Space to Place: Good to meet you all

Hi everyone.

It was good to meet you all on Monday. Well done in the session. Things will get better as you all get to know one another. As well as planning each school session well, (so that you know what you want to achieve and how you are going to do it), you also need to inspire the pupils in each session. This is after all what you would have to do with an adult client too. How you inspire them is up to you, but this is an opportunity for you to think out of the box and take some risks, make sure that everyone looks forward to your sessions together.

Try some of the websites below for information and examples around design in schools. I've noticed that you have identified some of the Architecture for Humanity classroom of the future work already. Best wishes

Ian

http://www.thesorrellfoundation.com/home.php

Partnership for schools website,

http://www.partnershipsforschools.org.uk/library/casestudies.jsp

http://www.partnershipsforschools.org.uk/library/bsf_voices_gallery.jsp

Sheffield University exemplar international schools, http://www.imagineschooldesign.org/index.html

Architecture for Humanity, Classroom of the future competition,

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/competitions/challenge/2009

CABE exemplars,

http://www.cabe.org.uk/case-studies/listing?tag=Education%20buildings&tagId=13&type=case-studies

CABE criteria (for teachers)

http://www.cabe.org.uk/design-review/schools