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DDesign Strategies for Tomorrow’s Schoolsesign Strategies for Tomorrow’s SchoolsPrakash NairPrakash NairPEB Conference PEB Conference –– London, May 2004London, May 2004
Questions. . .Questions. . .
What is the most important conditionfor learning?What are the most important qualities for success?
Questions. . .Questions. . .
What is the most important conditionfor learning?
–STUDENT ENGAGEMENTWhat are the most important qualities for success?CONFIDENCE & SOCIAL SKILLS
Do Facilities Impact Learning?Do Facilities Impact Learning?
“First we shape our buildings, then they shape us”
Winston Churchill
Do Facilities Impact Learning?Do Facilities Impact Learning?
•• PhysiologyPhysiology•• PsychologyPsychology•• BehaviorBehavior
Facilities Impact Our PhysiologyFacilities Impact Our Physiology
•• Environmental Environmental FactorsFactors–– DaylightDaylight–– Artificial LightArtificial Light–– AcousticsAcoustics–– Indoor Air QualityIndoor Air Quality–– ColorColor–– TextureTexture–– Connection to the outdoorsConnection to the outdoors–– Access to food and beveragesAccess to food and beverages
Facilities Impact Our PsychologyFacilities Impact Our Psychology
•• Our emotional Our emotional response to spacesresponse to spaces–– Awe, joyAwe, joy–– oppressiveness, fear, oppressiveness, fear, –– creative flow, peacecreative flow, peace
Do Facilities Impact Learning?Do Facilities Impact Learning?
•• How a space fosters How a space fosters or inhibits certain or inhibits certain behaviorsbehaviors–– CollaborationCollaboration–– Independent studyIndependent study–– Project work Project work –– Technology useTechnology use–– ReflectionReflection
The Modern The Modern Educational Educational AgendaAgendaShould Drive Should Drive Modern School Modern School DesignDesign
Larger Design ConsiderationsLocation
Planning Process
Building Design
High Performance
Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Design for Multiple IntelligencesLinguistic – Word SmartLogical-mathematicalNumbers SmartMusical – Music SmartBodily-kinestheticSports/Fitness SmartSpatial – Picture/3D SmartNaturalist – Nature SmartInterpersonal – Social SmartInterpersonal – Self SmartExistential – World Smart
Design Required Support ElementsTechnology
Daylighting
Artificial Lighting
Thermal Comfort
Acoustic Comfort
Ergonomics
Outdoor Connections
Case StudiesCase Studies
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Millennium High School Near Ground Zero in NYC
Lake Country Montessori Middle School, MN
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Reece High
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