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Download full textRittelmeyer, Christian – 1992
A survey of several hundred German students led to two theses on school environment and learning. First, students find school buildings attractive only if they conform to certain features of the human sensory system such as balance. Second, students consider school buildings attractive and inviting only if their architectural message meets such…
Descriptors: Building Design, Built Environment, Color Planning, Educational Environment
Pewewardy, Cornell; May, Paul G. – Winds of Change, 1992
The architectural design of Mounds Park All-Nations Magnet School (St. Paul, Minnesota) incorporates cultural symbols representing the Native American worldview and Medicine Wheel Circle beliefs, as well as design elements from aboriginal housing styles, and colors and sculptured elements that reinforce the relationship of nature to building. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Architectural Character, Building Design
Kleberg, John R. – 1992
An Ohio State University project studying quality educational environments brought together experts from several fields from various countries to discuss issues and tour facilities in Europe and the United States. In addition, a survey of university staff, students, and faculty found that there is a strong relationship between school environment…
Descriptors: Building Design, Built Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1996
This bulletin is intended as a resource for school system facility planners and architects who design schools. Ways in which decision makers can incorporate environmental concerns in the design of school buildings are detailed. Focus is on the design of interior partition systems. Partition systems in schools serve several purposes; they define…
Descriptors: Building Design, Built Environment, Construction (Process), Decision Making
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1995
To better understand construction's impact, an overview of building ecology as a concept and as a decision-making model for school systems is provided. "Building ecology" is defined as the interrelationships among people, the built environment, and the natural environment. It has special relevance for school design because most of the…
Descriptors: Building Design, Built Environment, Construction (Process), Decision Making
Barnhardt, Ray; Dubbs, Patrick J. – 1998
For many remote northern communities, especially Native American communities, school design, construction, and heating would be more culturally and technologically appropriate if local materials and expertise were utilized. Following World War II, the period of the most rapid "de-localization" of northern communities, the allegedly…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Appropriate Technology, Building Design
