Arkki Ankara
Hapiterra Tasarim Ltd. Şti.
Ankara, Türkiye
+90 (546) 970 83 24
Arkki’s mission is to equip children and youth with the tools and opportunities to effect positive change within their communities and society at large through active engagement and participation.
Arkki has spearheaded initiatives fostering active participation, involving children in real-world participatory and social innovation projects in collaboration with various institutions and local authorities, including the Helsinki Urban Planning department, the Thai Parliament, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Planning and Architecture, as well as international organizations like Save the Children and UNICEF.
Discover examples of these collaborative initiatives facilitated by Arkki around the world:
Arkki Thailand and Love Wildlife Foundation regularly collaborate to design creative camps that educate children about the importance of wildlife and their connection to the world we all live in. The Foundation is a non-profit registered in the country of Thailand dedicated to the protection of Southeast Asian wildlife through research, education and outreach. This is especially important to discourage the illegal trade of protected animal species in Thailand such as the Slow Loris.
One of the most popular camps by Arkki Thailand and Love Wildlife Foundation involves educating students, through filmmaking, about what sort of pets are allowed at home and what are illegal and should not be bought, even though they may look cute and adorable. Arkki and the Foundation’s educators work together to teach students various important skills such as empathy, to understand how animals might feel at the destruction of their habitat, and problem solving, to come up with ideas to combat the trade in illegal wildlife.
During the filmmaking camps, children roleplayed as film directors and participated in the process of designing their stop motion video to highlight education and support for the conservation of threatened or endangered species in Thailand and for the protection and wellbeing of wildlife. The children were guided to conduct online research, create characters, write scripts, present storyboards and given practical training in photo capture and video taking techniques. They also built their own film studio sets and applied all they were taught to shoot, edit and present their very own original stop motion film.
By immersing children in topics that they can easily relate to, and challenging them to find solutions to real and meaningful problems that they care about, Arkki creates memorable learning journeys and memories to truly bring 21st century creative education to our students.
Arkki Thailand ran a series of camps recently for children 4-12 years, during the July and August 2023 period, coinciding with the international school holidays. The camps were well received by parents seeking to building their children’s creativity and design skills in an environment of fun and discovery.
One of the popular camps was our Fashion Accessories design camp, which we did in collaboration with Marimekko, a Finnish design house celebrated worldwide for its original prints and colors.
During this camp, children roleplayed as fashion designers and participated in the process of designing their own original fabric prints and fashion accessories step by step. They were guided to translate their inspirations about fashion into colors, patterns, and prints through the design process such as creating their own mood board to express their ideas.
The children were also guided on dying techniques to create their own unique fabric prints, and later taught fashion accessories design and sewing techniques, using their own fabric prints to create a range of in-trend items for daily use such as bags, pencil cases, and scrunchies to keep their hair neat and tidy.
However, the highlight of the Fashion Accessories design camp was no doubt the visit to Finnish design powerhouse, Marimekko. Marimekko has been very well received in Thailand since it launched a few years ago and now has 13 stores in Bangkok. It has also a popular collaboration with Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo. Walking along the streets of Bangkok, it is often easy to see children and ladies of all ages wearing the distinctive prints that characterize Marimekko designs.
During the visit to the flagship Marimekko store in Bangkok, mums were just as excited as the children! Everyone listened attentively as the Marimekko designers explained the essence of what the Marimekko brand stood for and the thinking and design philosophy behind various iconic designs. The children also learned that fashion was not only confined to clothing, bags, and fashion accessories as they were also shown Marimekko’s range of products for homes and were even treated to some delicious desserts in the Marimekko café. After the visit, mums could be seen buying various Marimekko products to add to their fashion collections.
It was truly a wonderful and holistic learning journey for the students and we look forward to further industry collaborations in future to truly bring 21st century creative education to our students.
More than 400 young innovators from over 18 countries took part in the open competition Sustain-A-City facilitated by Arkki Singapore and commissioned by the Temasek Foundation in April and May 2023. The urban innovation challenge was open to all students between 18-25 years old around the world. The winners were unveiled on 8 June as part of the #Ecosperity Week 2023!
The competition was organised by Temasek Ecosperity’s platform, in partnership with Arkki Singapore. Participants attended 3 virtual design workshops and 1-on-1 coaching sessions in spring 2023.
Arkki Singapore was in charge of the competition arrangements and facilitating the students´ innovation process and coaching the teams to develop their sustainable city ideas throughout the competition through various workshops on design thinking, prototyping, and storytelling.
Check out the amazing winning innovations to tackle the challenges in the urban environment. The range of ideas was vast, from smart urban water and waste management solutions to an efficient cooling system for solar panels.
Arkki Thailand has collaborated with the Love Wildlife Foundation to raise awareness of wildlife conservation through different creative design projects and camps.
In the courses children get to know and see the importance of wildlife conservation and come up with creative ideas and products or practice storytelling and create animations to share knowledge and invite others to help conserve wildlife!
