Learning Places Scotland Awards are now open!
The Learning Places Scotland Awards are back, celebrating the outstanding achievements in the planning, design, and delivery of Scotland’s learning environments. Why not showcase your project, team, or initiative and gain well-deserved recognition across the sector? Categories covering all aspects of educational development, so there’s a perfect fit for every contribution to [...]
Plants, architecture, and pedagogy in contemporary green schools
Re-naturalizing the built environment. Plants, architecture, and pedagogy in contemporary green schools (L Chiesi et al. - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities) discusses the essential need of re-naturalizing the built environment, focusing on schools.
Vertical schools?
Child in the City share how this design option is being considered for Australian city schools in Australia in this article Would you send your child to school in a skyscraper? Vertical schools could revitalise our cities (8th August 2024). This includes reference to active transport and outdoor spaces.
A study on children’s multi-sensorial experiences of nature
D Grierson and P To - International Journal of Architectural Research (in press) provide A study on children's multi-sensorial experiences of nature: design approaches and preferences for primary school architecture, case studies in Glasgow, Scotland, UK Providing improved access to nature within educational settings can promote stronger child-nature connections [...]
All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall
This Scottish Pollinators post (30 April 2024) suggests expensive measures for solitary bees in new buildings is untested and has little impact. Much better to promote good habitat management in your school grounds and greens spaces instead!
What is biophilic design? 3 ways ‘green’ buildings work better for neurodivergent people
This Child in the City article (15 April 2024) describes how incorporating natural elements into the built environment can benefit neurodiverse users.
Climate Ready School Grounds – resources for educators, landscape architects & more..
Learning Through Landscapes have announced the arrival of their Climate Ready School Grounds project! This exciting collaboration with Architecture & Design Scotland explores using school grounds to address the impacts of climate change whilst creating outdoor environments that support learning and play. Discover a suite of resources to help schools, [...]
Vertical schools are increasingly common. This is what students want in ‘high’ school design
This Child in the City article (22 June 2023) explores why some new schools have to go up. This recently published Australian study surveyed students at three vertical schools. The author points out that ‘While vertical schools generally have limited space on school grounds, they are usually built in central urban [...]
