Following a consideration of the middle school and the educational concepts involved, profiles are presented of eleven middle schools designed with a sense of innovation, adaptability, and matching institutions to the needs and potentials of children. Some of the schools are wholly committed to innovation from team teaching to ultimate…

A profile is presented of an elementary school in which the building design was determined by the social environment and the climate--it is located in an economically depressed section of a hot, dusty city, the population of which is mainly Spanish speaking. The school provides cool, dustless classrooms and shaded outdoor space. The description…

This report reviews some of the more important educational innovations that have transformed the arrangement of space and design of the schoolhouse environment. Design, structural, and functional features are described for open plan schools (schools without interior walls). Consideration is given to the use of performance specifications in the…

Construction guidelines are presented to assist in the planning process, to encourage good school plant design, and to serve as criteria in the evaluation of area community college and area vocational school plans. Consideration is given to various aspects of area plant planning and area site size and development. Guidelines are presented for…

Research for this comparative study consisted of school visits and discussions on the school building industry with leading men in the field in England, West Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. The study explored the use of prefabrication and modular school design, which provide economical and flexible school buildings to accommodate an increasing…

Facility requirements are presented for a school for severely physically handicapped children to be built for the Human Resources Foundation. Consideration is given to--(1) the educational program, (2) the concept of having classrooms accommodate a series of groups of pupils compatible as to social and age needs, yet flexible as to instructional…

Southwestern Community College was designed to meet the requirements of the comprehensive educational program. The program provides flexibility in terms of future educational requirements and a choice of highly specialized or general educational programs in both the academic and vocational areas. The relationship of the academic and vocational…

This school district utilized the generalized academic simulation programs (GASP) to assist in making decisions regarding the kinds of facilities that should be constructed at Pilchuck Senior High School. Modular scheduling was one of the basic educational parameters used in determining the number and type of facilities needed. The objectives of…

This report explores the feasibility of physically and educationally updating 31 of San Francisco's vintage schools by studying three of them in depth and applying the concepts and unit costs thereby developed to the remaining 28. Diagrammatic layouts and photographs accompany the facility analyses. The approaches to updating suggested in the…

Photographs, diagrams, and words are used to tell about the nursery school at Stanford University. Supported largely by tuition, this school enrolls 270 pupils who attend school during one of three different session schedules. A full-time staff of 12 is assisted by students from psychology, education, and nursing. The environment offers…

This publication of photographs and building plans of 27 selected educational facilities in North Carolina is planned to acquaint school officials, planners, and citizens with the concepts and trends in new school design and to encourage them to visit the schools presented, as well as similar ones throughout the State. (Author/MLF)

This study of facilities constructed from 1965 through 1969 attempted to determine how to effect economy and efficiency of function in future school buildings; and to determine whether State Board of Education regulations were viewed as underrestrictive, reasonable, or overrestrictive; whether educational specifications were developed and used by…

This report describes some programs that attempt to raise the quality of school buildings without raising the cost of building them. Educational changes have required new sets of spaces in schoolhouses, whose specifications could only be met by changes in building technology and in construction management. This triumvirate of change emerged in the…

This bibliography brings together most of what has been written about open space elementary schools since 1968. The citations are categorized as (1) general, (2) research, (3) schools, (4) furniture, (5) newsletters, or (6) bibliographies. Articles and bound materials are entered alphabetically in the most appropriate section. No attempt was made…

This document includes six papers presented at the conference. Raymond T. Affleck, in a concluding address, enlarges the general theme of the conference to "Learning Environments - Why, What, How?". James A. Gibson, in "Every Man His Own Architect," says that school planners should possess the characteristics of an architect who looks around him…