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No. 2004/06 | 01 Jun 2004 |
Evaluating Montbrillant Lower Secondary School in Switzerland
Does Geneva’s Montbrillant lower secondary school, which has now been in use for one year, meet the objectives targeted when it was designed? Does the new school respond to the needs and expectations of staff and students? Questions such as these... |
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No. 2004/05 | 01 Feb 2004 |
A Building Development Plan at Laval University, Quebec
Laval University is launching a series of major development projects aimed at meeting the needs of an institution that currently offers over 350 academic programmes to more than 36 000 students. This article will focus on three of the most important... |
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No. 2004/04 | 01 Feb 2004 |
The Lycée Français in New York
In New York they say that the architecture of the new Lycée français (serving French students from kindergarten through upper secondary education) was inspired by the rationalism of Descartes. What is beyond doubt, however, is that the design and... |
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No. 2004/03 | 01 Feb 2004 |
A New Library for Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
The newly-built library at Ireland’s Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is innovative in design, responds to environmental conditions and identifies the campus with its location. |
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No. 2004/02 | 01 Feb 2004 |
A Meeting Place to Learn in Rural Iceland
“On the day we heard that there was agreement to establish an upper secondary school in the region, every house in Snaefellsnes flew the Icelandic flag,” explained one parent in the first workshop to develop the Snaefellsnes Upper Secondary School.... |
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No. 2004/01 | 01 Feb 2004 |
An Innovative School Revisited
In 1995, PEB published a case study on the United Kingdom’s Leith Academy. The following article examines the Academy’s original design, how the facilities have served over the 13 years since their construction and their influence on subsequent designs. |
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No. 2003/19 | 01 Oct 2003 |
An Ultra Energy-Efficient School in Quebec
For the construction of its newest school in Quebec (Canada), the Grandes-Seigneuries School Board, which has long been noted for its energy efficiency approach, wanted to set itself an especially challenging project which would reduce greenhouse gas... |
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No. 2003/18 | 01 Oct 2003 |
An Environmentally Sustainable Development in Australia
The future Kelvin Grove Urban Village in Queensland, Australia, is an example of how principles of environmentally sustainable design have translated into practice. Those responsible for the new project recognise the importance of building design... |
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No. 2003/17 | 01 Oct 2003 |
Sierra University in Mexico
Sierra University was designed to promote the development of the mountain communities in the State of Sonora, Mexico. The university offers high school graduates an opportunity to pursue their studies in their home region, in order to stimulate... |
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No. 2003/16 | 01 Oct 2003 |
Korea's School Grounds Projects
Korea has undertaken two projects to improve its school grounds: the Green School Project and the School Forest Pilot Project. |
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No. 2003/15 | 01 Oct 2003 |
An Industrial Building Converted into a Girls School in Australia
An industrial building in Perth, Western Australia, has been converted into a secondary school to suit the particular needs of girls with educational and social difficulties. The aim of the building project was to provide a small school for... |
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No. 2003/14 | 01 Oct 2003 |
Clicks, Bricks and Spondulicks
“Clicks, Bricks and Spondulicks” is the title of a seminar organised by PEB to examine the relationship between the built learning environment and information and communications technology (ICT), as well as cost implications. The meeting sought to... |
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No. 2003/13 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Designs for Learning in the Knowledge Age
This overview of designs for learning in the Knowledge Age briefly explores the relationship between learning and the built environment, and the role of teachers in designing educational spaces; it calls for a collaborative campaign and suggests... |
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No. 2003/12 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Library Environments and Organisations
The following article is based on a presentation by Sarah E. Thomas, a librarian at Cornell University in the United States. This abridged version begins by summarising how libraries thrive in an era of change. Next it explores storing print... |
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No. 2003/11 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Educational Facilities in Slovenia
Since gaining independence in 1991, one of Slovenia's priorities has been to invest in education. The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport has been widely reforming its education system and investing its limited resources in the construction of... |
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No. 2003/10 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Designing Tomorrow's School
A seminar entitled "Designing Tomorrow's School" was organised by the OECD Decentralised Programme on Educational Building (PEB), the Irish Ministry of Education and Science and the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, and was held in... |
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No. 2003/09 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Evaluating School Facilities in Portugal
Portugal has created a questionnaire on educational facilities as part of a larger auditing programme by the General Inspection for Education to evaluate the country's schools. The main objective of the facilities evaluation is to determine how site,... |
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No. 2003/08 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Current Concerns for Austrian School Facilities
The Austrian Institute for School and Sport Facilities (ÖISS) is responsible for current issues and problems related to the country's educational buildings. Four recent concerns of ÖISS's work are summarised here: schools as low energy buildings,... |
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No. 2003/07 | 01 Jun 2003 |
The Urban Complex in Cattolica, Italy
The Italian city of Cattolica has developed an urban complex, the Piazza della Repubblica, providing a wide range of services to the public. In renovated facilities, the complex provides a modern and rational architectural setting based on the idea... |
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No. 2003/06 | 01 Feb 2003 |
Public/Private Partnerships in Quebec
For some time now in Quebec (Canada), the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) has been promoting public/private partnerships (PPP) as a solution to the need to rehabilitate the public building stock. The TBS describes this as the best value-for-money... |
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Evaluating Montbrillant Lower Secondary School in Switzerland
Sandro Simioni
01 Jun 2004
Does Geneva’s Montbrillant lower secondary school, which has now been in use for one year, meet the objectives targeted when it was designed? Does the new school respond to the needs and expectations of staff and students? Questions such as these...
