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Kate Ganim | MArch Thesis Review 2 | 18 October 2011
Evolving the School
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Based on US Census Bureau data
The traditional educational model is in jeopardy
Offshoring Academic Ination
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Map of Conflict
City
School Admin
Teachers
Students
Parents
Prioritize uniformity andmetric assessment to gaugeachievement (to securestate/federal funding)
Prioritize overall studentgrowth and success enteringthe workforce
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Thesis goal: to design aneducational space that mediatesbetween traditional (measurableand linear) and alternative (creativeand non-linear) models of learning.
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Uniformity within the conventional school:material and human scale
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Uniformity within the conventional school:classroom scale
The classroom should be between 750 and 1,000 square feet, and accommodate between 20-25 children.The space requirement per child in a classroom ranges from 35 to 42 square feet.
Furniture that can be easily rearranged is recommended.
Open Classroom Space
Student Desk
Teacher Desk
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The centralized resource plan
The courtyard plan The classroom-clustering planThe courtyard with classroom
clustering plan
The dumbbell plan The spine plan
Uniformity within the conventional school:organizational scale
Shared facility
Classrooms
Circulation
Media Rooms
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Uniformity within the conventional school:site scale
Bus drop-off
Service vehicle access
Parent/Childdrop-off
Parking
Single access point (forsecurity and monitoring)
School Building
Direct access toplayground areas
Playground
Exterior Play Area
School Building
Motor Vehicle Circulation
Interior/Exterior Access
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Precedents:material and human scale
Olafur Eliassons Your Blind Passenger, creating sensory-intensive environments that change across the space
Mark Hortons The Little School, integrating ergonomics with the playful nature of children
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Precedents:room scale
Adventure Playgrounds, permitting freedom of movement and creative use ofthe spaces objects with no hierarchy imposed
ArkitemasHellerup Skole,a successfulexample of theopen plan due toarticulations and
differentiationsof space
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Precedents:organizational scale
RAND Corporation, optimizing redundancy of routes and minimizing length of routes to increase chance interaction
Mark Hortons The Little School, classrooms areplaced amidst play spaces, which become the
primary circulation spaces instead of corridors
Shared facility
Classrooms
Circulation
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Precedents:site scale
The Imagine Bus Project disposes of the traditional monastic autonomy ofschools with its mobility, bringing art education to kids
The Public School considers the city as the school: being everywhere andnowhere in the city, any place can become a classroom
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