9 Preface Building for Education 10 Historical Paradigms 16 Educational Systems 18 Schools in the Community 19 School Typologies Requirements of School Design 22 Spatial Configurations Pamela Loeffelman 28 Acoustic Design Dorothea Baumann and Christina Niederstätter 34 Lighting Design Mohamed Boubekri 40 Sustainability Heather Marsden 42 Outdoor Spaces Susan Herrington 46 Designing Learning Landscapes Peter Hübner 50 Schools and Kindergartens under Reconstruction Susanne Hofmann NURSERIES AND KINDERGARTENS (0-6 years) PRIMARY SCHOOLS (4-12 years) 56 76 112 140 Kita Sinneswandel National Day Nurseries Association Kingston International School Taxham School Extension Berlin, Germany Grantham, United Kingdom Hong Kong, China Taxham, Salzburg, Austria Baukind Mark Dudek with Kwong & Associates Maria Flöckner and Hermann Schnöll Michael Stiff and Andy Trevillion 60 114 142 Cherry Lane Children's Centre 78 Montessori Primary School Kingsmead Primary School Hillingdon, London, UK Kindergarten Jerusalemer Straße De Eilanden, Amsterdam, Northwich, Cheshire, UK Mark Dudek Associates Berlin, Germany The Netherlands White Design Associates Staab Architekten Herman Hertzberger 62 144 San Antonio de Prado Kindergarten 80 116 Energy-plus Primary School Medellin, Colombia Sheerness Children's and Druk W hite Lotus School Hohen Neuendorf, Germany Ctrl G Estudio de Architectura and Family Centre Ladakh, India IBUS Architects and Engineers Plan B (Federico Mesa) Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK Arup Associates Architype 148 66 120 Jubilee School Lavender Children's Centre 82 Little Village Academy Brixton, London, UK Mitcham, Surrey, UK Ecole Maternelle ZAC Moskowa Chicago, Illinois, USA Allford Hall Monaghan Morris John McAslan + Partners Paris, France Ross Barney Architects Frederic Borel Architectes 152 68 122 Jockey Club Primary School Sondika Kindergarten 84 Ranelagh Hong Kong, China Sondika, Bilbao, Spain Shenyang Xiaohajin Multi-denominational School Aedas + Design Consultants Eduardo Arroyo, No.mad arquitectos International Kindergarten Dublin, Ireland Shenyang, China O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects 154 70 Shenyang Huaxin Designers Zürich International School San Felice Nursery and Preschool 124 Wadenswil, Switzerland San Felice, Reggio Emilia, Italy 86 Mary Poppins Primary School Calli & Rudolf ZPZ Partners Bubbletecture Maihara Kindergarten Berlin, Germany Maihara, Japan Carola Schäfers Architekten 156 74 Shuhei Endo Architect Institute South Bronx Charter School Hoyle Early Years Centre 126 for The Arts Bury, Northwest England, UK North Kildare Hunts Point, New York, USA DSDHA Educate Together School Weisz + Yoes Studio Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland Grafton Architects 158 Recycled Brick School 128 Tongjiang, Jianxi, China Burr Elementary School Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Rural Urban Framework SOM 'Education Lab' SPECIAL SCHOOLS (6-18 years) 130 Hachoresh School Zichron Yaacov, Israel Shimon and Gideon Powsner 90 102 BSBO De Bloesem School Osborne School 132 St. Truiden, Belgium Winchester, UK Westcliff Primary School VBM Architecten Hampshire County Council Architects and After School Club Westcliff on Sea, UK 92 104 Cottrell and Vermeulen Swiss Cottage SEN School Feather River Academy Camden, London, UK Yuba City, California, USA 134 Penoyre & Prasad Architecture for Education - A4E Joint Denominational School Sheffield, UK 96 108 DSDHA Pistorius School Special Pedagogic Centre for Disabled Children Eichstätt, Germany 