David Wilson’s ‘Built by Imagination’ initiative is open to primary school-aged children in Scotland, who would be tasked with redesigning a room inside one of the housebuilder’s four-bedroom family homes.

Children aged between five to 12 are being asked to draw how they would transform the flexible dining room or study space inside its Glenbervie housetype.

The children are being encouraged to express their creativity and transform the space into whatever they can think of.

Entries are open across two age categories, five to eight years and nine to 12 years, and will be judged based on creativity and originality instead of artistic capability. 

Participants need to complete their design, and submit a photograph as well as a short description discussing their idea. 

Noteworthy entries will be brought to life through the use of render image technology, giving participants the opportunity to see their vision transformed into a fully visualised room. The final winner will also get a £150 Smyths Toys voucher.

Alison Condie, the managing director of David Wilson Homes Scotland and the former technical director who oversaw the architectural, engineering and design strategies needed to deliver new homes, is leading the judging panel. 

Condie said: “Every David Wilson home is built around how families live, and that means giving them space that can grow and change with them. 

“Our Built by Imagination initiative puts that idea directly into the hands of children, who have a unique and instinctive sense of what makes a house feel like home.”

Condie added: “This is an invitation to Scotland’s young designers to show us what they would do with a room of their own. 

“We expect the entries will tell us a great deal about what a family home really means to the next generation and may even inspire some of our future home designs.”
 
To participate in the competition, participants should visit Built by Imagination.

Three regional winners will be chosen from across the areas in which David Wilson Homes builds. This includes North Scotland, West Scotland and East Scotland. 

Each winner will get a £50 Smyths Toys voucher and the overall winner will also get a £150 voucher.

To enter, email barrattredrow@bigpartnership.co.uk, including your name, the name of the young person you are entering for as well as their age.