KORDON 2046. Imagine the future. Shape your ideas.
Updated: 5 days ago
An architecture, digital art and design workshop for high school students with academics from Manchester Metropolitan University.
If you had an idea to take İzmir’s Kordon into the future, what would you change?
Organised jointly by Unitedwords and FADS Art Academy, KORDON 2046 brings high school students together with three academics from Manchester Metropolitan University. In this workshop, you’ll work in small teams, develop ideas for the Kordon’s present and future, and use creative methods to visualise your ideas.
For high school students · Free participation · Limited places
📅 Saturday, 17 October 2026
🕒 13:00–17:00
📍 Renaissance Izmir Hotel
Let’s imagine the future of the Kordon together.
A city is more than its buildings. The spaces where people come together, everyday habits, technology and the environment also shape urban life.
At KORDON 2046, we’ll explore İzmir’s waterfront life through these relationships. We’ll examine how the Kordon connects people with the city and explore how digital technologies, physical spaces and user needs could transform this area in the future.
Our work will take place in two stages:
Develop an idea for today: Think about spaces, digital systems and activities that could offer new ways to use the Kordon.
Imagine a future for 2046: Take today’s idea into the future. Develop a creative proposal that could change how people interact with the city.
In this ideas workshop, you can think beyond the limits of budgets and existing technology. Use your imagination, ask questions and bring your ideas to life.
What can you expect from the workshop?
Develop ideas with support from Manchester Metropolitan University academics.
Experience thinking and creating together in a small team.
Explore the connections between architecture, digital art and design.
Apply critical thinking, analysis and creative problem-solving skills.
Express your ideas through collage, drawing and other visual storytelling methods.
If you’re interested in architecture, digital art or design and want to experience how ideas are developed and brought to life in these fields, we’d love to welcome you.
Meet the academics.
Dr Danny Cookney
Senior Lecturer in Creative Digital Design
School of Digital Arts (SODA)
Dr Victoria (Vicky) Jolley
Reader in Architecture · International Lead
Manchester School of Architecture
Rachel Kelly
Reader in Design Education · International Lead for Design
Manchester School of Art
Parents are welcome too.
We invite parents to join the university presentation before the workshop and meet the Unitedwords and FADS Art Academy team.
The workshop is designed for high school students. Parents are welcome to attend the presentation and speak with our team.
Participation and registration.
Participation is free of charge. As workshop places for students are limited, advance registration is required.
FREE PARTICIPATION · REGISTRATION REQUIRED · LIMITED PLACES
Preparing for the workshop
You can bring any photos, images and drawing materials you’d like to use to visualise your ideas. You can work with digital or analogue methods.
Unitedwords × FADS Art Academy
An experimental ideas workshop for educational purposes. “2046” refers to the future scenario explored during the workshop.
Registrations are closed.
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