School Design Be The Change 9492

There's a dark little joke
exchanged by educators with a

dissident streak:
Rip Van Winkle awakens in the
21st century after a hundred-
year snooze and is, of course,
utterly bewildered by what he
sees.
Men and women dash about,
talking to small metal devices
pinned to their ears. Young
people sit at home on sofas,
moving miniature athletes
around on electronic screens.
Older folk defy death and
disability with metronomes in
their chests and with hips made
of metal and plastic. Airports,
hospitals, shopping malls--every
place Rip goes just baffles him.
But when he finally walks into a
schoolroom, the old man knows
exactly where he is. "This is a
school," he declares. "We used
to have these back in 1907.
Only now the blackboards are
white."
Milton-Freewater, let’s have a
discussion about the future of
our schools…
Image: MattandBekah.com
How can we design schools for a

future that we can’t possibly
predict?
School: Cass Technical High School,
Detroit
Image: DesignShare.com
media
centers?
music rooms?
School: Celentano Museum Academy, New Haven, Connecticut

social
areas?
School: High Tech High International,

San Diego, California
outdoor classrooms?
School: Three Mile Creek Elementary, Perry, Utah

open
ceilings?
School: Celentano Museum Academy,

New Haven, Connecticut
green spaces indoors?
School: Universidad de Monterrey: Preparatoia Unidad Valle Alto,

Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
creative
architecture?
School: Georgetown South Child

Development and Community Center,
Manassas, Virginia
early childhood education?
School: Georgetown South Child Development and Community Center,

Manassas, Virginia
no
chairs?
auditoriums?
School: New Saline High School, Saline Michigan

colors?
School: Stittsville Public School,

Stittsville, Ontario, Canada
School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona
computer labs?
balconies?
School: Gwinnett University Center,

Lawrencevilla, Georgia
School: Kennewick Elementary School
Kennebunk, Maine
display cases?
cave seating?
School: St. Stephen’s School,

Algester, Queensland, Australia
School: Gwinnett University Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia
round buildings?
facilities open to the public?
School: Little Village Lawndale High School, Chicago

galleries for
student work?
School: Galef Center for Fine Arts

Los Angeles, California
flexible furniture?

School: Cary Grove High School,
Cary, Illinois
small group
meeting spaces?
School: Pistorius-Schule,
Herbrechtingen, Germany
hallways as classroom spaces?

buildings
on a hill?
School: Hachoresch Elementary School,

Zirchron Ya’acov, Israel
School: Three Mile Creek Elementary, Perry, Utah
learning centers?
lobbies?
School: West Haven Elementary School,

West Haven, Utah
School: West Haven Elementary School,
West Haven, Utah
multipurpose rooms?
alternative sports?
School: Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School

School: La Cañada High School, California
courtyards?
non-traditional angles?
School: Perspectives Charter School, Chicago

School: Nus High School of
Mathematics and Science,
Singapore
glass walls?
outdoor study areas?
School: Chung Cheng High School,

Singapore
School: Suzhou Singapore International School, Suzhou, China
modern playgrounds?
School: Gwinnett University Center, Georgia
rooftops?
School: Cambridge Media Arts School, Cambridge, Massachutsetts
production studios?
collaboration areas?
School: Alpine Prototype Middle School, Alpine/Lehi, Utah

School: Reim Elementary School, Israel
skylights?
faculty work areas?

classrooms
on wheels?
School: Pistorius-Schule,
Herbrechtingen, Germany
exposed architecture?
greenhouses?
School: IslandWood: A School in the Woods

Bainbridge Island, Washington
School: Paschalisschool, The Hague, Netherlands
incorporating old growth?

indoor play structures?
School: Spruce Street Nursery School, Boston

cultural
learning
spaces?
School: Bronx Charter School for the Arts

life-skills areas?
School: Spruce Street Nursery School, Boston

fitness
centers?
School: Cass Technical High School,

Detroit
School: Nan Hua Secondary School
Singapore
outdoor amphitheaters?
playgrounds
as learning
tools?
School: PS 40 M and PS 33 M,
Long Island City, New York
School: PS1/Bergen School, New York, New York
reading rooms?
reception desks?
School: Keane Children’s Center/Charlestown Boys & Girls Club

Charlestown, Massachusetts
School: Warren Skaaren Environmental
Learning Center at Westcave Preserve
Dripping Springs, Texas
buildings as
educational
tools?
School: Romeo Engineering & Technology Center
Romeo, Michigan
science labs?
solar panels?
School: Heritage Middle School,

Wake Forest, North Carolina
School: Oakwell Park, Napoleon, Ohio
Image: NapoleonOhio.cc
sports fields?
technology
in the
hallways?
School: Hackberry Elementary School,

Frisco, Texas
School: PS1/Bergen School, New York, New York
activity spaces?
School: Missouri Dept of Conservation
Discovery Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ecology
areas?
School: High Tech High International,
San Diego, California
conference
rooms?
“We must be the change we wish
to see in the world.”
-Gandhi
Pictures
© DesignShare.com
Music
© James Horner, Braveheart

Presentation
Matt Horne
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There's a dark little joke

exchanged by educators with a

How can we design schools for a

School: Celentano Museum Academy, New Haven, Connecticut

School: High Tech High International,

School: Three Mile Creek Elementary, Perry, Utah

School: Celentano Museum Academy,

School: Universidad de Monterrey: Preparatoia Unidad Valle Alto,

School: Georgetown South Child

School: Georgetown South Child Development and Community Center,

School: New Saline High School, Saline Michigan

School: Stittsville Public School,

School: Gwinnett University Center,

School: St. Stephen’s School,

School: Little Village Lawndale High School, Chicago

School: Galef Center for Fine Arts

School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona

hallways as classroom spaces?

School: Hachoresch Elementary School,

School: West Haven Elementary School,

School: Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School

School: Perspectives Charter School, Chicago

School: Chung Cheng High School,

School: Alpine Prototype Middle School, Alpine/Lehi, Utah

School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona

School: IslandWood: A School in the Woods

incorporating old growth?

School: Spruce Street Nursery School, Boston

School: Bronx Charter School for the Arts

School: Spruce Street Nursery School, Boston

School: Cass Technical High School,

School: Keane Children’s Center/Charlestown Boys & Girls Club

School: Heritage Middle School,

School: Hackberry Elementary School,

© James Horner, Braveheart

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