there's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak:
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There's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak:
Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and
is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he
sees.
Men and women dash about, talking to small
metal devices pinned to their ears. Young people
sit at home on sofas, moving miniature athletes
around on electronic screens.
Older folk defy death and disability with
metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and
plastic. Airports, hospitals, shopping malls--every
place Rip goes just baffles him.
But when he finally walks into a schoolroom, the old man knows exactly where he is. "This is a school,"
he declares. "We used to have these back in 1907. Only now the blackboards
are white."
Milton-Freewater, let’s have a discussion about
the future of our schools…
How can we design schools for a future that
we can’t possibly predict?
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media centers?
School: Cass Technical High School, DetroitImage: DesignShare.com
music rooms?
School: Celentano Museum Academy, New Haven, ConnecticutImage: DesignShare.com
social areas?
School: High Tech High International,San Diego, California
Image: DesignShare.com
outdoor classrooms?
School: Three Mile Creek Elementary, Perry, UtahImage: DesignShare.com
open ceilings?
School: Celentano Museum Academy, New Haven, Connecticut
Image: DesignShare.com
green spaces indoors?
School: Universidad de Monterrey: Preparatoia Unidad Valle Alto,Monterrey, N.L., MexicoImage: DesignShare.com
creative architecture?
School: Georgetown South Child Development and Community Center,Manassas, VirginiaImage: DesignShare.com
early childhood education?
School: Georgetown South Child Development and Community Center,Manassas, VirginiaImage: DesignShare.com
no chairs
?
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auditoriums?
School: New Saline High School, Saline MichiganImage: DesignShare.com
colors?
School: Stittsville Public School, Stittsville, Ontario, CanadaImage: DesignShare.com
computer labs?
School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, ArizonaImage: DesignShare.com
balconies?
School: Gwinnett University Center, Lawrencevilla, Georgia
Image: DesignShare.com
display cases?
School: Kennewick Elementary SchoolKennebunk, MaineImage: DesignShare.com
cave seating?
School: St. Stephen’s School,Algester, Queensland, AustraliaImage: DesignShare.com
round buildings?
School: Gwinnett University Center, Lawrenceville, GeorgiaImage: DesignShare.com
facilities open to the public?
School: Little Village Lawndale High School, ChicagoImage: DesignShare.com
galleries for student work?
School: Galef Center for Fine ArtsLos Angeles, CaliforniaImage: DesignShare.com
flexible furniture?
School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, ArizonaImage: DesignShare.com
small group meeting spaces?
School: Cary Grove High School,Cary, Illinois
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hallways as classroom
spaces?
School: Pistorius-Schule, Herbrechtingen, GermanyImage: DesignShare.com
buildings on a hill?
School: Hachoresch Elementary School, Zirchron Ya’acov, IsraelImage: DesignShare.com
learning centers?
School: Three Mile Creek Elementary, Perry, UtahImage: DesignShare.com
lobbies?
School: West Haven Elementary School,West Haven, Utah
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multipurpose rooms?
School: West Haven Elementary School,West Haven, UtahImage: DesignShare.com
alternative sports?
School: Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High SchoolImage: DesignShare.com
courtyards?
School: La Cañada High School, CaliforniaImage: DesignShare.com
non-traditional angles?
School: Perspectives Charter School, ChicagoImage: DesignShare.com
glass walls?
School: Nus High School ofMathematics and Science,
SingaporeImage: DesignShare.com
outdoor study areas?
School: Chung Cheng High School, SingaporeImage: DesignShare.com
modern playgrounds?
School: Suzhou Singapore International School, Suzhou, ChinaImage: DesignShare.com
rooftops?
School: Gwinnett University Center, GeorgiaImage: DesignShare.com
production studios?
School: Cambridge Media Arts School, Cambridge, MassachutsettsImage: DesignShare.com
collaboration areas?
School: Alpine Prototype Middle School, Alpine/Lehi, UtahImage: DesignShare.com
skylights?
School: Reim Elementary School, IsraelImage: DesignShare.com
faculty work areas?
School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, ArizonaImage: DesignShare.com
classrooms on
wheels?
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exposed architecture?
School: Pistorius-Schule, Herbrechtingen, GermanyImage: DesignShare.com
greenhouses?
School: IslandWood: A School in the WoodsBainbridge Island, WashingtonImage: DesignShare.com
incorporating old growth?
School: Paschalisschool, The Hague, NetherlandsImage: DesignShare.com
indoor play structures?
School: Spruce Street Nursery School, BostonImage: DesignShare.com
cultural learnin
g spaces
?
School: Bronx Charter School for the ArtsImage: DesignShare.com
life-skills areas?
School: Spruce Street Nursery School, BostonImage: DesignShare.com
fitness centers?
School: Cass Technical High School, Detroit
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outdoor amphitheaters?
School: Nan Hua Secondary SchoolSingaporeImage: DesignShare.com
playgrounds as
learning tools?
School: PS 40 M and PS 33 M,Long Island City, New YorkImage: DesignShare.com
reading rooms?
School: PS1/Bergen School, New York, New YorkImage: DesignShare.com
reception desks?
School: Keane Children’s Center/Charlestown Boys & Girls ClubCharlestown, MassachusettsImage: DesignShare.com
buildings as
educational tools?
School: Warren Skaaren EnvironmentalLearning Center at Westcave Preserve
Dripping Springs, TexasImage: DesignShare.com
science labs?
School: Romeo Engineering & Technology CenterRomeo, Michigan
Image: DesignShare.com
solar panels?
School: Heritage Middle School,Wake Forest, North Carolina
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sports fields?
School: Oakwell Park, Napoleon, OhioImage: NapoleonOhio.cc
technology in the
hallways?
School: Hackberry Elementary School,Frisco, Texas
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activity spaces?
School: PS1/Bergen School, New York, New YorkImage: DesignShare.com
ecology areas?
School: Missouri Dept of ConservationDiscovery Center
Kansas City, MissouriImage: DesignShare.com
conference rooms?
School: High Tech High International,San Diego, CaliforniaImage: DesignShare.com
“We must be the change we wish to see in the
world.”
-Gandhi
Pictures
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Music
© James Horner, Braveheart
Presentation
Matt Horne
be the change…