A Building Development Plan at Laval University, Quebec
Gilles Daoust
01 Feb 2004
Laval University is launching a series of major development projects aimed at meeting the needs of an institution that currently offers over 350 academic programmes to more than 36 000 students. This article will focus on three of the most important...
The Lycée Français in New York
Florence Michel
01 Feb 2004
In New York they say that the architecture of the new Lycée français (serving French students from kindergarten through upper secondary education) was inspired by the rationalism of Descartes. What is beyond doubt, however, is that the design and...
A New Library for Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Hugh Kelly
01 Feb 2004
The newly-built library at Ireland’s Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is innovative in design, responds to environmental conditions and identifies the campus with its location.
A Meeting Place to Learn in Rural Iceland
Susan Stuebing
01 Feb 2004
“On the day we heard that there was agreement to establish an upper secondary school in the region, every house in Snaefellsnes flew the Icelandic flag,” explained one parent in the first workshop to develop the Snaefellsnes Upper Secondary School....
An Innovative School Revisited
Don MacKenzie
01 Feb 2004
In 1995, PEB published a case study on the United Kingdom’s Leith Academy. The following article examines the Academy’s original design, how the facilities have served over the 13 years since their construction and their influence on subsequent designs.
An Ultra Energy-Efficient School in Quebec
Pierre Gastaldy
01 Oct 2003
For the construction of its newest school in Quebec (Canada), the Grandes-Seigneuries School Board, which has long been noted for its energy efficiency approach, wanted to set itself an especially challenging project which would reduce greenhouse gas...
An Environmentally Sustainable Development in Australia
Ruth Woods
01 Oct 2003
The future Kelvin Grove Urban Village in Queensland, Australia, is an example of how principles of environmentally sustainable design have translated into practice. Those responsible for the new project recognise the importance of building design...
Sierra University in Mexico
Francisco Manuel Orozco Celis
01 Oct 2003
Sierra University was designed to promote the development of the mountain communities in the State of Sonora, Mexico. The university offers high school graduates an opportunity to pursue their studies in their home region, in order to stimulate...
Korea's School Grounds Projects
Joohun Park
01 Oct 2003
Korea has undertaken two projects to improve its school grounds: the Green School Project and the School Forest Pilot Project.
An Industrial Building Converted into a Girls School in Australia
Eamon Broderick
01 Oct 2003
An industrial building in Perth, Western Australia, has been converted into a secondary school to suit the particular needs of girls with educational and social difficulties. The aim of the building project was to provide a small school for...
Clicks, Bricks and Spondulicks
Kenn Fisher
01 Oct 2003
“Clicks, Bricks and Spondulicks” is the title of a seminar organised by PEB to examine the relationship between the built learning environment and information and communications technology (ICT), as well as cost implications. The meeting sought to...
Designs for Learning in the Knowledge Age
Kenn Fisher
01 Jun 2003
This overview of designs for learning in the Knowledge Age briefly explores the relationship between learning and the built environment, and the role of teachers in designing educational spaces; it calls for a collaborative campaign and suggests...
Library Environments and Organisations
Sarah E. Thomas
01 Jun 2003
The following article is based on a presentation by Sarah E. Thomas, a librarian at Cornell University in the United States. This abridged version begins by summarising how libraries thrive in an era of change. Next it explores storing print...
Educational Facilities in Slovenia
Marina Cankar
01 Jun 2003
Since gaining independence in 1991, one of Slovenia's priorities has been to invest in education. The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport has been widely reforming its education system and investing its limited resources in the construction of...
Designing Tomorrow's School
Nicolas Chung, Giorgio Ponti, Naoto Fukabori and Jaime G. de la Garza Reyna
01 Jun 2003
A seminar entitled "Designing Tomorrow's School" was organised by the OECD Decentralised Programme on Educational Building (PEB), the Irish Ministry of Education and Science and the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, and was held in...
Evaluating School Facilities in Portugal
OECD
01 Jun 2003
Portugal has created a questionnaire on educational facilities as part of a larger auditing programme by the General Inspection for Education to evaluate the country's schools. The main objective of the facilities evaluation is to determine how site,...
Current Concerns for Austrian School Facilities
Karin Schwarz-Viechtbauer
01 Jun 2003
The Austrian Institute for School and Sport Facilities (ÖISS) is responsible for current issues and problems related to the country's educational buildings. Four recent concerns of ÖISS's work are summarised here: schools as low energy buildings,...
The Urban Complex in Cattolica, Italy
OECD
01 Jun 2003
The Italian city of Cattolica has developed an urban complex, the Piazza della Repubblica, providing a wide range of services to the public. In renovated facilities, the complex provides a modern and rational architectural setting based on the idea...
Public/Private Partnerships in Quebec
Jean-Pascal Foucault
01 Feb 2003
For some time now in Quebec (Canada), the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) has been promoting public/private partnerships (PPP) as a solution to the need to rehabilitate the public building stock. The TBS describes this as the best value-for-money...