Preliminary evaluations of learning that takes place in such found spaces as a converted garment factory, a fallout shelter, a milking machine factory, and a hotel provide evidence that, while children may not learn better, their reactions to these places is positive. The results are low rates of vandalism, high attendance, parent involvement, and…

In a pinch for spaces a New Jersey school district turned an abandoned supermarket into an open plan school -- in two short months, for less than $1.40 per square foot. Remodeling was accomplished by a few vocational education students, their teachers, and parents. (Author)

An old U.S. Mint building is the answer to a college's search for downtown space and the nucleus of a future 8-acre campus area near the city center. (Author)

Declining enrollments in many geographic areas result in space being available for a community school in many existing school buildings. Describes community school facilities that have been developed from found space. (Author/DN)

Problem areas in the conversion of buildings into vocational schools are costs, adaptability and flexibility, and location. (EC)

Outlines the experiences of two private colleges (Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and the University of Dallas, Texas) in their successful conversion of found space in other building types to small theaters for use by the performing arts. (Author/DN)

Residential, commercial, and industrial shifts in urban and suburban areas have left many large, solidly built structures vacant. Such structures are often convertible to educational uses at a cost far below that of constructing an equivalent facility new. Explains how administrators can find and adapt such found space; provides some useful…

This is the fourth of seven articles to address the problem of what higher education can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a wider constituency, without resorting to new building. One way to meet space needs is to prospect for available space off campus and by means of rehabilitation or major conversion, to adapt this space to…

An outline of some of the alternatives and procedures for effective utilization, modernization, and renovation of existing space for academic use. (Author/MF)

Extra space was found in existing structures and remodeled for use as a student center in New York, an art academy in Pennsylvania, and history department office space at Stanford University (California). (MLF)

School facilities can be restructured for changing educational programs at minimal cost. (DW)

Reclaiming readily available government, commercial, and other facilities for school use can help solve many of the present and future school housing problems. (Author/MLF)

A three-step plan identifies unused space and puts it to work to handle growing enrollments in static facilities by: (1) comparing with other schools; (2) analyzing space needs; and (3) finding usable space. Photographs illustrate space reclaimed at three schools. (MLF)

Community education's greatest future potential may lie in the conversion of existing school facilities to community schools. (Author/DN)

School systems in urbanized or built-up areas have difficulties locating suitable sites for new buildings. Examples of the use of space in alternative locations include the Parkway Program in Philadelphia; the Work Place School in Alberta, Canada; the Metropolitan Learning Alliance in Minnesota; and the Schoolhouse Boat in Vienna, Austria. (MLF)