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Design for Learning

The government’s initiative to transform educational buildings has resulted in thousands of schools being rebuilt or improved. Over the last decade there have been 1000 brand new school buildings, 27,000 new or improved classrooms, and 4,500 schools providing extended services. There have also been more than 1260 new children’s centres created, for over 1 million children under the age of five.

A well-designed environment is one of the essential foundations for successful learning. It can make a difference in simple yet vitally important ways: imaginatively designed dining halls can encourage healthy eating; wider corridors can help to cut down on bullying; and classrooms with natural lighting and fresh air can help pupils’ concentration and behaviour. Good design lies at the heart of the school building programme, and is a key part of the agenda to improve teaching and learning and to ensure that educational settings become the focus of their communities.

In this section you can find out more about our Learning by Design resources on school design and bespoke programmes relating to school design and stakeholder engagement.

Open House Education Fund
Open House has built up considerable expertise as a leader in the research, development and delivery of education programmes that explore how architecture impacts on our daily lives. We have inspired thousands of young people and teachers to understand how architecture can be an invaluable learning tool and to enable them to develop the skills and language to articulate their views, which has proven to be invaluable during the consultation process for a new school build or refurbishment.

We are now inviting partners to get involved in our new initiative, the Open House Education Fund. At a time when the design of new schools will be key to the development of your business or practice, we aim to contribute Open House’s knowledge and expertise in delivering architecture education programmes using innovative ways of working in schools with teachers and pupils.

The Fund will enable you not only to draw on this expertise, but also to widen and evolve your business network and to share new thinking, with your peers, in how to undertake consultation with teachers and pupils. In addition, Open House’s unrivalled network of professionals across the property, planning and policy-making fields will share their insights directly with you to support your business in this area. The Fund has been developed in conversation with leaders in the field of school design within this network.

As part of the benefits of the Open House Education Fund, briefings by high-profile speakers influential in the field of school design will take place throughout the scheme. This briefing is open only to existing and new supporters of the Open House Education Fund.

If you would like to get involved, please contact Sarah Yates, Special Programmes Manager, on 020 7380 0412 or via email.

 

 

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