Schools for the Future

by Walden, Rotraut

• ISBN13: 9780889373518
• ISBN10: 0889373515
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-30
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub

Summary

Architecture and its relationship to its users have a significant influence on life and activities within the built environment. This poses a particular challenge with regard to public buildings such as schools, which have to accommodate the needs of many different people in order to provide them with the best possible environment to support their performance.In this book, following a brief overview of the historical development of school buildings in different countries, contributions from international experts discuss how school buildings can work together with users' own creative responses and result in educational environments that are "alive." The give-and-take relationship between architecture and its users (students, teachers, parents, and the commu-nity at large) is emphasized from the point of view of architectural psychology and emerging consid-erations such as information technology. The "schools for the future" vision is to create spaces that people are pleased to return to, time and again, and that allow options for future modification in line with changing user requirements.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Table of Contents	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Introduction
Overview	p. 1
Questions	p. 10
Significance of the Topic	p. 12
Schools Claiming to Be "Schools of the Future"	p. 15
The Architect's Leadership Role	p. 16
History of the Schoolhouse in the USA
Introduction	p. 19
Educational Architecture in the Colonial Period	p. 20
Educational Architecture of the Industrial Revolution	p. 22
Educational Architecture in the Information Age	p. 25
Historical Background of the Japanese School
A Brief History of Japanese School Planning	p. 35
The Historical Development of School Buildings in Germany
Emerging Organized Schooling in Germany	p. 45
School Buildings in Cities and Villages	p. 47
Reform Pedagogy (1890-1932)	p. 50
The "Reform Wave" (1918-1933)	p. 54
The National Socialist Takeover	p. 56
The Postwar Period	p. 56
School Construction Today	p. 59
Perspectives for the Future	p. 71
Summary	p. 72
The School of the Future: Conditions and Processes - Contributions of Architectural Psychology
Requirements and Wish List	p. 75
Color Scheme	p. 79
Form Design	p. 81
Lighting in Schools	p. 82
Heating, Cooling, and Ventilation	p. 85
Acoustics and Noise	p. 86
Furniture and Equipment	p. 89
Density and Crowding	p. 91
Participation and User Design	p. 94
Ecological Aspects	p. 102
Organizational Aspects	p. 109
After-Hours Use of Schools	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 113
Schools Designed with Community Participation
Benefits of Community Participation	p. 123
Davidson Elementary School as the Center of a Community	p. 121
A Community School Designed for Accessibility	p. 136
Summary	p. 140
Trends in the Design and Planning of Schools from the Viewpoint of Information Technology and Communication
The Current State of Learning and Information Technology in Schools	p. 143
Cases of Innovative Schools Worldwide	p. 144
A Design Language for Schools and Learning Communities
Design Communication	p. 155
Pattern Language	p. 156
Developing Patterns	p. 157
A Language of School Design	p. 159
Bringing It All Together	p. 163
Summary	p. 166
Criteria for the Judgment of the Quality of School Buildings
Procedure	p. 169
Development of a System for Judging the Quality of Schools of the Future	p. 178
Conclusion: What Makes a School a "School of the Future"?
General Recommendations for School Building and Environment	p. 190
Summary	p. 194
The Outlook for Schools of the Future	p. 196
Contributors	p. 199
Acknowledgments	p. 203
Index	p. 205
Appendix
Descriptions and Photographs of 23 School Examples from 11 Countries on 5 Continents	p. 211
Schools as Living, Empowering Places	p. 259
From a Creative Knowledge to Creative Ignorance	p. 263
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