The pupils have learned for example about the Slow Loris, a species whose populations have decreased significantly and may be at the end of extinction stage. This is a real issue where the pupils get to use and share their Design Thinking skills to come up with creative perspectives and solutions for wildlife conservation.
Arkki Thailand in Collaboration with PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited and Amazon Web Services organized a product design course in 2020 where students tackled marine plastic pollution problems through design thinking. Pupils learned about design, circular economy, waste management, new technologies, like 3D printing and AI, and came up with their own ideas and designs that addressed the real life marine plastic problem.
Arkki Thailand organized a participatory urban design course where the students at Yothin Burana school studied and redesigned the Bang Pho Pier area, which was sunk and needs renovation.
Given different requirements from several stakeholders in the community (Temple, Police Station, Local Residence, Schools), the students proposed 3 designs to the Members of Parliament to take into consideration for renovation. Their voices were heard by the authorized people.
Participation project in HCMC City, Vietnam, 2018
Arkki carried out a participatory urban design project in collaboration with Unicef in Ho Chi Minh City in 2018. 297 local children and youth were part of the project. Collaborating partners in the process were International Unicef Vietnam, Saigon Innovation Hub, Ho Chi Minh City Planning Department and Arkki International.
The aim of the project was to provide children with knowledge and understanding about urban planning as well as tools to express their ideas. The main purpose was also to promote more inclusive and participatory decision making and planning processes. Urban planning will change radically in the future and it’s now time to engage the future citizens, children on how they see the future of the city.
Arkki was awarded the CFCI 2019 Inspire Award by UNICEF for the project.
The New European Bauhaus in 2021 was a creative and interdisciplinary initiative launched by the European Commission, inviting all European citizens to participate. Arkki International joined the initiative with a project enabling the voices and ideas of children and youth to be heard among the adult opinions. Arkki International invited 500 children across Europe to ideate and innovate solutions for beautiful, sustainable and inclusive living in Future Europe.
The project was led by Jere Keskinen in collaboration with local Arkki Schools in Finland, Prague, Croatia, Greece, and Turkey. During the project children between ages 4 to 14, came up with innovative ideas and solutions about new technologies, sustainability, nature preservation, integration, renovations recycling and sustainable building. Among the ideas were e.g green living ideas new energy resources, new lighting solutions and bubble cities.
+90 (546) 970 83 24
Arkki Thailand and Love Wildlife Foundation regularly collaborate to design creative camps that educate children about the importance of wildlife and their connection to the world we all live in. The Foundation is a non-profit registered in the country of Thailand dedicated to the protection of Southeast Asian wildlife through research, education and outreach. This is especially important to discourage the illegal trade of protected animal species in Thailand such as the Slow Loris.
One of the most popular camps by Arkki Thailand and Love Wildlife Foundation involves educating students, through filmmaking, about what sort of pets are allowed at home and what are illegal and should not be bought, even though they may look cute and adorable. Arkki and the Foundation’s educators work together to teach students various important skills such as empathy, to understand how animals might feel at the destruction of their habitat, and problem solving, to come up with ideas to combat the trade in illegal wildlife.
During the filmmaking camps, children roleplayed as film directors and participated in the process of designing their stop motion video to highlight education and support for the conservation of threatened or endangered species in Thailand and for the protection and wellbeing of wildlife. The children were guided to conduct online research, create characters, write scripts, present storyboards and given practical training in photo capture and video taking techniques. They also built their own film studio sets and applied all they were taught to shoot, edit and present their very own original stop motion film.
One of the popular camps was our Fashion Accessories design camp, which we did in collaboration with Marimekko, a Finnish design house celebrated worldwide for its original prints and colors.
The highlight of the Fashion Accessories design camp was no doubt the visit to Finnish design powerhouse, Marimekko. Marimekko has been very well received in Thailand since it launched a few years ago and now has 13 stores in Bangkok. It has also a popular collaboration with Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo. Walking along the streets of Bangkok, it is often easy to see children and ladies of all ages wearing the distinctive prints that characterize Marimekko designs.
During the visit to the flagship Marimekko store in Bangkok, mums were just as excited as the children! Everyone listened attentively as the Marimekko designers explained the essence of what the Marimekko brand stood for and the thinking and design philosophy behind various iconic designs. The children also learned that fashion was not only confined to clothing, bags, and fashion accessories as they were also shown Marimekko’s range of products for homes and were even treated to some delicious desserts in the Marimekko café. After the visit, mums could be seen buying various Marimekko products to add to their fashion collections.
More than 400 young innovators from over 18 countries took part in the open competition Sustain-A-City facilitated by Arkki Singapore and commissioned by the Temasek Foundation in April and May 2023. The urban innovation challenge was open to all students between 18-25 years old around the world. The winners were unveiled on 8 June as part of the #Ecosperity Week 2023!
