Kindergarten Architecture

This fully illustrated guide to the planning and design of pre-school facilities for children is supported by a broad range of case studies, drawn from around the world. Both new buildings and adapted premises are covered. Essays on social development and childcare put the projects in context. Based on extensive research, Kindergarten Architecture offers the designer a unique survey of the best designs in kindergarten architecture. Two new kindergarten buildings are added to the case study section and the author provides guidance on the practical implications of recent changes to pre-school education. Contains two new case studies, 1. Corning Child Development Centre, New York and 2. Bornehaven De Fire Arstider, Copenhagen.

This fully illustrated guide to the planning and design of pre-school facilities for children is supported by a broad range of case studies, drawn from around the world. Both new buildings and adapted premises are covered. Essays on social development and childcare put the projects in context. Based on extensive research, Kindergarten Architecture offers the designer a unique survey of the best designs in kindergarten architecture. Two new kindergarten buildings are added to the case study section and the author provides guidance on the practical implications of recent changes to pre-school education. Contains two new case studies, 1. Corning Child Development Centre, New York and 2. Bornehaven De Fire Arstider, Copenhagen.

"The ground we walk on and grow crops in also just happens to be the most widely used building material on the planet. Civilizations throughout time have used it to create stable warm low-impact structures. The world's first skyscrapers were built of mud brick. Paul Revere Chairman Mao and Ronald Reagan all lived in earth houses at various points in their lives and several of the buildings housing Donald Judd's priceless collection at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa Texas are made of mud brick." "While the vast legacy of traditional and vernacular earthen construction has been widely discussed, little attention has been paid to the contemporary tradition of earth architecture. Author Ronald Rael founder of Eartharchitecture.org provides a history of building with earth in the modern era focusing particularly on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth mud brick compressed earth cob and several other interesting techniques. Earth Architecture presents a selection of more than 40 projects that exemplify new creative uses of the oldest building material on the planet."--BOOK JACKET.

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Building Materials, (3rd CEABM2013), May 24-26, 2013, Jinan, China. The 580 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Architectural Design and its Theory; Chapter 2: Architectural Environment & Equipment Engineering; Chapter 3: Ecological Architecture; Chapter 4: Traditional Construction Materials; Chapter 5: Advanced Construction Materials; Chapter 6: Control of Quality Engineering; Chapter 7: Urban Planning and Design; Chapter 8: Landscape Planning and Design; Chapter 9: Project Management in Building; Chapter 10: Engineering Management and Engineering Education.

Numerous case studies have been carried out to determine the effect of our architectural environment on young children and their behavior. It is known that sensory stimuli are of the utmost importance to a child's development. After careful analysis, for Preschool & Kindergarten Architecture, we have selected 29 exemplary nursery schools from around the world, by recognized studios such as Future Systems, Shuhei Endo, Alsop Design, RCR, and others. Each project with numerous full color photographs, plans and construction details, as well as the texts provided by the architects themselves, all of which make this an invaluable reference book for a professionals and students in the field.

Because the sensory stimuli a child receives from the environment are vital to the child's development many studies have been carried out to determine the effects of architecture on the behavior of young children. Kindergarten Architecture presents 22 preschools from around the world, all of which strive to be ideal: safe places where there are no toxic substances or accessible electrical installations; peaceful places where materials absorb noise; bright places with swings and water. The book takes a close look at technological and ecological installations such as solar panels, tanks for rainwater collection and the recycling of materials.

An exploration of emergent roles for design and the 21st century designer explored through the work of 21 research teams. Over a twelve-month period each of these groups held a series of workshops and events to examine different facets of future design activity. Each of the contributions describes the context of enquiry, the journey taken by the research team and key insights generated through discourse. Editor and Initiative Director, Tom Inns, provides an introductory chapter that suggests ways that the reader might navigate these different viewpoints.