29 research outputs found
A decision theoretical analysis of decisions of the Dutch government with respect to Indonesia
Delayed Recurrent Arachnoid Cyst of the Occipital Convexity in an Elderly Woman -Case Report-
Creative Discipline in Education and Architecture: Story of a School
The relationship between school buildings and their pedagogies is complex. There is a consensus that the built environment through its structure and organisation can impact education, but it is often unclear or unknown how this happens in individual cases. Here we examine one design process, which led to the construction of a secondary school in England. Driven by an ethos of collaboration, it resulted in a structure that aimed to favour the students, and not the institutionâs need for controlling them, and it supports collaborative project-based learning.
We discuss in detail the design epistemology (âcreative disciplineâ) of the architectural practice that facilitated this process, and the employed method (âspin paintingâ diagrams). We argue that this unique procedure was a catalyst for stimulating collective decision-making and the visual method employed was a tool for translating the pedagogical model into a tangible structure. It was invented specifically to facilitate generating a shared vision as a necessary condition of compatibility between the schoolâs educational approach and the buildingâs affordances for learning