PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

School Buildings - The State of Affairs

A New Architecture for a New Education

School Buildings – The State of Affairs presents the ever-changing direction of public education and the architectural challenges that come with it. Today's educators require flexible spaces that can satisfy multiple functions and future demands. They are in-need spaces that enhance modern teaching as well as a student's personal development. While architecture by itself cannot provide a good education, the environment it creates has an impact on well being and the ability to learn. Showcasing thirty-one examples of recently built or designed schools from Switzerland along with examples from Austria, Finland, Germany,
the Netherlands and Scandinavia, this exhibition hopes to inspire all of us about the possibilities design can have on learning.               
 
This installation is organized and designed by:

The Philadelphia Center for Architecture
 
Exhibition Panels re-curated and designed by:
AIA New York Chapter Committee on Architecture for Education, Umberto Dindo, AIA, Chairman, ETH Zurich/ Center for Cultural Studies in Architecture (CSSA), Martin Schneider, scientific associate, dipl. Arch. ETHZurich.

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