Colchester Zoo
Our talented young designers where named as winners in the Colchester Zoo STEM Design Challenge and to celebrate their success we arranged a trip to the zoo! It was great for the young designers and families from across the UK to all be together on this two day adventure and to see their design work on display at the Mixed African Paddock area.
It was also brilliant to meet the staff at Colchester Zoo who took time each day to talk to us and answer questions about zoo architecture, enclosure design, and way-finding, which will be going towards everyone's Arts Award portfolios.
This trip was made possible with thanks to sponsorship and support from Leopold Marketing and Ships & Pigs
Here's some of our favourite photos from the two days.
To win the challenge, the young designers showcased their creativity, ingenuity, and STEM skills by designing a visionary ‘Zoo of the Future’, focusing on the redesign of the Mixed African Paddock, to celebrate the Zoo’s 60th Anniversary.
The Junior Design Factory stood out among the numerous exceptional entries with their innovative ideas and detailed designs. They produced sketches, learnt how to work to scale, used AI design software, made models, and even spoke to the Zoo Keepers to gain feedback on their initial design ideas.
Here’s a very small selection of the dozens of page of sketches and plans which our young design team produced for this challenge!
