Design Features for Project-Based Learning

Design Features of the Physical Learning Environment for Collaborative, Project-based Learning by Susan J. Wolff

Classrooms of the Future

Thinking Out of the Box, Jeffery A. Lackney, Ph.D., A.I.A Other articles from School Design Research Studio

What do you think about Prefabs (new term - Relocs)? Are they appropriate learning environments?

Award Winning school facility design

Have a look at what a team effort can do to produce a well designed facility. Paris Magdalonis, architect made every effort to involve the right people necessary to make this project a true success. Have a look at other schools designs

Design for Learning

Ted fiske suggests some ways that schools could be built to meet the needs of contemporary learners

The Death of the Classroom, Learning Cycles and Roger Schank

"Classrooms are out! No more classrooms! Don’t build them!" Roger Schank, Institute for Learning Sciences

What do you think about students designing their own schools?

Compare these three teams' designs for a state-of-the-art school for the year 2050. Student Presentations

At last some of Steve Mancers school design photographs
Steve has spent an exhaustive year travelling around New Zealand & Australia.
Have alook at some of his photographs

Development of Two New Auckland Secondary Schools
Any information that can be shared will be displayed here in the near future. It will be good to hear your comments about these designs when they are released.

What does the ideal school look like?
send us you ideas of what you think an ideal school (or purpose built block) would look like and have incorporated in the design • Find out what people think

Have a look at the Amsterdam Watershed Project http://designshare.com/Research/AIA/AIA_Amsterdam/AMS_Watershed_1.htm
What do you think about this project - have your say - send us your comments

There are lots of projects going on out there so as soon as these have been processed we will publish the discussions, debates, annotated bibliographies

Help us grow! we welcome any submissions regarding the development of educational facilities. we will publish letters, ideas, research, photo's, images and discussion papers/articles. Contact us