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‘School as City Project’

Victoria/NZ team:

Georgie Kelly (Brand Architects) Sophie Trist (Brand Architects) Nick Cini (dwp Suters) Sandalie Seneviratne (Architect) Lynette Julian (Lynette Julian Architect) Paul White (Instinct Furniture) Mentor: Hal Cutting MP Associates: Lisa Horton (Hayball) Dr Ben Cleveland (UniMelb)

‘School as City Project’

Research question:

• What lessons learned from city planning and urban regeneration

projects might inform the regeneration of ‘failing schools’? Research provocations/wonderings:

• What if schools were open 24/7?
• What if schools catered to people of all ages?
• What if schools were sites of cultural diversity?
• What if schools were hubs of creativity?
• What if schools offered opportunities for serendipitous learning?
• What if schools were microcosms of the city?

‘The Porous Campus: Community Engagement and the Design of the Contemporary School’

Heppell et al (2004)

Scenario 1: ‘No physical school at all’ Scenario 2: ‘Dissolved Secondary School’ Scenario 3: ‘Extended School’ Scenario 4: ‘Fortress School’

Themes

• Campus porosity

– connectedness of school and community

• Boundary dynamics

– interactions between bounded groups

• Social capital

– influence of campus and facility design (level of porosity)

• n the development/regeneration of social capital in

schools and local communities

Art Education/Mathematics Education

Programs

• Art Play
• The Song Room
• Melbourne Symphony

Orchestra

• Canstruction

Case studies

• Ivanhoe Girls Grammar
• Ashwood College
• Bayswater West Primary

School

Image: free-things-to-do-in-mebourne.com

Integration – Linking a Culture of Excellence with Community Aspirations & Expectations

Early Childhood Mens Shed Library Agora Sports Court/ Performance Learning Pod 3-5 Learning Pod P-2 Learning Pod 6-8 School Entry

Program

• Men's Sheds

Case study

• Yuille Park P-8 Community College

Heath & Service

Garden & Food

Program

• Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

Case studies

• Collingwood College
• Meadows Primary School

Image: kitchengardenfoundation.com.au

Designing for Complexity

Lynette Julian – Prepared for Mayfield Project 2013/14

References

• Beare, H. (2000a). Creating the future school., London: Routledge

Falmer.

• Beare, H. (2000b). The future? You’re standing in it! A design and

technology perspective on the future of schooling in the Information Age. Australian Council of Education through Technology 2000 Conference, Downer, ACT.

• Heppell, S., Chapman, C., Millwood, R., Constable, M. & Furness, J.

(2004). Building learning futures. Building Futures. www.buildingfutures.org.uk

• Rudd, T., Gifford, C., Morrison, J., & Facer, K. (2006). What if ... re-

imagining learning spaces. Bristol: Futurelab.

• Upitis, R. (2004). School architecture and complexity. Complicity: An

International Journal of Complexity and Education., 1(1), 19-38.