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This document reviews the literature, previously cited in RIE, concerned with open plan schools. The open plan design is defined as one that encompasses large, open areas that shelter numbers of students, paraprofessionals, and teachers in a climate of daily change. Central to the discussion of the open plan concept is the consideration that a…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities, Educational Innovation
Baas, Alan M. – 1973
Replacing the general contractor with a "construction manager" directly accountable to the owner promises greatly improved control over cost and scheduling economies. The construction manager should have special skills in construction, cost analysis, critical path method scheduling, and be familiar with the qualifications of local subcontractors.…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Systems, Construction Costs, Construction Management
Baas, Alan M. – 1973
Because of structural or financial limitations, many existing school buildings cannot be rebuilt to accommodate the flexible space requirements of such innovations as open plan teaching, individualized instruction, or modular scheduling. Schools with such buildings can keep pace with educational change by using relocatables. At the present time,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Cost Effectiveness, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities
Baas, Alan M. – 1972
This document reviews the literature previously announced in RIE that is concerned with the renovation and modernization of obsolescent school buildings. The bulk of the literature emphasizes the use of modular components for both support systems and unique learning environments. Topics covered include planning, modernization techniques,…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Building Obsolescence, Cost Estimates, Educational Facilities
Baas, Alan M. – 1972
This paper reviews briefly the literature concerned with the use of modular components in the construction of educational facilities. Fourteen of the documents reviewed have previously been cited in RIE. The essence of the material found in the reviewed literature is organized into and discussed under the topics (1) modular components and…
Descriptors: Building Systems, Construction Materials, Educational Facilities, Facility Case Studies
Baas, Alan M. – 1973
The design of today's science facilities for elementary and secondary schools reflects trends toward education's growing emphasis on dynamic student-teacher interaction and toward a growing national sensitivity to social and environmental needs. The modern science facility exhibits a primary concern for individual student involvement in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Building Design, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities
