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INNOVATIVE PLACE-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL
AND COMMUNITY ASSET DESIGNS
Designing tomorrow’s schools today requires
creative and thoughtful design. School buildings must
evolve and develop solutions that incorporate technology
and pedagogic reforms.
New Visions is exploring three major questions
centered on design:
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How does
the space and the layout of that space determine
educational success? |
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What ways can shared
space flexibly allow for multiple users? |
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How can design create
“hubs” that invigorate teaching, learning,
and community? |
Our projects reflect these questions and are based
on collaborative design processes that encourage innovation:
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Stevenson
Green Roof: In the context of students’
science and math academic needs, environmental
hazards, and high asthma rates, imaginative design
offered a potential solution. This private/public
partnership is transforming a barren concrete
roof in the Bronx, housing six schools, into a
living laboratory for hands-on learning and community.
Read an overview
of the proposal to learn more. |
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21st Century Library
Media Center: This initiative across 5 campuses,
25 schools, and 12,715 students used a collaborative
design process to rethink the potential of libraries
on large campuses as hubs for learning and community.
Phase II will seek expand similar redesign to
18 more schools at 4 campuses. See some of the
design
process here.
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