NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Building Pedagogies. A Historical Study of Teachers' Spatial Work in New School Architecture
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rosén Rasmussen, Lisa – Education Inquiry, 2021
This article addresses schoolteachers' spatial work in the process of inhabiting and using a new school building. The study focuses on a historical case of a Danish open-plan school built in the early 1970s and shows how the teachers' spatial work engages with questions of the organisation of bodies, sound, furniture and teaching aids. The article…
Descriptors: Architecture, School Buildings, Building Design, Foreign Countries
Tendering and Contract Procedures in System Building
Simonazzi, Marco; Zambelli, Ettore – Build International, 1971
A model structure for organization and management in the building process, with special reference to tendering procedures--management of the relations between two or more operators of the building process. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Building Design, Contracts, Design Requirements
A Mobile Proposal.
Knuffman, Susan M. – American School & University, 1996
Describes how a Florida district accommodated an influx of students by using portable, self-contained classrooms built around a permanent core of offices: a modular campus. Discusses the search for classroom space, how to integrate the modular pieces into the setting, and outlines the savings and benefits of this process. (RJM)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Modular Building Design
Minnesota Facilities Model: A Case Study.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Meyer, Jeffrey A. – Planning for Higher Education, 1982
The development, content, and implementation of a space model at the University of Minnesota are detailed. Its objectives were to (1) obtain a management tool for assessing current space utilization and projecting facility needs; (2) assess quality of existing facilities; and (3) identify and assimilate the university's unique space needs.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Buildings, Educational Facilities Planning, Evaluation Methods
Space Use--Space Needs: The Availability and Use of Public Senior Higher Education Facilities in Texas. CB Study Paper 28.
Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1980
The potential of improved space use as an alternative to new construction in Texas public colleges and universities was evaluated. Space utilization was measured in three ways, each of which viewed room use differently. The average number of hours per week that classrooms and class laboratories are in use on public university campuses was…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Classrooms, College Buildings, College Planning
Decision Criteria and Policy for School Consolidation. Final Report. MRI Project RA-115-D(1).
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO. – 1974
The objectives of this study were to assist the Kansas City School District in the formulation of policy on the consolidation and closing of schools, development of objective criteria to aid decision-making on these issues, and specification of procedures for the implementing of such policy and policy decisions. The decision model developed had…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Consolidated Schools, Decision Making, Educational Finance
Determining Your Public Library's Future Size: A Needs Assessment and Planning Model.
Brawner, Lee B.; Beck, Donald K., Jr. – 1996
This book guides library administrators through stages of long-range needs assessment, particularly taking what they know about their user community, library services, performance standards, and anticipated resources, and using that knowledge to determine space and building needs. Tips, explanations, and hands-on planning tools come through…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Community Attitudes, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods