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The main topic of this MSc thesis investigates the cross-thematic approach that utilizes Architecture and Design as a medium to support and improve learning results, students’ engagement, enhance creativity and innovation, arouse consciousness about sustainable development, design thinking and 21st-century skills and competences. More specifically, it focuses on matters of sustainability and exploration of the urban environment by children. Initially, this thesis explores the concept of cross-thematic teaching approach, and examines thoroughly some of the fundamental characteristics of sustainable development in accordance with urban design and planning in an educational context. Moreover, the acquired skills and the pedagogical benefits offered to children in the context of their engagement with creative education through Architecture, will be discussed, as well as STEAM cross-curricular characteristics applied to Architecture and Design projects. Furthermore, this thesis investigates practices that have been found to be applied from professionals in Architecture pedagogy around the world, in educational settings, following a cross-thematic teaching approach, STEAM Learning, Problem Solving, Projects and Phenomena Based Learning, that promote design thinking process, participatory planning, placemaking, 3-d model making, etc. Some useful digital platforms are also introduced and suggested to be used for purposes of Architecture and Design childrens’ engagement and for school curricular enrichment, making it more integrated and holistic as well. Subsequently, the potential of this approach will be further explored through the development of a series of five (5) creative Architecture and Design workshops through the STEAM approach, following the Learn-By-Doing, Inquiry Based Learning and the theory of Multiple Intelligence - with a different methodology each time. The suggested workshop plans emphasize concepts like “urban design”, “sustainability”, “green design”, “placemaking” and “passive house”. Participants will be encouraged to design, plan, construct, make hypothesis, cooperate, investigate, study, measure, synthesize, capture forms, present, draw conclusions, discuss with each other, discover new concepts and phenomena of the modern world, as well as they will be asked to think critically and multifaceted about the impact of their designs on the environment, to classify and to solve real life - complex problems by suggesting sustainable solutions. Ultimately, they express themselves aesthetically through design by constructing 3-D architectural models, with specific and special requirements, following the principles of sustainable design. The aim is to achieve the cultivation of democracy spirit and citizen’s skills as well. In conclusion, Architectural and Design educational programs provide students with a wide range of skills and tools, capacities, means, and mediums that are necessary for the 21st century, allowing them to reach their fullest potential and actively contribute to sustainable development by influencing the formation of our future environment. This study presents the prospects of incorporating architecture and design into the educational curriculum and furthermore suggests the development of new educational approaches that can adequately prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century.