1. Scotland’s School Estate Conference
Victoria Quay, Edinburgh; 25 November 2013
Briefing for Education Benefit:
An International Perspective
Alastair
Blyth
www.alastairblyth.com

2. Briefing process for Education Benefit:
The needs of learners, how are they changing and why?
The activities of learning and where it happens
How can the built environment support it?

3. A 1910 prediction of a class in the year 2000
À l’École, Villemard, 1910, Bibliotèque Nationale de France

4. A class in the year 2005

5. … now Technology enables…
… learning anywhere at
anytime
© Fiona Young
Student with wax tablet 500
BC
Student with electronic tablet 2010
AD

6. … and, in the words of one student…
“I have access to all
the knowledge in the
world. I want help
learning how to use it!”
15 year old Student to a conference of educators
A Recipe for Success: Transforming Learning Environments through Dynamic Lo
Partnerships. CELE conference, Turku, Finland. Feb 2012

7. To meet the demands of 21st Century skills
Education is being driven by the need to
develop students’ ability to be more:
– Adaptable
– Creative and innovative
– Collaborative
– Responsive
– Self-directed
Source: OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (2011)
“The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice

8. … an Effective Learning Environment should be:
Source: OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (2011)
“The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice

9. … so how do we
create physical
settings to
support:
– Collaboration
– Individual work
– Responsive to
different needs
– Formal and
informal

10. Explore:
“What is involved in the activities of „Learning‟?”
Perhaps take away the building to understand its role

16. © David Ascoli

19. There is a shift from:
Uniformity and conformity
Delivery Driven
to
Individualised, collaborative
Learning led

20. A student voice…
“A building that allows
students to want to learn
rather than just containing the
learning process.”
Student from High Tech High, San Diego
30 Sept 2008

21. A student voice…
“Create somewhere relaxing and
bright, so you can open the
windows and see out; you know,
somewhere you actually want to
be for 7 hours a day!”
Student from High Tech High, San Diego
30 Sept 2008

22. Some Examples:

23. “Good design starts with people!”
© Katsuhisa Kida/ FOTOTECA
Outstanding Example: Designing for Education: Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011, OECD
Fuji Kindergarten, Tachikawa City, Tokyo
Architects: Takaharu Tezuka and Yui Tezuka

24. © Takaharu Tezuka
© Takaharu Tezuka
INSIDE
& OUTSIDE
© Takaharu Tezuka
© Katsuhisa Kida/ FOTOTECA

25. Dandenong High School, Victoria, Australia
Architect: Hayball
• Regeneration
• Committed leadership
• Collaboration – design / users
© Peter Clarke

26. © Hayball
Photos: © Peter Clarke

27. Prototype school
Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011, OECD
Albany Senior High School, Auckland, New Zealand
Architect: Jasmax Ltd

28. Albany Senior High School, Auckland, New Zealand

29. New use for old buildings
Serving low income communities
© Fundación Proacceso ECO A.C.
© Fundación Proacceso ECO A.C.
© Fundación Proacceso ECO A.C.
Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011, OECD
Learning and Innovation Network, Mexico DF, Mexico
Architect: Ludens

30. Learning outside the school boundary
Planetarium, Puebla
22,000 primary/secondary students
visited in 2012
Science Centre, Lund University
15 000 primary / secondary school
children visit every year

31. Thank You!
Alastair Blyth
alastair@alastairblyth.com
www.alastairblyth.com