The SDPL gladly shares this abstract from PEB. OECD study highlights the impact of building design in education
The demands facing educational buildings are today more varied and challenging than ever before. In addition to providing a supporting and stimulating environment for the learning process, today’s schools, colleges and universities need to accommodate an increasing number of practical demands.
How do educational facilities promote teaching and learning as a result of their design? What changes are required to accommodate the proliferation of educational technology and an increase in tertiary education? How can design better facilitate lifelong education and recreation programmes or outdoor learning? What has the impact of reduced financial resources, more intensive space utilisation and new health and safety concerns meant for the design of our educational establishments?
A new book from the OECD, ‘Designs for Learning: 55 Exemplary Educational Facilities’, shows how the design, use and management of selected facilities in 21 countries provide original and imaginative responses to the changing environment of teaching and learning. Chosen in recognition of their contribution to educational effectiveness by an international jury, the book includes newly built or renovated schools, tertiary institutions (universities, colleges and other post-secondary institutions) and facilities for adult education.
Reviews of each facility are arranged within the broad themes considered by the jury: Improving effectiveness by design and management; Schools of the future; Tertiary education; Strategies for managing the educational infrastructure. Each review includes numerous colour photographs, detailed plans and descriptions. Contact addresses for the schools and architects featured are also included. The featured
establishments were selected from 90 schools and universities from 21 OECD countries.The report is available for purchase from the OECD online bookshop at www.oecd.org/bookshop.
Journalists may obtain this report from the OECD Media Relations Division Fax: +33 1 45 24 80 03 or news.contact@oecd.org
For further information journalists should contact Richard Yelland or Jill Gaston in the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) Tel:
+33 1 45 24 92 60 or richard.yelland@oecd.org / jill.gaston@oecd.org