Interested in design, creativity, community and the environment?
We’re forming a pioneering group looking for young people in Years 9 to 13 who will be paid to work with professional architects and designers to help shape the design of a new neighbourhood between Colchester and Elmstead Market.
A partnership project for Colchester, Essex
Latimer by Clarion Housing Group and Mersea Homes are the joint delivery partners of the Tendring and Colchester Borders Garden Community (TCBGC).
Latimer is the home building arm of Clarion Housing Group, developing homes in thriving mixed-use communities. The TCBGC project is one of the largest development opportunities within the Clarion Housing Group portfolio and the largest for Mersea Homes.
It's an excellent opportunity to deliver an extensive development to true Garden Settlement principles, including a prime opportunity to deliver on placemaking aspirations with community-building at the forefront. As master developer Latimer and Mersea Homes have the opportunity to develop the scheme in collaboration with the Joint Authorities, key local stakeholders and community to create a real “Sense of Place”.
Monthly creative sessions with professional designers
We’re forming a pioneering group looking for young people in Years 9 to 13 who will be paid to work with professional architects and designers to help shape the design of a new neighbourhood between Colchester and Elmstead Market.
We'll explore the future of Colchester and Tendring Borders Garden Community through site visits, model making, drawing, photography and film.
A new neighbourhood
The Colchester and Tendring Borders Garden Community is a joint project between Tendring District Council, Colchester City Council and Essex County Council. It's a planned new green community comprising 9,000 homes which will be a sustainable and attractive place to live, work and visit based on Garden Community principles.
Getting creative - skills to learn
- Analytical design
- Model making
- Photography
- Debating and public speaking
- Teamwork
- Amazing experience for CVs or UCAS forms
Design your own green neighbourhood of the future
Calling all teachers
Would you like to support your students to imagine what a new green community could look like?
All of the information you need to sign up can be found on our School Design Challenge information sheet.
To sign up:
Who else is behind the project?
Working alongside Latimer by Clarion Housing Group and Mersea Homes is MATT+FIONA.
This award-winning social enterprise asks young people how their built environment might be improved and empower them to bring that vision to life through their work, BUILD, LEARN, CONNECT.
A dynamic organisation led by architects and educators.
