MOBIE IS AN EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
Young people are vital to the future of housing and we need you to play a major role in shaping the future of our homes and communities.
George Clarke at Washington 60 Design Challenge Final
The winners of the Washington 60 design challenge were announced on 19th July 2024 at an event at the Arts Centre Washington. Follow the link below to find out more!
MOBIE's recent partnerships have included:
Are you a young person interested in home building? Start here! MOBIE can launch your mission to improve our homes in three key ways, so get involved today!
MOBIE provides courses at all levels of learning, aimed to set you on the pathway to become the best in home design. Find a MOBIE course that is right for you!
Showcase your creativity in a MOBIE Home Design Challenge. Invite your friends and test your skills. This is a launch pad for your ideas, so sign-up today!
MOBIE Inspiration is open 24/7. Find hints and tips from the best architects and professionals. Dip in and top up your design know-how at your leisure.
GEORGE - WHY I FOUNDED MOBIE
"I started MOBIE to create a generational shift, to inspire you to deliver the homes we want and really need. Homes that are green, affordable, promote well-being and that are amazing spaces to live in. Come and join us in the homebuilding revolution!"
George Clarke
Architect & MOBIE Founder
"The MOBIE challenge ignited the student’s creativity and passion and the experience will shape their future career paths”
Peter Williams
Head of Design & Technology Weston Favell Academy, Northampton
"Home building as a viable career path has rippled through the school. MOBIE has given our pupils the sense that the classroom has real life application”
Andrew Traylor
Teacher of Technology & Art Nottingham Girls' Academy
MOBIE is a multidisciplinary team at the forefront of innovation in education for today's homebuilding industry. Architect and MOBIE Founder George Clarke leads a team of strategists, designers, planners and educators that connect young people with the real world issues of home building.
We will help you revolutionise the way we build homes in three simple ways.
Promoting better quality throughout our homes. From design and manufacture to quality of life.
We need to build beautiful zero carbon, efficient homes and retrofit existing homes to be in balance with nature.
Spearheading investment in new technologies and materials that will make our homes healthy, efficient and affordable.
We would love your support!
Are you a young person wanting to help us shape the future of housing and MOBIE? Are you an educator who wants to run modern construction content? Are you an industry professional who would like to volunteer to help us run a workshop or judge a design challenge? Or are you an employer who wants to support us in engaging young people in home building and the built environment?
We are keen to hear from you all!
George Clarke returned to his roots to help Washington New Town celebrate its 60th birthday. George was in Washington to announce the winners of a creative design challenge for schools in the town where he grew up.
The Washington 60 Design Challenge was organised to celebrate the landmark 60th birthday of the designation of the new town on 24th July 1964 and was run by MOBIE in partnership with Sunderland City Council 's Washington Area Committee.
Young people from schools across Washington were challenged to come up with their vision for an innovative residential community for the next 60 years. School children were asked to design a 21st century super sustainable ‘courtyard’ style housing scheme for all ages designed around a pedestrianised courtyard square - in line with the essential features of the original 1960s plan for Washington New Town.
MOBIE Chief Executive, Mark Southgate, recently contributed an opinion piece to Futurebuild on how we all need to make the built environment more visible and attractive to young people.
If we are to deliver the new homes that we need, and to retrofit 27 million existing homes, to meet the environmental standards that we expect, then we are going to need a lot more workers with the right skills! To attract more young people, we need to tell a more compelling, modern, joined-up story about our industry. It is not that young people don’t want to work in our industry, rather they don’t know about the built environment and the range of jobs available.
Fishing in the same talent pool will not increase our labour force. We need to attract a new cohort to our industry. To do that we need to tell a better story – a compelling story about the positive impact that we have and how our industry is changing and modernising.
During NCVO Volunteers' Week 2024, we spotlight the amazing contribution of our young volunteers. We can’t thank them enough!
They have helped us to judge young persons’ design challenges, assisted in running design workshops, been experts for videos about home and sustainable development, run mini-consultancy projects, presented their thoughts and ideas to industry events and conferences, produced video and animations and even pitched MOBIE innovation proposals to industry for support!
Lauren Gower and Tom Rutter (pictured with George Clarke) discuss their recent voluntary roles for MOBIE.
Please get in contact with MOBIE using our contact form below. Whether you'd like to join in, find out more or need a little help, we're here and ready to help. Drop MOBIE a line today!
