&A Museum.

The V&A Museum and The Building Centre have come together to collaborate on Shaping Space, an exhibition that explores and celebrates architectural model making. As part of the exhibition, students were invited to develop their practice of visualising and exploring the world through architectural model making.

Mr Chimonas, Head of Year 8, said: ‘The group of Year 8 students that took part on this trip were exceptional. They were sensible on the train going into central London, and were completely engaged during the workshops they took part in at The Building Centre. The course organiser told me that they were the best group of students they had ever had! It was a real pleasure to be part of the trip and a very enjoyable day was had by all. Hatch End High School pupils were a real credit to themselves and the school.’

Ritika in Year 8 said: ‘I loved the trip, it was amazing. It was absolutely worth it. I personally enjoyed the scaled down examples of the different pieces of architecture. I very much enjoyed it. I would definitely love to go again.’

Matilda from Year 8 said: ‘The trip was amazing, and I learnt a lot when I was there. I learnt how much detail they add into sculptures and what sort of material they use to sustain the piece of work. I also learnt the different shapes and sizes they use to create.’

Robbie from Year 8 said: ‘It was a fun trip. We had to build a replica of the design of the Forth Bridge in Scotland using five wooden planks and connected by rope using two chairs. Because the structure had to hold bricks, we used two people to hold the bridge with tension. We then built a tower out of paper straws, which had to hold up bricks. Our tower was able to hold 3 1/2 bricks on top of it before it crushed!’ 

Well done to all our Year 8 students that took part.