Young V&A – Learn to Build, 2025

U-Build wants to inspire the next generation of builders, doers and makers. In September 2025, we teamed up with the Young V&A to bring awareness to the craft, during London Design Week.

We supplied our modular stage boxes as part of our Box Library initiative, a circular economy and community-led approach to design and construction. The event gave young people and their families the chance to apply creativity and practical skills to create an evolving 3D environment where play-time and imagination could thrive. 

Read more about our interactive Play Folly project on their website.

The Box Library 

Our Box Library has been launched with a diverse network of users and functions, from a DJ stage and seating areas, to an exhibition wall and a pop-up street skate park. The demountable boxes can be used for educational purposes, to promote construction practice as a viable interest to anyone, to engage with activism and celebrate the power of community.

The boxes can turn up completely flat-packed, then using simple off-the-shelf screws and a driver, constructed in minutes. The plywood parts can then be bolted together to create various structures and shapes. Once they are dismantled, the materials are transportable to other locations for further use, or put into a storage container (made of more boxes), until required again.

The Box Library scheme contributes to our bigger goal of promoting a circular economy. If these units are no longer required at a certain location, hopefully they can be offered to another project, as part of our circular principles.