CANDI’s Future Architects Programme Shortlisted for the Thornton Education Trust Awards

City and Islington College’s Stanton Williams Future Architects programme is a finalist in the Thornton Education Trust Inspire Future Generations Awards.

City and Islington College (CANDI) is delighted to announce that it has been selected as a finalist for Thornton Education Trust’s Inspire Future Generations Awards. The awards recognise and celebrate excellent projects and programmes that engage and empower young people to have a voice in shaping their built environment.

CANDI’s Future Architects programme has been shortlisted in the Educational Collaborations category, which recognises the development of creative projects between schools and building environment practices or organisations.

The Future Architects programme, which has been running at CANDI for three years, is part of an ongoing collaboration with internationally renowned architect Stanton Williams. Over 100 students have participated in the programme which consists of talks, workshops, portfolio or career advice and summer internships at Stanton Williams. 

The programme was set up to support Year 12 students with an interest in architecture and encourage curiosity about sustainability in architecture while developing skills. The 2023 cohort included a mixture of visual arts students from the Sixth Form College and Engineering students from the Centre for Applied Sciences. The Future Architects programme aims to encourage students from marginalised groups to explore the field of architecture and provide work experience opportunities.

Amelia Tran, a Fine Art and Graphics student, said, “My experiences on the project have helped me expand my creativity, and not just that, but the talks, portfolio workshop and summer internship also helped me to build my confidence and realise that I can become an architect. I will be applying to study architecture at UCL next year.” 

Nana Brew, Curriculum Leader for Performing and Visual Arts at CANDI Sixth Form College, said: “The Future Architect programme with Stanton Williams has greatly influenced our Performing and Visual Arts students, elevating their aspirations and motivating them to explore careers in architecture and design. I would like to express gratitude to our generous partners at Stanton Williams for their valuable time and resources. Special thanks to the participating students and our dedicated teachers who supported and facilitated the programme.”

Winners of the Thornton Education Trust’s Inspire Future Generations Awards will be announced on 4 December at the Building Centre.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the Future Architects programme on becoming a finalist!

Find out more about our Visual Arts courses here.

Find out more about our Engineering courses here.

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