Contents Preface
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Introduction: Perspectives on New School Building
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9 About this book / 11 Selected school building programmes / 20 Lessons learned
1 From Ideas for Learning to Architectural Form
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26 Transformational ideas / 28 The school as a workplace / 33 Subject-specific learning bases / 38 A school within a school / 42 Open Studio Learning
2 Nature, Ecology and Environmental Design
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50 Linking learning to ecology – The Forest School movement – Schools and the natural elements / 54 Genius loci – Life cycles in schools – Native materials and indigenous technologies – Environmental and social sustainability / 60 School design and environmental standards – The Passivhaus – Towards carbon neutral schools
3 Flexible Space for Learning
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72 Moving parts – Reconfiguring learning space – Dividing large spaces / 76 Large multi-purpose spaces – Central atrium – The multi-functional staircase / 81 Temporary school buildings – Modular solutions – Mobile lessons / 83 Long-term flexibility: adaptable space design – Manipulating internal space – Learning cluster organisation / 87 Moving the whole school
4 Schools and the Community
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92 Community access – An open facility – Bringing generations together – Schools integrated into social fabric – Cultural cohesion and celebration of diversity / 100 Catalysts for regeneration – Raising aspirations
5 Participating in the Design and Construction Process
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110 The benefits of a participative approach – The difference between consultation and participation – The role of young people within the design process / 111 Developing a design brief – Collaborative brief-building – Empowering the users / 114 Design involvement – Participatory involvement in smaller projects – Collaborative design – Getting active at the building site – Learning through building – Community self-build projects – Post-occupancy evaluation: monitoring use and performance
6 Learning Outside the Classroom
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132 Settings for personalised learning – Entering a school – Entrances to subject areas / 143 Colour and material / 147 Circulation spaces, corridors and service areas – Toilets
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