Booker Park School is a new complex for pre-primary children and primary pupils with a range of behavioural and learning difficulties. To respond to the pupils' varied needs, the school facilities offer a high degree of flexibility and a quality environment for learning.

Many elementary school teachers with a passion for teaching social studies are finding that the administratively defined time for direct instruction in social studies is becoming increasingly restricted. Fortunately for the teacher who is convinced that social and civic education should be at the center of the elementary school curriculum, where…

This descriptive study investigated the possible effects of selected school design patterns on third-grade students' academic achievement. A reduced regression analysis revealed the effects of school design components (patterns) on ITBS achievement data, after including control variables, for a sample of third-grade students drawn from 24…

The Romantic ivory-tower metaphor literally controls physical space in ways which undermine both composition's place on campuses and much of the pedagogy and theory it employs. Compositionists' academic office space tends to be located in the periphery campus buildings or in the basements of more geographically desirable buildings. Both the focus…

An award from the 23rd P/A Awards Program for a research report that analyzes the activities around seven Boston community schools and recommends ways to create usable open spaces. (Author/MLF)

The basic principle behind the Olmsted Theater at Adelphi University derives from the emphasis placed upon the spatial relationships between performers and spectators. (Author)

The use of an index to match classes and classroom space was assessed. The index initiates the use of several variables controlling utilization: number of hours that rooms are scheduled per week, average percentage of occupancy per room, and amount of area per station per room. Interviews with deans covered current classroom assignment…

COLLEGE PARKING FACILITIES SHOULD (1) PERMIT FREE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES, (2) ACCOMMODATE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC DEMANDS, INCLUDING PROVISION OF RESERVOIR SPACE AT ENTRANCES AND EXITS, (3) BE ADEQUATELY MARKED AND POSTED, (4) BE DESIGNED TO ALLOW INTERNAL MOVEMENT, EASE AND SAFETY OF ACCESS, ADEQUATE MANEUVERING AREAS, AND GENERAL CONVENIENCE, AND (5) BE…

The guidelines established in 1964 provide for 120 square feet per office per full time equivalent clerical staff and faculty position. It is now recommended that this be changed to 135 square feet for each full time equivalent staff member. This standard coincides with staff office space standards established at the University of Illinois and at…

This bibliography contains an alphabetical listing of approximately 500 references dealing with human spatial behavior in institutions, public places and generally environments ranging from the scale of a room to a geographic large scale environment. The purpose of the bibliography is to respond to the growing interest in the study of human…

Twelve functions are briefly described which should be included in planning space for library staff. They are: (1) Administration, (2) Other Supervisory Offices, (3) Work Rooms, (4) Circulation Desk, (5) Reference Desk, (6) Staff Lounge, (7) Custodian Space, (8) Bookmobile Staff, (9) Books by Mail, (10) Interlibrary Loan, (11) Reserve Room, and…

The Park School was designed to fit into and above an outcropping of rocks thus providing varied exterior spaces, reducing the building's scale, and freeing the open spaces for playing fields. (Author/MLF)

Describes the Library Space Utilization (LSU) methodology, which demonstrates that significant information about the functional requirements of a library can be measured and displayed in a quantitative and graphic form. It measures "spatial" relationships between selected functional divisions; it also determines how many people--staff…

The brick arch from the oldest part of the building was used as a design theme in the renovation of an old elementary school. (Author/MLF)

Large volume spaces fit easily into the triangular design, dictated by the site, of the Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers in New York City. (Author/MLF)