‘The Finnish National Board of Education organised an international conference on the learning environment and its relation to pedagogy, student achievement and well-being at school in April 2006, offering visits to local schools. The conference emphasised the importance of physical factors for schoolwork. How can we create innovative and inspiring learning environments now and in the future, what are the criteria for evaluating school buildings, and what kinds of demands does fast-developing information technology pose?’
You can find a list with links to the lecturers work, here…
Below are pictures of three schools (250 students and under). Flexible, multiuse buildings that combines ecological ideas and construction with a playful design.
more pictures of the school here
The Building
• An open and flexible learning centre
• Agora – the central square, which is the functional centre of the building: lunch room, library, assembly hall
• Classrooms are around the Agora
• Basic ideas: openness, transparency
• The architecture: visible structures
