Title: School builders /
Authors: Curtis, Eleanor.
Publisher: Wiley-Academy,
Year: 2003
Subjects: School buildings Design and construction.
Abstract: "Educational policies and trends are continually changing, and consequently design briefs for school buildings are also in a constant state of flux. School Builders introduces 29 school projects from across the globe, each of which bears testimony to the many changes affecting school buildings. Through these projects, the book also presents a number of pressing and sensitive issues relevant to architects, school governors and anyone else involved in school design." "Representing the work of an international range of architects, the featured buildings cover a wide range of briefs: from the technology-led classroom to the sustainable green school, from the tight urban site to wide expansive fields; from the small to the large; from children's involvement to the community's involvement; from state to private; and from safety and security to freedom and horizons." "Within this range of issues, new technologies emerge as the main driving force behind the most rapid changes in school design. Technology has allowed schools and learning to change, in terms of both the physical space and the type of activity taking place within it. School buildings must therefore offer more and more flexibility in their design: they need to be able to accommodate potential changes concerning technology: demographics, sustainability policies, urban regeneration, safety and security, and all within (mostly) public budgets - and on top of this, to do so using creative design solutions. The buildings featured here will offer inspiration to anyone seeking to tackle these complex issues of school architecture."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Introduction / Eleanor Curtis -- Talk with: Ray C Bordwell, Steve Clow, Nev Churcher -- Allford Hall Monaghan Morris : Great Notley Primary School -- Arbeidsgruppen HUS : Steinerskolen I Stavanger -- Architecture PLB : Haute Vallée School -- Arup Associates (London) : Druk White Lotus School -- Behnisch & Partner : Montessori School Ingolstadt -- Behnisch & Partner : Montessori School Ingolstadt -- Behnisch & Partner : Vocational School -- Building Design Partnership : Hampden Gurney School -- Dougherty & Dougherty Architects LLP : Rio Del Norte Elementary School -- Elder and Cannon Architects : AT Aloysius Junior School -- Hampshire County Council Architects : Queens Inclosure Primary School -- Hampshire County Council Architects : Stakes Hill Infant School -- Hampshire County Council Architects : Whiteley Primary School -- Hampshire County Council Architects : Woodlea Primary School -- Hein Goldstein Architect : Oskar-Maria-Graf-Gymnasium (Oskar-Maria-Graf Secondary School) -- Itsuko Hasegawa : Kaiho Elementary School -- Kumpulan Akitek : Kycée Français de Singapour (International French School of Singapore) -- Lord, Aeck & Sargent : Trinity School -- Patkau Architects : Strawberry Vale Elementary School -- Perkins & Will : Desert View Elementary School -- Perkins & Will : North Fort Myers School -- Perkins & Will : Perry Community Education Village -- PLUS + Bauplanung : Evangelische Gesamtschule Gelsenkirchen (Evangelical School in Gelsenkirchen) -- Plus + Bauplanung : Waldorf School -- Ross Barney + Jankowski Inc : Cesar Chavez Elementary School -- Ross Barney + Jankowski Inc : Little Village Academy -- SMWM Architects : Drew College Preparatory School -- SMWM Architects : Lick-Wilmerding High School -- Thomas van den Valentyn Architektur & S Mohammed Oreyzi : Musikgymnasiums Schlob Belvedere Bei Weimar (Music High School in Weimar) -- Zvi Hecker : Jewish Primary School Berlin.