Petit Architect Design for Kids

We’re hitting the streets this September! 🎉
Join us at Commercial Drive Car Free Day for a day of community and hands-on fun!

Stop by our booth to explore architecture with engaging activities for kids of all ages. Come meet our teachers, see our activities in action, learn what it takes to become an architect, and ask all the questions you’ve been dying to ask!

📍 Commercial Drive Car Free Day
📅 September 5th
⏰ 12pm-7pm

Bring the whole family and come say hello. We can’t wait to build with you!

Car Free Vancouver

Our Architecture Around the World campers put their creativity and problem-solving skills to work by exploring how people design shelters in different climates and cultures. From planning all the way to building models, these young architects created some incredible things using their imaginations and teamwork!

Learning about architecture is also about understanding how design helps people live, adapt, and thrive around the world, not just learning about buildings. We loved seeing every unique creation come to life!

What makes a city a place where people actually want to live? Is it more parks? Safer streets? Playgrounds on every corner? Bike lanes? Colourful public spaces?

Great cities don't happen by accident, they're designed with people in mind!

That's one of the big ideas we explore in our Happy Cities summer camp. Through hands-on projects, kids become architects and urban designers, imagining communities that are greener, kinder, more sustainable, and more fun for everyone.

Because architecture is about creating places where people can connect, play, and thrive.

If you could change one thing about your city, what would it be? 👇

Who says city planning has to start with blueprints? Before building their 3D cities, our campers let their imaginations run wild with these colourful collages.

Part collage, part masterpiece... and 100% full of creative ideas! Swipe through and tell us, which ones would you hang on your wall? (Spoiler: we'd hang them all!)

Sure, the projects are pretty awesome...but our favourite part is watching a child who says, "I don't know what to make," leave class proudly saying, "Look what I built!"

This fall, we'll be sketching, building, testing, redesigning, laughing, collaborating, and creating our way through another amazing term and we'd love to have your child join us.

Fall registration is now open!

We can't get over the tiny details. 🥹🏡

Mini couches, tiny plants, little lamps, tables full of tiny food...The cutest furniture you've ever seen.

Our Dream Homes campers have been busy designing every room from the ground up and no two homes are the same. Safe to say we'd happily move into any one of them.

Which tiny detail is your favourite? (We can't choose!)

🚨 Early Bird pricing ends July 31!

If you've been thinking about signing up for one of our fall studio classes, now's the time. Whether your child wants to design buildings, create furniture, or imagine the cities of tomorrow, our hands-on architecture and design classes help them build confidence and problem-solving skills.

✨ Early Bird pricing applies to studio classes only and is available until July 31.

We'll see you in the studio this fall!

Move over, grown-up city planners... we've got some fresh ideas. 😉

Our Happy Cities are officially open for business!

Filled with parks, playgrounds, green spaces, colourful buildings, and plenty of imagination, every city is completely unique (and that's what makes them so much fun to explore!)

If you could visit one of these cities, where would you go first? 🌳