Discover Design: A student design experience | Chicago Architecture Foundation

The big idea

Learn more about the design process, choose a design project and post your own creative ideas, be inspired by other well-known buildings from around the world, comment on other students' work.

Featured student work

Pocket Park Design | 2015 National High School Architecture Competition
By Modus
Student, Murrieta

Browse Design Projects

Now it's your turn to solve a design problem. Choose a S, M, L, or XL project relating to the design of schools. We know you have lots of ideas on how to make your school better. Post your own work, comment on the work of other students, and check back often for more projects still to come.

The Design Process

The design process is about solving problems and creating something new for a specific purpose and situation. Many different fields use the design process. Scientists creating a new cancer drug, web designers developing new internet sites, shoe designers creating the latest styles, or architects designing schools - all these professions go through six similar steps.

Be Inspired

Sidewalk cafe
Madrid, Spain

Featured Project

Healthy, fresh, and affordable food options may not always be available in schools around the country. Imagine that youâ€™ve been given the task to design a new food stand or cart that will be located somewhere on the grounds of your school.