Schools must be considered as designed environments where individuals should be given maximum opportunity to engage in task activities with a minimum of adverse influences from elements in the designed surroundings. (Author)

Profile of a new facility for handicapped children from infants to 8-year olds. Created to purposefully avoid any resemblance to an institution, this unique facility is helping to provide a laboratory for improving the development of the children's potential. (Author)

Indepth observations in three American schools and three Japanese schools for the Interface Project revealed six major areas of interface between facilities and student learning. The interface profile is presented. (MLF)