Letters between Peter Jamieson and Randy Fielding

Introduction | Letter One: Synchronicity | Letter Two: Under the Veranda | Letter Three: Yesterday’s Problem

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.

After reading what Peter and Randy have to say, it is easy to see how, by opening up lines of communication and engaging in honest dialog in areas that seem outside the rigid boundaries of each profession, educators can actually improve architecture just as architects can improve education. So read on, enjoy, and please write us at comments@designshare.com with your thoughts.

Letter One: Synchronicity | Letter Two: Under the Veranda | Letter Three: Yesterday’s Problem

Peter Jamieson’s experience in education includes teaching in secondary schools, the design of distance education programs and the use of various telecommunications technologies in vocational education and training, and working as an academic developer at several universities. He has wide experience in the design and evaluation of new teaching and learning environments in community and higher education settings, including training staff to teach effectively in new spaces.

Randy Fielding wears two hats, one as a partner at Fielding Nair International, an award-winning planning and design firm, and another as the founder and editorial director of DesignShare.com. Randy and his partner Prakash Nair are the authors of The Language of School Design.