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What is flexibility?
Deliberately providing as many
- pportunities as possible
Designing and Delivering Flexibility in Education Spaces Spatial - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Designing and Delivering Flexibility in Education Spaces Spatial - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Designing and Delivering Flexibility in Education Spaces Spatial Design Furniture, Fittings and Consultants Equipment Consultants What is flexibility? Deliberately providing as many opportunities as possible Why is flexibility in education
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Why is flexibility in education building design important?
New technology New generation of learners New pedagogy and delivery of learning New marketplace of education
The World of Education is Changing
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New marketplace
More business like Increased competitiveness Changing student numbers Changing needs Pressure to be cost efficient Need to be agile Emphasis on value
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New pedagogy and delivery of learning
Staff role changing;
- Facilitators
- Coaches
- Mentors
- Instructors
- Advisors
Preparing for the workplace Group based learning Focus on skills rather than knowledge Active and engaged learners
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New technology
Part of their ‘world’ Mobility of devices Cost of devices reducing Knowledge easily accessible Teaching in the ‘virtual’ world User friendly
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New generation of learners
Proactive Tech savvy Consumer culture Value based decisions Brand conscious Culture aware Fast paced Financially conservative
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How flexibility can help
Future proofing Cost effective to adapt to changes Supports different modes
- f learning
Allows for different technology Fluid environment supports generation Z
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Flexibility in design
Zoned Reconfigurable Moveable Versatile
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Zoned
Variety of fixed areas Flexibility created by the users choice and movement Fixed furniture
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Reconfigurable
Partitions or elements
- f furniture are in fixed
locations The space can be reconfigured in many ways to suit the activity or group size
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Moveable
All furniture and partitions are moveable to anywhere within the space All loose furniture
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Versatile
Furniture can be cleared from the space for different uses The furniture is not intended to move whilst in use
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Levels of flexibility
1. Zoned – concurrent multiple uses, each connected - fixed furniture 2. Reconfigurable – Same use - fixed and loose furniture 3. Moveable – Same use
- loose furniture
4. Versatile – Different uses - loose furniture
Low Flexibility Highly Flexible
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Key factors
- Regulatory
- Space available
- Type of Building
- Physical Requirements
- Internal Planning
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Zoned Space - Sixth Form Common Room
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Zoned Space - Sixth Form Common Room
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Zoned Space - Sixth Form Common Room
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Zoned Space - Sixth Form Common Room
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Zoned Space - Sixth Form Library
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Zoned Space - Sixth Form Library
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Zoned Space - Sixth Form Library
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Reconfigurable - Science Laboratory
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Moveable - Classroom
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Moveable - Classroom
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Versatile - School Hall
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Versatile - School Hall
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Versatile - School Hall
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Versatile - Atrium
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Difficulties with flexible space
- Articulating types of Flexibility
- Understanding Drivers
- Fixed v Loose furniture
- Acoustics, Lighting, Finishes, Aesthetics and
Quality
- Client management – can the client use the
designed flexibility properly ?
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Final thoughts
- Innovations in Furniture design
- Inside out Design, activity based
- Teaching and Learning is changing
- Generation Z Learners
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Education Building Forum
October 2016 Lawrence Brenchley
lawrence.brenchley@ffeconsulting.com
Helen Gowland
helen.gowland@360consult.uk