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Educational Facilities

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SPACES AND TRACES OF THE CAMPUS
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

As a class project, an analysis of how spaces enhanced or detracted from social interaction and aesthetic pleasures was completed in fall 1999 on the UWM Campus. Methods of assessment included design review and inventory, tracking people in places, interviews to determine viewpoints and visions. Design recommendations are made based on this information.

THE SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY: DESIGN GUIDE, SITE SELECTION & DESIGN CASE STUDY
Ann Blocher  Hill

A design guide based on available empirical data and expert opinion on user behavior in and around small public libraries. Includes a site selection analysis and a sample design case study for a community in southeastern Wisconsin. Highly illustrated. Reprinted in 1987.

ISBN 0-938744-13-5
Pp. vi + 120; drawings, plans and illustrations
R80-3

DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR MONTESSORI SCHOOLS
Raquel de Jesus

Provides architects, designers and teachers with design guidelines for designing the child's environment responsive to the Montessori method of teaching. This report is based on three types of information: books written by Montessori and her followers, interviews and inventories done in six Montessori schools, and other environment-behavior criteria for early child care environments.

ISBN 0-938744-55-0
Pp. iii + 80; drawings, diagrams and tables

R87-2

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES: THE IMPACT AND ROLE OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SCHOOLS ON TEACHING AND LEARNING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
Jeffery A.Lackney

The quality of the educational environment is rapidly diminishing due to the plethora of social and economic problems plaguing urban communities. Due to this crisis, the physical infrastructure of school systems is being virtually ignored. The author addresses the impact of physical infrastructures on education and the impact of the school building on student achievement. Finally, the author synthesizes and builds upon existing models developed within several disciplines to direct further applied research on educational environments.

ISBN 0-938744-85-2
Pp. vi +118; illustrated
R94-4

Buildings in Use Study
H.Z. Rabinowitz

This study contains the results of a two-year post-occupancy evaluation of four elementary schools in Columbus, Indiana, all designed by nationally prominent architects. Two of the schools contained traditional classrooms and two utilized open plan concepts. The report evaluates a wide range of technical and functional factors.

ISBN 0-938744-37-2
Pp.v + 258; drawings
R85-1

last updated on March 04, 2005