Schools for the Future
Design Proposals from Architectural Psychology
Editors: Walden, Rotraut (Ed.)
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-21
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History of the Schoolhouse in the USA
Pages 23-40
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Historical Background of the Japanese School
Pages 41-50
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The Historical Development of School Buildings in Germany
Pages 51-87
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The School of the Future: Conditions and Processes – Contributions of Architectural Psychology
Pages 89-148
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Schools for the Future
- Book Subtitle
- Design Proposals from Architectural Psychology
- Editors
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- Rotraut Walden
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-658-09405-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-658-09405-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-658-09404-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 297
- Number of Illustrations
- 109 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
- Topics
