Designing schools for learning
Is it possible that architecture stimulates and fosters learning in educational spaces? … Although it may seem like a simple and obvious question, throughout history we can observe that educational centers have been repeatedly projected with similarities more similar to disciplinary spaces or « prisons »what to places where we can liberate and improve our knowledge where working together has the reward of learning.
Designing and building schools undoubtedly has an extra responsibility on the designer and architect who, according to their strokes, lines, different compositions, decoration, interior design, distribution … etc.
They will be elements responsible for influencing the improvement of the education of students, therefore, the wisdom with which good design, pedagogy and organization are combined will determine, in part, the educational future of many young people.
If we build smart homes to improve the lives of its occupants, why not build schools intelligently to improve student learning …
From the city of Kiev he shows us a different school, a different way of uniting aesthetics, originality, creativity and good taste in a totally joyful learning environment from a school interior design project created by the Dreamdesign studio, called New School.
We can recognize that all children are directly influenced by the environment around them, therefore designing dynamic, fun spaces with lots of natural light and color will encourage creative thinking.
This has been the basis with which the Dreamdesign studio began to imagine a different school that attracts both children and adults, moving them to landscapes and spaces of continued wisdom where the purpose is to contribute to creating future citizens capable of learning for themselves, from Take responsibility for their training, for setting their goals, for enjoying themselves doing it.
The interior design of the different activity rooms encompasses a whole!… From what we step on to what we cannot see. A pool that takes us to a dream where natural lighting and the reliefs on the ceiling immerse us in an imaginary world.
A school designed in detail where walking through its 80,000 square meters is an adventure at all times. Open spaces, corridors and decorated classrooms happily with lots of color that remind us that learning is definitely fun!… Remembering the article on architecture of color and how it influences us.
The New School project has at its back the IIDA Global Excellence Award in the category of architecture for education.
Another main objective is the importance of collaboration. In this sense, the interior partitions were reduced with the intention of generating new learning models using, as far as possible, glass-based dividing elements that divide the students' classes.
The transit areas are spacious and have elements to sit, study or just do a little work. In the end, every space outside the classroom or inside plays as a potential place for learning.
All images via dobrovolska.com - Andrey Avdeenko
As a complement and point to begin to understand how to design schools We could start with a TED Indianapolis conference given by the Swedish architect Rosan Bosch who was in charge of the design of the Vittra school (Stockholm).
Let us remember that this school is considered a center of educational innovation where there are no classrooms, there are no walls, and the spaces are totally open. Where it is defined mainly as an open education without walls, where students can practice the freedom to occupy spaces, breaking with the traditional schools of "enclosure". A new school design for changing times!
Undoubtedly, designing the future of education and learning involves consciously understanding all the spaces that foster it, that welcome and benefit students.
It is highly recommended to see the guide article on the influence of architecture and its physical spaces in autism to understand that we do not always design spaces for everyone.
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