Schools for the Future Design Proposals from Architectural Psychology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Walden, Rotraut (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Buildings.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Building Types and Functions.

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, contro...

Table of Contents:

• The Historical Development of School Buildings in the USA, Japan and Germany
• Conditions and Processes – Contributions of Architectural Psychology
• Schools Designed with User Participation
• What makes a school a “School of the Future”?.   .