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No. 2007/07 | 01 May 2007 |
Ireland's Cherry Orchard National School
This recently completed primary school illustrates how architecture can contribute to creating a safe and warm environment in a difficult area and can meet the particular needs of the student community. In its first year in operation, Cherry Orchard... |
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No. 2007/06 | 01 May 2007 |
South Africa's School Infrastructure Performance Indicator System
While some South African schools have excellent infrastructure, others lack basic services such as water and sanitation. The school infrastructure performance indicator system (SIPIS) project offers an approach that can address both the urgent... |
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No. 2007/05 | 01 May 2007 |
A New Creative Learning Centre at a Girls School in Australia
Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s new Creative Learning Centre was conceived to group arts studies which were previously scattered across the campus and to serve all students as a meeting place and technology hub. The building is specifically designed... |
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No. 2007/04 | 01 Mar 2007 |
Serious Incident Management in Australia
As part of its efforts to ensure school safety, the government of New South Wales, Australia, has developed simulation exercises to better prepare principals to manage serious incidents, in collaboration with police. |
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No. 2007/03 | 01 Mar 2007 |
School Security Assessment Programme in Australia
Since 1999 the Department of Education and Training in Western Australia has operated a successful security risk management programme. Its strategy is to help school principals both evaluate whether existing controls comply with security procedures... |
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No. 2007/02 | 01 Mar 2007 |
“Intelligent” Primary School Project in Italy
Construction work is about to begin on a new “intelligent” primary school for 300 students (later to be expanded for 600) in the Municipality of Solaro in the province of Milan. This is the fi rst primary school building in Italy designed according... |
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No. 2007/01 | 01 Mar 2007 |
Higher Education Facilities
Issues that will shape the future of higher education institutions and new trends in campus architecture were the themes of a recent international seminar. Francisco Marmolejo, former consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and... |
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No. 2006/09 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Queen Margaret University College's Sustainable, Community Campus
The new campus of Queen Margaret University College in the United Kingdom is designed to be a sustainable educational and community resource. Early consultation with students and staff on the campus design revealed a strong desire for a sustainable... |
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No. 2006/08 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Design Quality Indicator for Schools in the United Kingdom
In December 2005, the United Kingdom launched a process for evaluating the design quality of primary and secondary school buildings. The Design Quality Indicator (DQI) for Schools is a tool that can assist stakeholders – teachers, parents, school... |
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No. 2006/07 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Accessibility Programme and School Restoration in Lisbon
The City of Lisbon, Portugal, is working to better integrate children with disabilities at primary school level. It recently has undertaken an accessible school programme and has restored an historic building as part of this effort. |
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No. 2006/06 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Public-Private Partnerships in Flanders
Belgium’s Flemish government recently approved a EUR 1 billion investment in school infrastructure through public-private partnerships, its first major initiative of this kind. The Flemish Community’s variant of public-private partnerships in school... |
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No. 2006/05 | 01 Nov 2006 |
Education Facilities for Young Children
Educational buildings and grounds can provide a supportive and stimulating environment for the learning process as well as contribute to greater community needs. These issues were addressed at an international conference entitled “Making Space:... |
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No. 2006/04 | 01 Feb 2006 |
Progress on Evaluating School Buildings in Scotland
In June 2004, the Scottish Executive published guidance on evaluating completed school building projects, Building Our Future: Scotland’s School Estate, as part of the School Estate Strategy; the guidance included a case study evaluation at an... |
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No. 2006/03 | 01 Feb 2006 |
Ireland's Refurbished St. John's Central College
St. John’s Central College, the third largest further education institution in Ireland, recently expanded and refurbished its facilities. The resulting site is more open to the community, and the new building spaces are designed in accordance with... |
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No. 2006/02 | 01 Feb 2006 |
The Mawson Centre
In the knowledge society of the 21st century everyone – not only children but every person, enterprise and organisation – will need ongoing access to a full range of quality education and training services. This principle, often espoused by the OECD... |
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No. 2006/01 | 01 Feb 2006 |
Evaluating Quality in Educational Facilities
In 2005, the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) organised two international experts’ group meetings to discuss how countries define and evaluate quality in educational facilities. The research and experiences of six experts are presented in... |
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No. 2005/15 | 01 Oct 2005 |
Planning, Designing and Managing Higher Education Institutions
Developed below is a selection of the ideas and case studies presented at the conference on “Planning, Designing and Managing Higher Education Institutions”, in San José, California (United States): Megatrends and myths which influence facilities... |
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No. 2005/14 | 01 Oct 2005 |
An Urban Renewal School Project in Italy
The restoration of an historic school building in Battipaglia, Italy, will provide new public facilities and is hoped to boost urban renewal. The municipality of Battipaglia, in the province of Salerno, held an architectural competition for... |
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No. 2005/13 | 01 Oct 2005 |
School Grounds in Austria
The Austrian Institute for School and Sport Facilities (ÖISS), responsible for providing the country with guidelines, information and consultation in the field of school building, places special emphasis on school grounds. The ÖISS works to raise... |
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No. 2005/12 | 01 Oct 2005 |
The University of Salamanca's New Campus
The University of Salamanca in Spain has planned a new campus rooted in the local culture, geography, architecture and academic tradition. It will be built in the adjacent municipality of Villamayor, along the bank of the river Tormes. The master... |
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Ireland's Cherry Orchard National School
O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects and Shán Ó Cuív
01 May 2007
This recently completed primary school illustrates how architecture can contribute to creating a safe and warm environment in a difficult area and can meet the particular needs of the student community. In its first year in operation, Cherry Orchard...
