The language of school design : design patterns for 21st century schools / Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, Jeffery Lackney.
Material type: TextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : DesignShare, [2013]Edition: [Third edition] revisedDescription: 236 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780976267003
- 0976267004
- 727 22
- LB3218.A1 N35 2013
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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.
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