Pirelli Foundation Educational: A Year Discovering the World Beyond Rubber
The end of the school year also means the end of “When Culture Creates Tyres”, the 2022-2023 educational programme of Pirelli Foundation Educational. Webinars, online and in-person workshops, and visits to the Pirelli Foundation and the Bicocca district: over 3,500 students from schools and universities from across Italy and Europe have joined us to discover Pirelli’s corporate culture.
The Out and About in Milan workshop took primary school pupils on a virtual journey through the streets of the city, with riddles to solve and maps to draw, discovering some of the most emblematic places of the city, both past and present.
Secondary school students who attended the From Track to Road workshop got to know the greatest champions of two and four-wheel racing and were introduced to the world of robotics by building and programming a racing car that they then tested with their classmates.
Pirelli’s ongoing commitment to sustainability was at the centre of the Going Fast Takes Time course, which revealed how the creation of a tyre is the result of a lengthy process of research and development in terms of materials. A photographic project inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda helped the students reflect on the fundamental role that we all play in safeguarding the planet.
The workshops linked to the Premio Campiello Junior, Travelling with Words and Let’s Write Cinema!, for primary and lower secondary school students respectively, encouraged a passion for books, with quizzes and readings done all together, helping the children try their hand at creating a postcard and writing a short film script.
One of the courses for upper secondary school students in greatest demand was A Matter of Style, which looked at the history of Pirelli’s visual communication. Here the students learnt about the company’s partnerships with great international photographers, designers, directors and graphic artists, who came up with amazing advertising campaigns, inspiring them to create an animated GIF.
The kids were able to experiment with their creativity in making a podcast on The Story of Research and Innovation, examining the history of the tyre up to the very latest innovations introduced by the Research and Development laboratories, with innovative raw materials, virtual testing and Industry 4.0. And then there was Architecture Makes Global Changes Visible, which helped schools find out about the link between Pirelli and some of the big names in international architecture. Inspired by virtual visits to some of the company’s most iconic buildings, the students designed an “ideal” workplace for the future.
The summer is almost upon us, but our plans don’t stop here. Many new features for the school year 2023-2024!
The new programme will be presented online on Monday 25 September 2023. If you would like to take part, click here.
The end of the school year also means the end of “When Culture Creates Tyres”, the 2022-2023 educational programme of Pirelli Foundation Educational. Webinars, online and in-person workshops, and visits to the Pirelli Foundation and the Bicocca district: over 3,500 students from schools and universities from across Italy and Europe have joined us to discover Pirelli’s corporate culture.
The Out and About in Milan workshop took primary school pupils on a virtual journey through the streets of the city, with riddles to solve and maps to draw, discovering some of the most emblematic places of the city, both past and present.
Secondary school students who attended the From Track to Road workshop got to know the greatest champions of two and four-wheel racing and were introduced to the world of robotics by building and programming a racing car that they then tested with their classmates.
Pirelli’s ongoing commitment to sustainability was at the centre of the Going Fast Takes Time course, which revealed how the creation of a tyre is the result of a lengthy process of research and development in terms of materials. A photographic project inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda helped the students reflect on the fundamental role that we all play in safeguarding the planet.
The workshops linked to the Premio Campiello Junior, Travelling with Words and Let’s Write Cinema!, for primary and lower secondary school students respectively, encouraged a passion for books, with quizzes and readings done all together, helping the children try their hand at creating a postcard and writing a short film script.
One of the courses for upper secondary school students in greatest demand was A Matter of Style, which looked at the history of Pirelli’s visual communication. Here the students learnt about the company’s partnerships with great international photographers, designers, directors and graphic artists, who came up with amazing advertising campaigns, inspiring them to create an animated GIF.
The kids were able to experiment with their creativity in making a podcast on The Story of Research and Innovation, examining the history of the tyre up to the very latest innovations introduced by the Research and Development laboratories, with innovative raw materials, virtual testing and Industry 4.0. And then there was Architecture Makes Global Changes Visible, which helped schools find out about the link between Pirelli and some of the big names in international architecture. Inspired by virtual visits to some of the company’s most iconic buildings, the students designed an “ideal” workplace for the future.
The summer is almost upon us, but our plans don’t stop here. Many new features for the school year 2023-2024!
The new programme will be presented online on Monday 25 September 2023. If you would like to take part, click here.