Youth Innovatory: A DIY Centre for the Youth

Abstract

Many of the youth of now are stuck in an institutionalized version of education which is structured and linear. That does nothing for their achievement of individualization or self-awareness leaving them unable to understand their own capacity or identify their own skill sets. The aim of this project is to provide a parallel education system that does not aim to isolate the individual from the process of knowledge. A place that, acts as an addition to the existing educational institutes, and, is run by the youth for the youth, that promotes non-linear ways of learning and development. A place that empowers the youth and their individual strengths. The idea is to employ a strategy that aims at creating a facilitating environment for the youth and acts as agents of positive change and development for them. To utilize the design as a medium for their empowerment and constructive engagement by employing informed design strategies to achieve community engagement, skills development and establishment of a multi-function center that serve as nodes of cultural and recreational activities involving youth. Through this thesis the aim is to address the many issues that today’s youth face in our education system and to rethink this as a place that not just combines youth culture and architecture to create a space that provides adequate recreational and vocational opportunities but which is also a representative of youth.