After many years of minimal investment in school premises, we are in the midst of a wave of
planning, building and using new schools. This includes all English secondary schools …

It is recognised that educational environments influence learning experiences, so it is
important to ensure that educational buildings are designed to be fit for purpose. In order to …

School premises make a difference to learning, but it is important to understand the
relationship between setting and educational activities. Physical space has been found to …

School building design plays a central role in the creation of learning environments and can
therefore support educational change. However, non-architectural elements must also be …

The present educational design research involved analysing Finnish upper secondary
school students' participation in the improvement of their psychosocial and technology …

The need for environments conducive to learning and wellbeing has been broadly
recognised. Considering particularly learner perceptions in the learning environment design …

The time is ripe for interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to school design. Whatever
the current funding limitations, we still need to think about how we design, organise and use …

This article shares outcomes from a year-long participatory planning process–one that
brought together children and youth engagement, city planning, campus planning, and a …

This paper presents a system for participatory appraisal and idea generation by a school's
users to enable interdisciplinary collaboration between educators and architects, producing …

Physical settings in schools have a complex relationship to teaching and learning practices.
Uncomfortable tensions can result when the intentions of learners and teachers conflict with …