A GROUP of students were tasked to design 'the home of the future' in a project with a social housing provider.

Magna Housing organised a full-day event for 175 students in year 10, at The Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis, to design a home of the future.

Students had to produce an elevation drawing, floor plans and a written summary of key features. They had to think about who the home was for, where it would be - in a town or the countryside, what features it would have, how the people that live there would get around and what environmental impact there might be.

Members of the Magna Housing development and maintenance teams created three topic areas: architecture and design, environment and sustainability, and home functionality. Students gathered information from the area experts to help them create their great homes of the future.

Mr Holding, head of careers at The Woodroffe School, said: “ It was a very successful day. The students were fortunate to be offered such a range of interesting activities and I hope that they learned a lot about teamwork, motivation, communication and themselves.

"Magna is partnered with the school and has already supplied countless hours of support."