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ACOL
LECT
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HENEUM DIEI
DIKES
I
NTRODUCT
ION
Overthepastdecade,s chooldesi
gndevelop-
menthasincreasedsigni
fi
cantl
yasdevelop-
mentofcurri
culum andeducat i
ondel
ivery
methodsalongwi t
hmaj orpr
ogrammesof
schoolr
enewal,havedr i
ventheeducation
desi
gndebat e

AT
HENEUM DIEI
DIKES
AREAS
TANDARDS
Thei deathatthebui l
tenvironmentpl aysani m-
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andar dsforEar
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sprovi
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antroleineducat i
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new;however ,under standingwaysi nwhi ch
ment sforvari
ousagesofchil
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thisenvir
onmentcanbeenhancedorcr eated
i
ss carceinther esearchl i
terat
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d.
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d.
wi t
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mar yobj ectivetoadequat el
yac- x3–5years2.3m2perchi l
d.
commodat eamax i
mum numberofs tudents,
pus hi
ngs t
udent sthroughanas semblyl i
neof VENT I
LAT ION
stateappr ovedcur ri
culawi thl
itt
leroom f or
studentstodevel opas enseofowner shi
pori n- Eart
htubes.Theseareconcret
eorclaypipesi
nt hegroundthr
oughwhi ch
volvementi ntheirlearningenvironment . t
hesupplyairi
spas s
ed.Theyar
eabl etos
upplypr e-
warmedairinthewinter
andcooledairinthesummerasthegroundits
elfdoesnotvarymuchi ntem-
per
atur
eovert heseasons.T
heyst
il
lhaveanener gyrequi
rementforf
ans.x
ENVI
RONMENT Borehol
ecooling.I
faschoolhasacces
stogroundwateratas ui
tabl
edepth
andex t
ractl
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cencesar egr
anted,coolwat
erat12–15°
C canbepumped
TheCommi ssi
onf orAr chitect ur
eandt heBui l
t
thoughthepipesofanunderfl
oorheat
ingandcooli
ngs ys
tem t
ocool t
he
Environment( CABE)–now par toft heDes i
gn
roomsinthesummer .
Counci l–hasdevel opedaf ramewor kof
des i
gns uppor tforlocal aut hori
tiesinvol vedi n
xMi x
edmodecool i
ng.Abui l
dingdesi
gnedtoli
mitsol
argainandequi p-
thedevel opmentofs chool buildings .In2008,
mentgainsmayonlyoverheatforasmall
percentageofthet i
me.I
fare-
mi ni
mum des i
gns tandar dsdevel opedby
ducedsiz
eofcooli
ngsyst
em isprovi
dedforext
remecondi t
ionsonl
y,and
CABEwer eadopt edbyt hegover nmentf or
natur
alvent
il
ati
oni
susedformos toft
hetime,i
tist
ermedmi xedmode.
school pr oject sandar esti
llaus eful gui det o
succes sful school des ign.CABE’ s10cr iteri
af or
succes sful school des ignar e: DAYL
IGHT
ING
xIdent i
tyandcont ext:maki ngas chool the
student sandcommuni tycanbepr oudof .x Naturaldayli
ghti
ngi sseenastheprimaryl
ights
ourceinschooldesi
gnand
Siteplan:maki ngt hebes tus eoft hes i
te.x dependsont hepropor ti
onsoftheroom,amountandpos i
ti
onofglazi
ng,re-
School grounds :maki ngas setsoft heout door fl
ecti
vit
yofsurf
aces ,andwhereabout si
ntheroom iti
sbei
ngmeas ured.The
spaces .xOr gani s
at i
on:cr eat i
ngacl eardi a- Basel
ineDesignsgivesomes i
mpl epract
icalgui
dancet oachievegoodday
gram f ort hebui l
dings .xBui l
dings :maki ng l
ighti
ng.
form,mas si
ngandappear ancewor ktoget h-
er.xInter i
or s:creat i
ngex cellents pacesf or Asfarasspacepl anni
ngisconcer
ned,natural
li
ghti
ngandnat ur
al vent
il
ati
on
l
ear ningandt eachi ng.xRes ources :depl oy- areinsympathy.Themax i
mum depthsofs
pacesf ornat
uralvent
il
ationare
i
ngconvi nci ngenvi r
onment alst
rat egies .x compar abl
etot hemax i
mum depthsf
oreffect
ivedayli
ghti
ng.
Feelings af e:cr eatingas ecur eandwel com-
i
ngpl ace.