Where children learn to think with their hands.
Architecture-inspired Sunday workshops for kids aged 4–12 in Montreal. Real materials, small groups, no screens—just creativity, confidence, and problem-solving.
Workshop Projects
Book a workshop →
Two age groups every Sunday. Pick a date, pay securely, and you're set.
View Sunday schedule & bookJoin the waitlist
Two emails a month. Early access to new dates. Behind the scenes at the studio.
Join the newsletterA simple and steady weekly rhythm.
Every Sunday at our studio. Two age groups, back-to-back. Maximum of eight children. All materials, setup, and cleanup are fully taken care of.
📍 Atelier Begüm is hosted at Local Familial, near Parc La Fontaine, conveniently located between the Mont-Royal and Sherbrooke orange line metro stations.
Parking is easily available in the area. Exact address and access details are shared automatically upon booking confirmation.
✨ 6-Week Program: Book a block of 6 workshops and only pay for 5 (1 free session!). Private sessions available during the week — see private options.
Screens off.
Imagination on.
I believe children deserve the same materials, the same tools, and the same respect as an adult working in design. Every workshop starts with a question, a constraint, a challenge—and ends with an object a child can hold, explain, and keep.
The best designers don't just build; they teach us to look at space, materials, and possibilities through a completely different lens. What I develop here is not just manual skill—it is creative confidence, spatial reasoning, and the quiet art of thinking with your hands.
Here, the process matters as much as the result. I teach children to see mistakes not as failures, but as valuable information to iterate, modify, and perfect their ideas. This is a mental restructuring that turns frustration into curiosity and builds real resilience in the face of complex problems.
There are no screens, no grades, and no performance pressure. Just attentive, expert-led creative time in a calm studio environment where kids truly thrive—and parents tell me their children continue building, sketching, and talking about their projects at home for days afterward.
By learning how to translate abstract concepts into real, three-dimensional structures, children gain a crucial head start in geometry, logical reasoning, and critical thinking that will serve them far beyond the design table.
When a child realizes they can shape the world around them—and that they have a steady hand to guide them—they stop being passive observers. They become makers. This is the foundation of Atelier Begüm: providing the room, the tools, and the belief that every child is capable of designing something beautiful, structured, and entirely their own.
Six themes built around story.
90 MINUTES · $40 single · $200 program (6 weeks)
Adventure Village
A village for explorers — houses, bridges, gardens, and watchtowers. Children learn the difference between making one thing and making a place.
Mr. Owl's Treehouse
A giant treehouse with secret rooms, rope bridges, an observation deck, and hidden entrances.
Sweet Treat Town
A whole town where everything is a sweet — ice cream towers, cookie shops, candy streets, a dessert park.
Animal Hotel
Pick a guest — panda, tiger, penguin, etc. — and design the hotel that guest would actually like.
Underwater Adventure
Coral homes, sea-creature playgrounds, submarine stations, bubble towers. Designing for water instead of land.
Dream World City
A collaborative final piece. Each child contributes one element from the previous five weeks to build one giant city.
Six themes built around challenge.
90 MINUTES · $40 single · $200 program (6 weeks)
Secret Pavilion
A pavilion for a park, a festival, or a hidden garden—exploring the most fundamental architectural problem, sized to a child.
Tiny House Challenge
A complete tiny home: bedroom, kitchen, living area, and storage—all in a very small footprint.
Fantasy Castle
Pick a client—dragon, wizard, explorer, or unicorn guardian—and design the castle that client deserves.
Floating Island Village
A village in the sky, with houses, paths, and shared space. Exploring how to connect things that cannot touch the ground.
Treehouse Network
A network of treehouses, joined by rope bridges, walkways, and platforms. Each child links one together.
Design Studio
The final brief belongs to the child—dollhouse, art studio, or tiny apartment. Ownership of every decision.
What families are saying.
My six-year-old came out of her first Sunday talking about the "façade" of her building. Façade. She didn't know that word on Monday morning. I don't know how Begüm does it—but it's real.
My boy has a strong personality. Very few classes hold his attention. He comes back from Sundays calm, proud, and with something he actually made. That's enough to convince me.
We did the six-week program. The kids grew attached to the ritual, the classmates, and to Begüm. These are the best Sundays we've had in a long time.
Party, school, library, association—we come to you.
We host private workshops in homes, schools, public libraries, cultural associations, and community spaces all over the island of Montreal. Same design principles, custom format.
- Birthday parties
- School & extracurricular activities
- Library programs
- Community events
- Day camps & pedagogy days