School and classroom facilities should be flexible in design in order to encourage creativity and autonomous learning. Facility designs and their implications are discussed. (MF)

Discusses an architect's assessment of the needs for planning moveable facilities attuned to any curriculum in any coming year. (GR)

Methods in use in industry are suggested for providing vocational facilities that are flexible and adaptable to changing conditions. Academic and vocational activities are allowed to intermix in order to implement interdisciplinary educational situations. A systems approach to construction enabling specification of building components to fulfill…

THE LEARNING CENTER CONSISTS OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES APPROPRIATE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE ENERGIZING CONCEPTS OF EDUCATION BASED ON HOW STUDENTS LEARN. INSTEAD OF STRUCTURING THE FACILITIES INTO SIMILAR SIZED CLASSROOM SPACES, THE CENTER PROGRAMS FACILITIES FOR LARGE GROUP SPACES ACCOMMODATING 150 OR MORE STUDENTS, SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION AREAS OF…

Discusses the reasons why conventional classroom facilities won't work for continuing education. Illustrates how one continuing education center was designed and built and suggests how flexibility can be built into a facility without the use of movable partitions. (DN)

Many changes in school facilities are likely by the year 2000. Construction of "disposable" temporary schools is a possibility, and more schools may adopt the "no school" concept, which utilizes an entire city as classrooms. New school buildings will probably more closely resemble the open-plan concept than traditional "eggcrate" schools. (JG)

Discusses the need for school buildings that are flexible and adaptable to any educational situation, rather than rigidly "self-contained" or rigidly "open." Such buildings are not tied to any educational fad that may become unfashionable, and they can accommodate many educational approaches, as well as noneducational uses. (JG)

This annotated bibliography of literature on the open plan school confines itself to material that relates educational programs to open design buildings. The first section, "Teaching in an Open Plan School," offers 46 items that include discussions of the program, its administration, and the teacher's role. In the second section, "Facilities," 37…

One of the newest and most promising developments in architecture has been the use of lightweight structures for encapsulating space. Using this new technology, builders can enclose large and small areas at a fraction of the cost of conventional construction and at the same time provide interior space that is totally flexible. This brochure shows…

While early community colleges were often located in abandoned high schools or hospitals, or in shared facilities with public schools, they have now come into their own, often in imaginative and innovative facilities. Community college design offers an opportunity for development of an environment that is complementary to the larger environment of…

BUILDING DESIGNS WHICH HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIVISIBLE AUDITORIUM AND THEATER AND THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY WERE REVIEWED. WHILE NOT A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF DIVISIBLE FACILITIES, THE INSTALLATIONS REPORTED ON ARE THOSE THAT APPEAR TO BE LANDMARKS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE MULTI-USE…

Building designs which have been significant in the development of the divisible auditorium and theater and the fundamental concepts of the multi-purpose facility were reviewed. While not a comprehensive collection of divisible facilities, the installations reported on are those that appear to be landmarks in the evolution of the multi-use…