The competition was organised by Temasek Ecosperity’s platform, in partnership with Arkki Singapore. Participants attended 3 virtual design workshops and 1-on-1 coaching sessions in spring 2023.
Arkki Singapore was in charge of the competition arrangements and facilitating the students´ innovation process and coaching the teams to develop their sustainable city ideas throughout the competition through various workshops on design thinking, prototyping, and storytelling.
Check out the amazing winning innovations to tackle the challenges in the urban environment. The range of ideas was vast, from smart urban water and waste management solutions to an efficient cooling system for solar panels.
Arkki Thailand has collaborated with the Love Wildlife Foundation to raise awareness of wildlife conservation through different creative design projects and camps.
In the courses children get to know and see the importance of wildlife conservation and come up with creative ideas and products or practice storytelling and create animations to share knowledge and invite others to help conserve wildlife!
The pupils have learned for example about the Slow Loris, a species whose populations have decreased significantly and may be at the end of extinction stage. This is a real issue where the pupils get to use and share their Design Thinking skills to come up with creative perspectives and solutions for wildlife conservation.
Arkki Thailand in Collaboration with PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited and Amazon Web Services organized a product design course in 2020 where students tackled marine plastic pollution problems through design thinking. Pupils learned about design, circular economy, waste management, new technologies, like 3D printing and AI, and came up with their own ideas and designs that addressed the real life marine plastic problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDVFHDrVdFU&t=107s
Arkki Thailand organized a participatory urban design course where the students at Yothin Burana school studied and redesigned the Bang Pho Pier area, which was sunk and needs renovation.
Given different requirements from several stakeholders in the community (Temple, Police Station, Local Residence, Schools), the students proposed 3 designs to the Members of Parliament to take into consideration for renovation. Their voices were heard by the authorized people.
Participation project in HCMC City, Vietnam, 2018
Arkki carried out a participatory urban design project in collaboration with Unicef in Ho Chi Minh City in 2018. 297 local children and youth were part of the project. Collaborating partners in the process were International Unicef Vietnam, Saigon Innovation Hub, Ho Chi Minh City Planning Department and Arkki International.
The aim of the project was to provide children with knowledge and understanding about urban planning as well as tools to express their ideas. The main purpose was also to promote more inclusive and participatory decision making and planning processes. Urban planning will change radically in the future and it’s now time to engage the future citizens, children on how they see the future of the city.
Arkki was awarded the CFCI 2019 Inspire Award by UNICEF for the project.
The New European Bauhaus in 2021 was a creative and interdisciplinary initiative launched by the European Commission, inviting all European citizens to participate. Arkki International joined the initiative with a project enabling the voices and ideas of children and youth to be heard among the adult opinions. Arkki International invited 500 children across Europe to ideate and innovate solutions for beautiful, sustainable and inclusive living in Future Europe.
The project was led by Jere Keskinen in collaboration with local Arkki Schools in Finland, Prague, Croatia, Greece, and Turkey. During the project children between ages 4 to 14, came up with innovative ideas and solutions about new technologies, sustainability, nature preservation, integration, renovations recycling and sustainable building. Among the ideas were e.g green living ideas new energy resources, new lighting solutions and bubble cities.
Bu atölyede katılımcılar, mimar ve şehir plancısı rolünü üstlenir ve birlikte geleceğin şehirlerini tasarlayıp inşa ederler. Katılımcılar, kentsel alanlar, kentsel aktiviteler, hizmetler, kamu binaları, konutlar, rekreasyon alanları, kamu ve özel alanlar, çevrenin karakteri, ulaşım ve erişilebilirlik gibi farklı kentsel planlama konularını keşfederler.
Her katılımcı, şehre kendi katkısını yapar ve bu katkılar bir araya gelerek şehrin bütününü oluşturur. Takımın her üyesinin yaptığı katkı bireysel olsa da bütünün ayrılmaz bir parçasıdır.
Atölye, tarih boyunca çeşitli şehir planlarını, kentsel alanları ve kentsel aktiviteleri, ayrıca yapı geleneklerini ve düzenlemelerini tanıtan ilham verici bir ders içerir.
Tatlı Şehir atölyesi, katılımcıları ilk görüşte büyüler ve şehir planlaması ile iyi bir çevre hakkında bilgi edinmeyi lezzetli bir uygulama haline getirir. Öğrenme bundan daha eğlenceli ve lezzetli olamaz!
Atölyede katılımcılar mimar ve şehir plancısı rolüne bürünerek, bisküvi, gofret ve şeker gibi lezzetli malzemelerden kendi köylerini tasarlar ve inşa ederler. Bu atölye, farklı duyuların kullanımı, deneyler ve 3B modelleme yöntemleri ile uygulamalı öğrenmeyi, ayrıca takım çalışması ve tartışmaları içerir.
Atölye, şehir planlamasının kompakt tarihini, şehirdeki farklı unsurları, çağdaş yüksek binaları ve kentsel planlamayı tanıtan ilham verici bir ders içerir.