Child care centers can be great institutions of learning and caring, if everyone pays attention to some important dimensions that also make them reasonable places to live. Children need a place where they have full use of their bodies and senses and enough freedom to take advantage of the variety of life, where they can find or invent the spaces…

Times change, and pollution continues to plague cities, energy prices escalate and average temperatures creep higher, the argument that society cannot afford to squander its limited resources has been embraced by more than just environmental activists. More and more education administrators and architects are among those pushing schools and…

Pat Kyle, librarian at the Washington International School (WIS), was presented with a rare opportunity. A private PreK-12 institution in northwest Washington, DC, WIS had committed to a five-year redesign of the school in which she would take an active role, helping build a brand new media center. Having participated in a design workshop at the…

On the basis of recent experiences, recommendations and suggestions are given for the design of the teachers work area, the front wall and the pupils' working area; for storage of equipment and teaching aids; and for viewing surfaces and exhibition possibilities. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Excess space can work directly to a district's advantage from one or several angles. (Author)

HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUMS ARE OFTEN MUCH TOO LARGE, SERVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS, AND ARE UNUSED A MAJOR PORTION OF THE YEAR. THIS PAPER DETAILS DESIGNS FOR AUDITORIUM MODIFICATION IN SIX HIGH SCHOOLS AIMED AT MAKING THE SPACE MORE USABLE FOR SUCH FUNCTIONS AS SMALL LECTURES, LUNCHROOMS, LIBRARIES, ETC. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM…

A description of how a progressive educational program dictates the unusual form of an elementary school for 660 is presented. Featured in the design are--(1) flexibility of space usage, (2) an instructional materials center, (3) an audiovisual nerve center, (4) the spiral building configuration, and (5) the stimulating learning environment.…

Seven examples of school auditorium innovation are presented with accompanying floor plans. The concept of the divisible auditorium is illustrated through facilities combining auditorium, classroom, theater, and audio-visual center usages. Featured within the descriptions are--(1) a theater-in-the-round with individually controllable segments, (2)…

A stochastic simulation model is presented which describes the learning activity in an educational system in terms of pupil flow through student modules and produces a comprehensive picture of utilization during each time period for each activity type. Using this model the decision-maker can choose the optimal configuration of student module…

High School auditoriums are often much too large, serve a limited number of functions, and are unused a major portion of the year. This paper details designs for auditorium modification in six high schools aimed at making the space more usable for such functions as small lectures, lunchrooms, libraries, etc. This document previously announced as…

The Center represents the medium size prototype design for the state. (MLF)

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto, Pennsylvania, was a former college gymnasium built in the 1920s now converted into an independent museum. (Author/MLF)

A landscape architect describes his 15-year association with the University of New Mexico and how its campus developed. (Author/MLF)

The purpose of this paper is to assist teachers and administrators and administrators responsible for planning new learning spaces or for renovating existing spaces. (JY)