Space and learning
Subtitle: lessons in architecture 3
By: Herman Hertzberger ; [translation into English, John Kirkpatrick]
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: 010 Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rotterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9789064506444
Subjects: Public spaces; Classroom environment; Space (Architecture); Design and construction; Designs and plans; Design; School environment; School buildings; Architecture and children; Case studies
Work titles: Ruimte en leren
Description: "Schools loom large in the comprehensive body of work designed by Herman Hertzberger; more than thirty have been built to date. School-building, according to Hertzberger, is one of the few areas in architecture today where designers are still able to define and influence human conditions. In his opinion, school buildings require striking a balance between use, performance and an architecture informed by education. School buildings need re-inventing on each new occasion, particularly given current developments in education which are shifting away from the traditional approach to one more targeted at the individual. This clearly necessitates a trade-off between education, educational systems and architecture. Space and Learning brings together Hertzberger's knowledge and ideas in a theoretical study of the spatial conditions of learning, lavishly illustrated throughout with the architect's own work and that of others." -- Back cover.
Notes: "As work on the book proceeded, its format grew almost unobserved in the direction of two preceding books, Lessons for students in architecture 1 (Making space, leaving space) and Space and the architect (Lessons in architecture 2). So Space and learning became part three of the series"--P. 5.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255).
Table of contents: title: The classroom dethroned; title: Space and learning; title: The school as a micro-city; title: The city as a macro-school.