Session Information
19 SES 06 A, Another Brick in the Wall? School Buildings Between Architectural Vision, Economic Space-Management and Educational Mission
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Contribution
Windows allow light floating in and glances rambling out. They provide a communication between the interior and the exterior of a building that helps to avoid feeling caged but also to keep a separation that makes clear what is inside and what is outside. Windows supply interior activities with environmental information and influences, but protect them from getting an overdose. So windows open and close rooms at the same time. In schools these functions are combined with pedagogical tasks: Traditional class-rooms are dedicated to listening to the teacher and to writing by hand. So the windows are big enough to shed good light on the scene and, located on the left side of the tables, to avoid casting shadows on the papers. Windows are also involved in the structures of class-room governance and therefore are concerned with questions of power and domination: They focus attention, direct glances and define the epistemological state of learners and teachers. In modern schools, where windows need not follow any ancient architectural tradition, they can be designed according to various demands. The case-studies give examples and show typical window-designs that represent more than a mere glassed hole in the wall.
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