100% FREEImagining Future Cities — children build tomorrow’s Dubai
Young architects create buildings, parks, homes and public spaces from craft and recycled materials, then bring them together as a shared model city. HKS Architects helps children explore how a community can feel welcoming, connected and enjoyable.
Representative cardboard architecture model: Minnette de Silva’s design for Segar’s House. This is not the workshop project or a model of Dubai.
Dubai Design District, Dubai · Maker Space, Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai
When to go
2026-11-08, 12:30–14:30 (Dubai time).
Who can go
Ages 5–14
Current official 2026 Maker Space schedule page 5 explicitly states ages 5–14.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free standalone workshop; walk in. No registration is required. Places are subject to availability.
- Participant age requirement: 5–14.
- General Dubai Design Week admission is free. Optional food, purchases, parking and separately ticketed activities are excluded.
- Children’s activity. Adults can enter the festival free; adult workshop participation is not promised. Confirm supervision arrangements with the organiser.
- The organiser-linked map identifies Maker Space. Confirm the session meeting point on arrival.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 29 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
29 October 2026: original workshop content freshly inspected for unchanged activity, dates, times and explicit walk-in/no-registration terms. The current Maker Space schedule (Schedule_9.pdf, newly linked by the organiser) was downloaded, rendered and visually inspected: page 5 confirms Free, WALK-IN and ages 5–14. Current official visitor page confirms free festival entry. No withdrawal or paid trial terms observed. The current Maker Space location link resolves to its exact Google Maps place pin, 25.1881092, 55.2979988; prior district approximation replaced. Capacity remains subject to availability.
Dubai Design Week — original workshop programmeCurrent official Maker Space schedule — explicit free price, times and age
Official visitor policy — free festival admission
Official Maker Space page — current schedule and exact venue map
Photo: Raja Segar / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; original photograph proportions preserved; licensed derivatives retain the source licence.