Foster + Partners is opening its doors once more as part of Open House London weekend with a series of interactive exhibitions and workshops for all ages.

Take part in unmissable workshops led by our creative teams, including 3D spirography, drawing, modelmaking, virtual reality design and painting with robots. Explore your creativity and learn more about what goes into designing buildings, neighbourhoods and cities.


Opening times
Saturday 21 September
12 noon - 5pm

Sunday 22 September
10am - 5pm 

Workshops

• Treehouse drawing workshop
  Learn to draw your dream treehouse on an iPad with our team of fantastic artists. Devices will be provided. Booking essential:
  Saturday 21, 12pm
  Saturday 21, 3pm
  Sunday 22, 11am
  Sunday 22, 2pm
  
  

• Building tension
  Learn how forces of tension and compression work together to keep tall buildings standing.
  
  
• Where in the world map
  Match the animals and buildings to the climates of the world they are adapted to, or designed for!
  
  
• Designing spaces in VR
  Don a VR headset and design the cities of the future.
  
  
• 3D spirography
  Learn to create mind-boggling patterns with a spirograph and help build our collaborative woven geometric sculpture.
  
  
• Painting with robots
  Be the genius behind the machine. Get the robots to paint your next masterpiece!
  
  
• Archi-snap!
  Use your wits and memory skills to pair the buildings with their corresponding details.
  
  
• DIY neighbourhood
  What makes an ideal neighbourhood? Make your own folded paper buildings to add to our big neighbourhood model.
  
  
• 3D printing
  Take home a pocket-sized building! Get a 3D-print of a Foster + Partners landmark while you wait.
  
  
• City modelling
  What would your favourite open space be like? Add furniture, trees and people to our collective city model.
  
  
• Spinning paint wheel
  Bring out your inner artist – spin the wheel and make a splash!
  
  
• Giant jigsaw
  A view from the top – can you piece together these two London landmarks?
  
  
• Urban voting booth
  Express your vision for the ideal city of the future.
  
  
• How can our city be greener?
  Our riverside windows are your canvas – paint the city green!