South Africa's School Infrastructure Performance Indicator System
Jeremy Gibberd
01 May 2007
While some South African schools have excellent infrastructure, others lack basic services such as water and sanitation. The school infrastructure performance indicator system (SIPIS) project offers an approach that can address both the urgent...
A New Creative Learning Centre at a Girls School in Australia
Amanda Bell
01 May 2007
Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s new Creative Learning Centre was conceived to group arts studies which were previously scattered across the campus and to serve all students as a meeting place and technology hub. The building is specifically designed...
Serious Incident Management in Australia
Ike Ellis and Sara Thorley-Smith
01 Mar 2007
As part of its efforts to ensure school safety, the government of New South Wales, Australia, has developed simulation exercises to better prepare principals to manage serious incidents, in collaboration with police.
School Security Assessment Programme in Australia
John Marrapodi
01 Mar 2007
Since 1999 the Department of Education and Training in Western Australia has operated a successful security risk management programme. Its strategy is to help school principals both evaluate whether existing controls comply with security procedures...
“Intelligent” Primary School Project in Italy
Giorgio Ponti
01 Mar 2007
Construction work is about to begin on a new “intelligent” primary school for 300 students (later to be expanded for 600) in the Municipality of Solaro in the province of Milan. This is the fi rst primary school building in Italy designed according...
Higher Education Facilities
Francisco Marmolejo, Reynold Gonzalez, Nils Gersberg, Suvi Nenonen and Pablo Campos Calvo-Sotelo
01 Mar 2007
Issues that will shape the future of higher education institutions and new trends in campus architecture were the themes of a recent international seminar. Francisco Marmolejo, former consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
Queen Margaret University College's Sustainable, Community Campus
Susan Woodman
01 Nov 2006
The new campus of Queen Margaret University College in the United Kingdom is designed to be a sustainable educational and community resource. Early consultation with students and staff on the campus design revealed a strong desire for a sustainable...
Design Quality Indicator for Schools in the United Kingdom
OECD
01 Nov 2006
In December 2005, the United Kingdom launched a process for evaluating the design quality of primary and secondary school buildings. The Design Quality Indicator (DQI) for Schools is a tool that can assist stakeholders – teachers, parents, school...
Accessibility Programme and School Restoration in Lisbon
Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Nuno Morais and António Miranda
01 Nov 2006
The City of Lisbon, Portugal, is working to better integrate children with disabilities at primary school level. It recently has undertaken an accessible school programme and has restored an historic building as part of this effort.
Public-Private Partnerships in Flanders
Geert Leemans
01 Nov 2006
Belgium’s Flemish government recently approved a EUR 1 billion investment in school infrastructure through public-private partnerships, its first major initiative of this kind. The Flemish Community’s variant of public-private partnerships in school...
Education Facilities for Young Children
Anne Meade and Fiona Ross
01 Nov 2006
Educational buildings and grounds can provide a supportive and stimulating environment for the learning process as well as contribute to greater community needs. These issues were addressed at an international conference entitled “Making Space:...
Progress on Evaluating School Buildings in Scotland
Keith Thomson
01 Feb 2006
In June 2004, the Scottish Executive published guidance on evaluating completed school building projects, Building Our Future: Scotland’s School Estate, as part of the School Estate Strategy; the guidance included a case study evaluation at an...
Ireland's Refurbished St. John's Central College
Sarah Mulrooney
01 Feb 2006
St. John’s Central College, the third largest further education institution in Ireland, recently expanded and refurbished its facilities. The resulting site is more open to the community, and the new building spaces are designed in accordance with...
The Mawson Centre
Kelvin Trimper
01 Feb 2006
In the knowledge society of the 21st century everyone – not only children but every person, enterprise and organisation – will need ongoing access to a full range of quality education and training services. This principle, often espoused by the OECD...
Evaluating Quality in Educational Facilities
Allen Abend, Sheila Walbe Ornstein, Emmanuel Baltas, Jaime de la Garza, Chris Watson, Kurt Lange and Hannah von Ahlefeld
01 Feb 2006
In 2005, the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) organised two international experts’ group meetings to discuss how countries define and evaluate quality in educational facilities. The research and experiences of six experts are presented in...
Planning, Designing and Managing Higher Education Institutions
William A. Daigneau, Mark S. Valenti, Sylvana Ricciarini, Stephen O. Bender, Nicole Alleyne, Michael Di Grappa, Josep M. Duart, Francisco Lupiáñez and Miguel Angel Ehrenzweig Sanchez
01 Oct 2005
Developed below is a selection of the ideas and case studies presented at the conference on “Planning, Designing and Managing Higher Education Institutions”, in San José, California (United States): Megatrends and myths which influence facilities...
An Urban Renewal School Project in Italy
Giorgio Ponti
01 Oct 2005
The restoration of an historic school building in Battipaglia, Italy, will provide new public facilities and is hoped to boost urban renewal. The municipality of Battipaglia, in the province of Salerno, held an architectural competition for...
School Grounds in Austria
OECD
01 Oct 2005
The Austrian Institute for School and Sport Facilities (ÖISS), responsible for providing the country with guidelines, information and consultation in the field of school building, places special emphasis on school grounds. The ÖISS works to raise...
The University of Salamanca's New Campus
Pablo Campos Calvo-Sotelo
01 Oct 2005
The University of Salamanca in Spain has planned a new campus rooted in the local culture, geography, architecture and academic tradition. It will be built in the adjacent municipality of Villamayor, along the bank of the river Tormes. The master...