The plans to redevelop Bristol’s Temple Quarter are currently being finalised, and the council want to know the opinions of local school children about what they want to see in the area. Bristol City Council have partnered with the School of Engineering’s Inspire Sustainability team to develop a school workshop allowing local school children to redesign the area in Minecraft.
Building on the successful ‘The West in Minecraft’ STEM outreach workshops (more information on the workshops here: https://www.digitaltrailblazers.net/resources/3a62f062-f9f1-43c8-bd28-1a01ce800f54), a newly-created Temple Quarter Minecraft model is going to be used for the first time. Students will be able to use the engineering design process to discuss the challenges that Bristol faces in reaching net-zero commitments and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to improve the Temple Quarter area, before using Minecraft as a design tool, and working with UWE’s engineering student ambassadors to design and create their own vision for the area. The students ideas will then be collected and considered by the council team as it draws up plans for the future direction of the Temple Quarter project. It’s a chance for the students to have a real-world impact and flag to the policy-makers the issues that matter to them. After all, they’re the ones that will grow to work and live in the area!
To find out more about the project, or to find out about booking a school for the workshop, please email engineeringourfuture@uwe.ac.uk