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February 2005
Awards
2005 Call for Entries
DesignShare
and School Construction News are proud to sponsor the sixth annual Awards
Program for Innovative Learning Environments. This is the world’s most
widely recognized program and has produced over 300 innovative school
designs from 20 countries. The DesignShare & SCN Awards program is,
literally, redefining the vocabulary for schools and school building design
globally.
Click
here for more information and registration instructions:
In this Issue
1. Awards 2005 Call
for Entries
2. Barcelona World Forum
3. MATCH School
4. Fresh Perspectives by Prakash Nair
5. Product Showcase
6. Conversations on Educational Architecture
7. Become a Sponsor
8. Sponsors:
- C/S Group
- Fielding/Nair International
Barcelona
World ForumThe DesignShare World Forum in Barcelona from June 23rd to June 25th 2005 will examine many emerging ideas that will shape the future of global education and the architecture that gives it expression. Set in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain, the Forum expects participants from the U.S., Canada, UK, Netherlands, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and many other countries. Space is limited so reserve now for this special opportunity to work hands-on with the world’s leading experts on school planning and design. . .and bring the family!
More Information at: designshare.com/barcelona
The
Media and Technology Charter High School (known as MATCH) in Boston, MA
had the highest overall pass rate of any comparable Boston high school:
89 percent of the class of 2005 passed both the English and math MCAS. That's
not only 37 points higher than the Boston district average; it's 14 points
better than the statewide average. The story of the MATCH school is that
much more remarkable because it is located In a unique setting in a renovated,
former auto dealership.Read more about the MATCH School.
Fresh
Perspectives
by
Prakash Nair
Always the provocateur,
Prakash Nair challenges us to consider definitions and assumptions in
his latest column, The Great Learning Street Debate. Read Nair’s column
to understand why the debate matters.
Read
"The Great Learning Street Debate"
New!
DesignShare Product Showcase
With
the view to bringing information about important new products to the forefront,
DesignShare has recently launched its Product Showcase. The first product
to be featured is a next-generation temporary classroom which is designed
from the ground up to be a superior learning environment.
View Showcase.
Effective
school facilities represent a "living dialog" between educators
and architects. By extension, poorly designed schools exist because architects
and educators failed to have a conversation to create something that supported
each other’s highest aspirations. In this series of letters between University
of Queensland educator Peter Jamieson and architect Randy Fielding, we begin
to understand the fundamental questions that need to be asked and answered
by both architects and educators in the development of learning environments
that work at many levels.Click Here for Fielding/Jamieson Conversations.
Become
a Sponsor
If you want to get word out to the school planning and design community,
there is no better venue to do that than DesignShare, the # 1 address
worldwide for school facilities. Today, DesignShare gets more than 640,000
hits and 60,000 visits each month. Traffic and membership continue to
grow. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Randall Fielding:
fielding@designshare.com.
This Newsletter is Sponsored by:
The C/S Group
Construction Specialties, Inc. (C/S GROUP) is committed to design innovation
and the improvement of educational environments. C/S manufactures impact-resistant
wall covering and wall protection products, entrance-flooring systems, expansion
joint covers and daylight management products for schools. With more than
70 registered patents, C/S is skilled in listening to architects and developing
innovative new products to meet their projects’ specific requirements. A
complete Design Manual is available at (888) 621-3344. You may also download
product drawings directly from the C/S Web site at: www.c-sgroup.com
FNI
Principals Randall Fielding and Prakash Nair are among the world's leading
school planning and design consultants. They have completed $10 billion
worth of school work, won nine international awards including the prestigious
CEFPI MacConnell Award in 2003, and consulted in 19 states and 13 countries
on five continents. Complete listings of the firm's latest projects, publications,
clients and services offered are available at their web site at http://fieldingnair.comRandall
Fielding, AIA, founder and editorial director
fielding@designshare.com
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