Facility design and the planning steps within this process are part of continued discourse among school design professionals and school officials. Historically, schools often mirrored architectural designs of a time-period or as a response to economic trends. The discourse has evolved over time, and recently, there has been an increasing focus on…

Educational specifications are presented delineating instructional space requirements and relationships for a middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A description of the desired educational programs is followed by a discussion of those spaces necessary to house the program and the relationship that they must bear one to the other.…

Methods in use in industry are suggested for providing vocational facilities that are flexible and adaptable to changing conditions. Academic and vocational activities are allowed to intermix in order to implement interdisciplinary educational situations. A systems approach to construction enabling specification of building components to fulfill…