DDesign Strategies for Tomorrow’s Schoolsesign Strategies for Tomorrow’s SchoolsPrakash NairPrakash NairPEB Conference PEB Conference –– London, May 2004London, May 2004

AgendaAgenda

The ResearchCase Studies

Questions. . .Questions. . .

What is the most important conditionfor learning?What are the most important qualities for success?

Questions. . .Questions. . .

What is the most important conditionfor learning?

–STUDENT ENGAGEMENTWhat are the most important qualities for success?CONFIDENCE & SOCIAL SKILLS

About ZPDAbout ZPD

Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development -ZPD

Do Facilities Impact Learning?Do Facilities Impact Learning?

“First we shape our buildings, then they shape us”

Winston Churchill

Do Facilities Impact Learning?Do Facilities Impact Learning?

•• PhysiologyPhysiology•• PsychologyPsychology•• BehaviorBehavior

Facilities Impact Our PhysiologyFacilities Impact Our Physiology

•• Environmental Environmental FactorsFactors–– DaylightDaylight–– Artificial LightArtificial Light–– AcousticsAcoustics–– Indoor Air QualityIndoor Air Quality–– ColorColor–– TextureTexture–– Connection to the outdoorsConnection to the outdoors–– Access to food and beveragesAccess to food and beverages

Facilities Impact Our PsychologyFacilities Impact Our Psychology

•• Our emotional Our emotional response to spacesresponse to spaces–– Awe, joyAwe, joy–– oppressiveness, fear, oppressiveness, fear, –– creative flow, peacecreative flow, peace

Do Facilities Impact Learning?Do Facilities Impact Learning?

•• How a space fosters How a space fosters or inhibits certain or inhibits certain behaviorsbehaviors–– CollaborationCollaboration–– Independent studyIndependent study–– Project work Project work –– Technology useTechnology use–– ReflectionReflection

The Modern The Modern Educational Educational AgendaAgendaShould Drive Should Drive Modern School Modern School DesignDesign

Larger Design ConsiderationsLocation

Planning Process

Building Design

High Performance

Post-Occupancy Evaluation

Design for the Thornburg MetaphorsCampfire

Watering Hole

Cave

Life

Mixed Modalities

Design for Multiple IntelligencesLinguistic – Word SmartLogical-mathematicalNumbers SmartMusical – Music SmartBodily-kinestheticSports/Fitness SmartSpatial – Picture/3D SmartNaturalist – Nature SmartInterpersonal – Social SmartInterpersonal – Self SmartExistential – World Smart

Design Required Support ElementsTechnology

Daylighting

Artificial Lighting

Thermal Comfort

Acoustic Comfort

Ergonomics

Outdoor Connections

Case StudiesCase Studies

Reece Community School

Millennium High School Near Ground Zero in NYC

Lake Country Montessori Middle School, MN

The Fire 3:00 am, December 5The Fire 3:00 am, December 5thth, 2000, 2000

Reece SignatureReece Signature

Reece High

Committed to its community and realizing individual potential through creativity, enterprise, communication and teamwork.

Case Study

MillenniumHigh School