Increased student enrollment, collection growth, the need for multimedia workspace, and other technology changes are all reasons for embarking on a facilities project in a library media center. This book describes the keys to success for library media centers of the future, and addresses the need for developing support for the facilities plan.…

This book offers and examines a number of suggestions for school architecture. The book consists of a review of 22 school projects from around the United States. The text opens with a brief history of school design in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but the focus throughout the book focuses on several distinct elements: designing schools…

Suggesting that a major socioeconomic transformation is underway in American society, this paper discusses seven elements of an emergent post-affluent society: (1) the demographic effects of the "baby boom" generation; (2) the emergence and recognition of a post-affluent consciousness; (3) the recognition of the transcendental nature of…

The premise used in the development of the Townview Center for the Dallas Independent School District (Texas) is: What actually goes on inside a high school of the future is more important than what the school building will look like. The school's concept includes the housing of various magnet programs at one site. The architect is challenged to…

Mariemont High School in Mariemont, Ohio, has an open facility that enhances the school's goal to train the student to "think reflectively, critically, and constructively about the problems of his world." (Author/MLF)

School buildings designed in Norway during the early 1970s were frequently of the open plan type. This document briefly describes problems faced in the designing of open plan buildings and planning and implementation of educational activities appropriate to the new facilities. In anticipation of future elementary school construction, the document…

Recognition of new demands in Swedish education during the 1960s led to selection of eight principles to be considered in educational facilities planning. These principles concerned (1) freedom of students to change schools, (2) availability of school space for nonschool functions, (3) flexible use of spaces for varied student activities, (4)…

THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE REFLECTS THE CHANGING NATURE OF SOCIETY. NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND PLANNING CONCEPTS, SHIFTING POPULATION COMPOSITION, AND NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DEFINE PROBLEMS TO BE RESOLVED BY THE URBAN SCHOOLHOUSE. THE ANSWERS LIE IN ITS TRANSFORMATION TO A COMMUNITY-ORIENTED CENTER THROUGH PRACTICAL MEANS. JOINT…

Listed are specifications and regulations governing construction plans for facilities operated by boards of education in New Jersey. Following a description of administration and enforcement procedures, are detailed standards for buildings, barrier-free design, energy conservation, electrical systems, and plumbing. This publication supersedes the…

CAREFUL PLANNING FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAXIMIZES THE USE OF SPACE TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH FREQUENT CHANGES IN ACTIVITY AND A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES. IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT THUS PREVENTING OVERBUILDING AND UNDERBUILDING. THE PLANT SHOULD FIT, THROUGH INCREASING UTILITY BY…

IN PLANNING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A GROUP OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FORMULATED A SET OF EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AS A GUIDE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DELIBERATION IN DETERMINING THE CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED--(1) A…

A COMPUTER BASED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR USE WITH VOCATIONAL TESTING AND OCCUPATIONAL DESCRIPTIVE DATA, BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OCCUPATIONS ARE CLASSIFIED BY LEVEL OF TRAINING AND CATEGORIES OF INTEREST, COMPARED WITH STUDENT, CLASS RANK, COMPOSITE, TEST BATTERY, AND PREFERENCE SCORES. THE SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR…

The approaches and activities of a firm specializing in architectural programing are discussed in detail. Topics include the definition and need for programing, needs and methods of research and data gathering, program development and structure, communications and the role of the architect. Distinctions are emphasized between the programmer and…

Intended to inform school board administrators and teachers of the current (1958) thinking on audio-visual instruction for use in planning new buildings, purchasing equipment, and planning instruction. Attention is given the problem of overcoming obstacles to the incorporation of audio-visual materials into the curriculum. Discussion includes--(1)…