Abstract:
A building designed for various activities in a primary, secondary, or higher educational
system. This is the most important part of human needs of life. Education is not only
good for children it is also good for nation. Schools constitute one of the building types
whose built environment has a direct impact on the quality of the functions they
accommodate—in this case, teaching, learning, and related activities. Thus, for as long
as educating our young is a central issue in society, the planning ,design, construction,
and operation of schools will be an essential and challenging task.
Probably the most important issue that school designers (and their clients) must
understand is how the physical environment relates to and can support the learning
process. As a child grows, he or she typically learns in different ways, and the physical
environment of the school should reflect this characteristic. A well designed environment
can help stimulate and support teaching, whereas a poorly designed school can inhibit
learning. The architect who designs a school building cannot think only in terms of
shelter, or blueprints, or brick and stone and steel. The architect must think about the
individuals who will use the building. The architect must think about the job the building
should help to do: the full development of all of each student’s potentials. If the architect
keeps these things in mind, he may be able to contribute. . . to the achievement of the
educator’s goals...by creating a building that is a tool for the teacher and an expression
of the school’s educational approach...by creating an atmosphere, a mood, to aid the
student in every learning task set before him...by making the school a place the student
looks forward to entering, and one he regrets leaving.
