In addition to schools’ participation, PMQ Seed actively expands its programme this year by collaborating with various community centres for the first time. These include Aberdeen Kai-Fong Welfare Association, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Hung Shui Kiu Youth S.P.O.T., The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association and The Hong Kong Playground Association Choi Tak Integrated Service Centre for Children & Youth, enabling children from a wider range of interests to participate in projects and encouraging young friends from different backgrounds to explore the world with an experimental spirit.
“Creative Training Class” is based on design thinking and is conducted in different primary and secondary schools and communities with four teaching teams. The teaching team AAA | Architecture And All and Mudwork have respectively devised different eco-themed story scenarios for children from Primary Three to Four, to unleash their creativity by adopting the principles of recycling or upcycling, collaborating to complete tasks, and reflecting on reducing plastic pollution. How would children respond to the serious plastics issue?
Participating schools (listed in alphabetical order):
Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Primary School
ELCHK Ma On Shan Lutheran Primary School
Hop Yat Church School
S.K.H. Lui Ming Choi Memorial Primary School
St. Francis of Assisi's English Primary School
The programme began with a fictional story called "Plastic Storm". Children participants assumed the roles of young explorers who encountered a storm during a voyage. After their ship was destroyed and sank in the storm, they found themselves stranded on an island. The young explorers discovered various resources on the island, including discarded plastics and driftwood. Witnessing these resources that have been abandoned by humans, they worked as a small team, using their creativity to upcycle these materials into transportation tools to aid their journey back home. They also built a plastic recycling cart for their practical use. On the final day, the teams shared their making process and creative works at the last day, further enriching their learning outcomes.
At the conclusion of each day's activities, the teaching team led the team in a 20-30 minutes review and sharing session, allowing the children to express their thoughts and ideas, thereby enhancing the learning effect.
An art and design studio founded by artists Chung Wai Ian and Ng Ka Chun in 2013, uses sculpture and installation to explore the contemporary state of urban space, community, and nature.
The course unfolded with the fictional story “The Coastal Clean-up Action of Plastic Ape and Friends”, where the students took on the role of forest animal friends through drama. They understood the problem of plastic waste created by humans, which eventually caused damage to marine life and the ecosystem in the ocean. The story and scenario enabled students to understand the importance of recycling and upcycling while enhancing their empathy. Through collaboration and creativity, students discussed ways in which they can encourage humans to develop sustainable purchasing habits and reduce the use of disposable plastic, saving the forest animal friends in the story. They upgraded and processed recyclables they brought from home, learnt techniques to cut or drill holes in the wood blocks for creating automata, conveying the message of raising awareness about plastic pollution and providing advice for improvement.
After each day’s activities, the teaching team led the students to review and solidify their learning on that day. In the final session, students were required to present their ideas, the creation process, and the underlying message of the automata to parents, teachers, and classmates.
Architecture And All is a cross-disciplinary architecture design firm dedicated to creating positive changes through spatial design; emphasizing the convergence of design, research, and social welfare. The mission of Tong Architecture is to develop adaptable environmental design and innovative conceptual projects that benefit users and communities. Tong Architecture does not focus on established aesthetics, but aims to generate original design solutions based on specific project requirements to meet users' unique needs. Our motto is "Architecture And All | All Is One".
