A new podcast series aimed at enhancing educators’ ability to teach architecture to school children is now available thanks to a collaboration between the UK's Built Environment Trust, Thornton Education Trust, and the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University. 

Hosted by Architecture for kids CIC founder Antonio Capelao, the ten-episode series engages with various practitioners, academics, and other experts in design education who are working at the field's leading edges with the long-term goal of encouraging wider participation in the built environment from a young age.

The producers share: "These short and to-the-point podcasts hope to improve the interplay between the fields of the built environment and education as we share knowledge between the practitioner, the creative, and the primary school teacher. Exploring how to prepare children and young people for economic, environmental, and societal challenges, and for their professional lives according to today’s needs and those of a sustainable future."

Featured guests affiliated with The Glass House, Heatherwick Studio, the Young V&A, and Fashion and Textiles Museum are among the interview subjects and offer insights into outreach, community empowerment, inclusion, skill development, and pedagogy. 

"The purpose of the podcast series is to bring a voice to children and young people through the provision of a platform that speaks to the very people we want to reach — children and young people," Capelao said.

Each of the 30-minute podcast episodes can be found here.