The language of school design : design patterns for 21st century schools /
Nair, Prakash,
The language of school design : design patterns for 21st century schools / Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, Jeffery Lackney. - [Third edition] revised. - 236 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 236).
Introduction -- Classrooms, learning studios, advisories and small learning communities -- Welcoming entry -- Student display space -- Home base and individual storage -- Science labs, arts labs and life skills areas -- Art, music and performance -- Physical fitness -- Casual eating areas -- Transparency -- Interior and exterior vistas -- Dispersed technology -- Indoor-outdoor connection -- Furniture : soft seating -- Flexible spaces -- Campfire space -- Watering hole space -- Cave space -- Designing for multiple intelligences -- Daylight and solar energy -- Natural ventilation -- Learning, lighting and color -- Sustainable elements and building as 3-D textbook -- Local signature -- Connected to the community -- Bringing it all together -- Conclusion.
Includes best practice case studies culled from some of the most widely recognized school facilities the world over. Authors Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, and Jeffery Lackney have dipped into a vast treasure trove of award-winning, innovative school designs from 20 countries to illustrate their cutting-edge concepts.
9780976267003 0976267004
School buildings--Design and construction.--United States
School buildings--Planning--United States
School environment--United States
LB3218.A1 / N35 2013
727
The language of school design : design patterns for 21st century schools / Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, Jeffery Lackney. - [Third edition] revised. - 236 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 236).
Introduction -- Classrooms, learning studios, advisories and small learning communities -- Welcoming entry -- Student display space -- Home base and individual storage -- Science labs, arts labs and life skills areas -- Art, music and performance -- Physical fitness -- Casual eating areas -- Transparency -- Interior and exterior vistas -- Dispersed technology -- Indoor-outdoor connection -- Furniture : soft seating -- Flexible spaces -- Campfire space -- Watering hole space -- Cave space -- Designing for multiple intelligences -- Daylight and solar energy -- Natural ventilation -- Learning, lighting and color -- Sustainable elements and building as 3-D textbook -- Local signature -- Connected to the community -- Bringing it all together -- Conclusion.
Includes best practice case studies culled from some of the most widely recognized school facilities the world over. Authors Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, and Jeffery Lackney have dipped into a vast treasure trove of award-winning, innovative school designs from 20 countries to illustrate their cutting-edge concepts.
9780976267003 0976267004
School buildings--Design and construction.--United States
School buildings--Planning--United States
School environment--United States
LB3218.A1 / N35 2013
727