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Schools for the Future

Design Proposals from Architectural Psychology

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Rotraut Walden

    1. Institut für Psychologie, c/o Universität Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Rotraut Walden
    Pages 1-21

  3. History of the Schoolhouse in the USA

    • Jeffery A. Lackney
    Pages 23-40

  4. Historical Background of the Japanese School

    • Kaname Yanagisawa
    Pages 41-50

  5. The Historical Development of School Buildings in Germany

    • Simone Schalz
    Pages 51-87

  6. The School of the Future: Conditions and Processes – Contributions of Architectural Psychology

    • Rotraut Walden
    Pages 89-148

  7. Schools Designed with Community Participation

    • Henry Sanoff
    Pages 149-171

  8. Trends in the Design and Planning of Schools from the Viewpoint of Information Technology and Communication

    • Kaname Yanagisawa
    Pages 173-183

  9. A Design Language for Schools and Learning Communities

    • Jeffery A. Lackney
    Pages 185-200

  10. Criteria for the Judgment of the Quality of School Buildings

    • Rotraut Walden
    Pages 201-222

  11. Conclusion: What Makes a School a “School of the Future”?

    • Rotraut Walden
    Pages 223-233

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 235-297
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About this book

Drawing on the perspectives of architectural psychology, set against the historical development of school building in the United States, Japan and Germany, the authors’ vision is to create places where we would want to relive our own school days. The book takes the position that user design, control of stress factors and control of communication (privacy, retreats) should be allowed to modify the original architectural design to flexibly accommodate future changing requirements. The development and application of criteria for assessing functional, aesthetic, social-physical, ecological, organizational and economical aspects to various parts of the school complex call for a common language for the design process. The appendix presents 24 innovative schools from countries in five continents.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Psychologie, c/o Universität Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany

    Rotraut Walden

About the editor

Rotraut Walden’s (PD. Dr. phil.) major fields of research are architectural psychology and work and organizational psychology. She holds a tenure position at the Institute for Psychology of the University in Koblenz, Germany and has been a member of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) since 1989.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Schools for the Future

  • Book Subtitle: Design Proposals from Architectural Psychology

  • Editors: Rotraut Walden

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09405-8

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-09404-1Published: 20 April 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-09405-8Published: 02 April 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 297

  • Number of Illustrations: 109 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Community and Environmental Psychology, Building Types and Functions

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