Architecture Summer School 2025 – Tutor Applications

The following information is for Summer School tutor applicants. We are also accepting applications for students; for more information, click here.

We are now accepting tutor applications for our annual Architecture Summer School. The school, which was set up by the Drawing Matter Trust in 2017, offers free places for students from all backgrounds to get a taste of architecture, both as an academic subject and as a future career. Explore previous Summer Schools here.

This year, the school will be based at the Zaha Hadid Foundation in Clerkenwell, London. There will also be workshops held at the Drawing Matter archive space in Covent Garden and Hauser & Wirth’s space on Saville Row.

During the four-day course, you will guide students in many activities, including individual and collective drawing exercises, group discussions, practical experimentation, and other forms of collaborative learning.

We will also hold a dedicated workshop for tutors, focused on approaches to teaching architecture. This will take place on the day before the summer school students arrive (26/08) and will be led by Andrew Clancy, Professor of Architecture at Kingston University. He will be joined by Ben Machin, Lecturer at Loughborough University; Sakiko Kohashi, Lecturer at Central Saint Martins; and Wilson Yau, Learning Officer at the Zaha Hadid Foundation.

Applications are invited from professionals with architectural training or a background in an adjacent field who have not yet had the opportunity to teach in a formal context.

Tutoring on the Summer School is a unique opportunity to develop your views on teaching in conversation with others, while engaging with curious students and sharing your lived experience and expertise to inspire them.

Almost all of our past tutors have used the experience to secure teaching opportunities at Architecture Schools across the world.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

• The Summer School will run daily from 10 am to 6 pm at the Zaha Hadid Foundation, Clerkenwell, from Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 August 2025. Tutors are expected to attend for the full four days. 
• In preparation for the Summer School, successful applicants will be expected to attend a full-day workshop on Tuesday 26 August 2025 in London.
• Tutors will receive a stipend of £500. Tutors based outside London will receive an additional £175 contribution towards their transport/accommodation costs.
• Tutors will need to arrange their own transportation and accommodation.
• All tutors will be required to undergo a DBS check. The cost of this will be covered by the Summer School.

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HOW TO APPLY

The deadline for tutor applications is Monday 26 May 2025 11.59pm (GMT).

Applications should be submitted to info@drawingmatter.org with the subject:
“Drawing Matter Summer School – Tutor Application” (emails without this subject line will be missed). 

Please include the following in your application:

1. A single PDF attachment with a one-page short CV and four images of your work, each on their own page.
2. A two-minute video that introduces yourself, your interest in the built environment, and your interest in teaching. (Please ensure this is submitted as a compressed .mp4 file.)

If you have any questions about the summer school or the application process, please send an email to: info@drawingmatter.org.

The Drawing Matter Trust supports architectural education through workshops, seminars, publications, and short courses.

The Architecture Summer School would not be possible without the support of our partners, the Zaha Hadid Foundation, Hauser & Wirth, Kingston University and many architecture practices in the UK and abroad.