136 Herbrechtingen, Germany Diezinger & Kramer Architekten Heinz Galinski School Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner Berlin, Germany Zvi Hecker 100 Special School Sursee 138 Sursee, Switzerland Mossbrook Primary School Scheitlin-Syfrig+Partner Norton, Sheffield, UK Sarah Wigglesworth Architects SECONDARY SCHOOLS (10-18 years) ACADEMIES AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (6-18 years) 162 194 226 240 College Nicolas Robert Albert Einstein Oberschule Flims Comprehensive School Marie Curie Gymnasium Vernouillet, Eure-et-Loir, France Berlin, Germany Flims, Switzerland Dallgow-Döberitz, Berlin, Germany Berthelier Fichet Tribouillet Stefan Scholz Architekten Werknetz Architektur Grüntuch Ernst Architekten 166 196 228 242 Ale Upper Secondary School Sankt Benno Gymnasium Education Centre 'Tor zur W elt' Diamond Ranch High School Nödinge, Sweden Dresden, Germany Hamburg, Germany Pomona, California, USA Wingärdh Arkitektkontor Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner BOF Architekten Morphosis, Thomas Blurock 168 198 234 244 Lycee Camille Corot Lachenzeig School Extension Bexley Business Academy Ivanhoe Grammar School Morestel, France Zürich, Switzerland Bexley, London, UK Mernda, Victoria, Australia Herault Arnod Architects ADP, Beat Jordi, Caspar Angst Foster and Partners Bates Smart 170 200 236 246 Gunma Kokusai Academy Perspectives Charter School Montessori College Dost Secondary Intermediate Ohta City, Gunma, Japan Chicago, Illinois, USA Amsterdam, The Netherlands Vocational School Kojima, Uno, Akamatsu Perkins+Will Herman Hertzberger Hoorn, The Netherlands Herman Hertzberger 172 202 238 Montessori School Bishops Park College Aurinkolahti Comprehensive School 248 Ingolstadt, Germany Clacton, Essex, UK Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland Packer Collegiate Institute Behnisch & Partner Architects Co-Partnership (ACP) Jeskanen-Repo-Teränne Brooklyn, New York, USA and Leena Yli-Lonttinen H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture 174 204 Kuoppanummi School Centre Gymnasium Markt Indersdorf Nummela, Finland Markt Indersdorf, Germany Perko Architects Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten Meskanen & Pursiainen 206 APPENDIX 176 Institute Villanueva del Rio y Minas Institute Rafael Arozarena Sevilla, Spain La Orotava, Tenerife, Spain J. Terrados Cepeda + AMP arquitectos F. Suarez Corchete 252 180 208 Authors Kvernhuset Junior High School College des Tuillieres Fredrikstad, Norway Gland, Switzerland 253 PIR II Arkitektkontor, Duncan Lewis Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann Selected Bibliography 212 182 254 Public School Jardim Ataliba Leonel Colegio Secundaria Industrial Index of Places Sao Paolo, Brazil Santiago de Cali, Colombia Angelo Bucci, Alvaro Puntoni Luis Fernando Zuniga Gäez 255 Index of Names 184 214 Exemplar School Oskar Maria Graf Gymnasium 255 Lambeth, London, UK Neufahrn, Germany Illustration Credits Alsop Architects Hein Goldstein Architekten 186 216 Lycee Francois Magendie Institute La Serra Bordeaux, France Mollerussa, Lleida, Spain Brojet Lajus Pueyo Carme Pinos Desplat 188 218 Greenwich Academy Protestant Comprehensive School Greenwich, Connecticut, USA Gelsenkirchen, Germany SOM 'Education Lab' Plus* Bauplanung 190 222 St. Andrew's College Jo Richardson Community School Aurora, Ontario, Canada Dagenham, London, UK Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architecture PLB 192 Nserum Amtsgymnasium Nserum, Copenhagen, Denmark Arkitekter Dali & Lindhardtsen.