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Martin, Matthew Haines. "The Cambridge Swimming Club : an exploration of body, landscape, and architecture." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68271.
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Kim, Paul Hyun 1971. "Educational quotients : Robert F. Kennedy Middle School." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67748.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).
When architects talk of 'smart buildings' they are usually referring to the same old ones with the addition of simple prosthetics such as light sensors and small electric motors. Their smartness is invariably limited to the smartness of the trickster. I have sought to develop a strategy which traces a line between the ideal and the pragmatic; it points towards an alternative morphology where the result is not necessarily a discrete zoning of functions, nor prescription of form, but would allow for and support a flexible, dynamic organization that is responsive to the fluctuating energies of technology in space. The complex is motivated by the need to install into the American landscape new attitudes towards study, leisure, and nature. It provides to both the student and the community with spaces that are optimized for disseminating information; these shifting interior landscapes act as parallel horizons, allowing flexible walls, spaces, and rooms to be formed and transformed by different media, as well as the space's intended function. The architectural possibility is achieved by the use of gantries, ramps, and an open plan, all structured through activities that are not restricted by past programmatic conventions.
by Paul Hyun Kim.
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Garcia-Montagna, Maria Natalia. "Breathing & Playing Architecture: Bagpipe School, Museum and Workshop." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34274.
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"This project is my way of saying thanks. My intention is to recognize the people who were able to transmit the passion and love for the land of my grandparents Asturias, with its heritage, history and music. My architectural purpose is to strengthen the tradition and culture by recovering the past. It is in this way , we will be stronger in the present and inspire future generations"Master of Architecture
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Butler, Ninah. "High school campus design elements for outdoor-based education amenities." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16935.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Huston Gibson
The research conducted in this thesis explores the relationship between high school campus planning and the potential for high school sites to be used as outdoor classrooms. A review of the design of school buildings and the educational pedagogy that has influenced campus planning and design is presented before exploring current design practices. Precedent studies are offered as examples of exemplary design strategies for multi-use campuses. This leads to the question, “What variables allow future outdoor based education opportunities to be anticipated by site designers of high school campuses?” Four units of analysis and their relationship with site planning will be addressed in this research: environmental factors, space requirements, building proximity, and activity type. A case study based on these units of analysis is used in a multiple case study investigation of three school campuses in the Wichita, Kansas area: Goddard High School, Eisenhower High School, and Maize High School. The methodologies of organization, implementation and analysis of the variables are presented. The patterns found from the multiple case study and the variables developed in response to these findings are offered and discussed. Finally design alternatives for the three case study sites and future research opportunities are provided.
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Talbert, Scot Boyd. "Exploring the schoolyard: potentials for creating a learning-rich environment at Bergman Elementary School." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8709.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Mary C. Kingery-Page
The landscapes that surround our elementary schools today do very little to support the education being taught in the classrooms, and often fail to meet the most basic needs of children. This is due to a myriad of different reasons, such as budget-tight school districts spending very little of their resources on outside learning environments, fear of litigation leading to sterile and lifeless schoolyards, and lack of time and resources for educators to implement desired changes. Children learn through direct interactive experience and, as a result, they need complexity and variety in the landscape to stimulate their imaginations and promote self-guided learning. A natural outdoor environment is ideally suited for both interactive learning and a diversity of experiences. Many schools are missing an opportunity to make their outdoor spaces into interactive learning environments. This report explores the issues and opportunities to create stimulating environments at Frank V. Bergman Elementary School in Manhattan, Kansas. Numerous studies have identified the benefits of interactive natural environments on children’s development and academic performance(Moore and Wong 1997; Louv 2008; Bell and Dyment 2006;Fjortoft 2001; Malone and Tranter 2003). Building upon this research, goals and objectives for Bergman’s schoolyard are outlined that focus on creating a positive learning environment for all students, supporting school curriculum, encouraging interaction with nature, and linking the schoolyard to the surrounding community. A master plan for Bergman’s schoolyard is presented. The plan addresses the current needs of the schoolyard to improve accessibility. In addition, the master plan presents ideas for strengthening the circulation pathways to connect all areas of the schoolyard together, developing outdoor classroom spaces with connections to state academic standards, and incorporating community amenity features into the landscape. Recommendations for construction, maintenance, and phasing are suggested.
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Tomizawa, Susan A. "Planning our nation's schools : considerations for community and site design." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292542.
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This creative project examines trends in school planning and design at both the community and site levels. At the community level, two trends have shaped many of the decisions made in school planning: consolidating schools into mega-sized schools and placing schools on the periphery of development. These practices contribute to sprawl, urban disinvestment, racial and social segregation, environmental degradation and educational inequality. Alternatives in school planning such as school renovation and schools as community centers, are examined through case studies.At the site level, schools are typically built on acres of land covered by lawn, sports fields and asphalt parking. Research shows that school grounds can serve as valuable educational resources when designed as learning landscapes. A conceptual master plan for Storer Elementary School in Muncie, Indiana illustrates how a bland school landscape can be transformed into an educational resource to improve learning, environmental quality, safety and health.Department of Landscape Architecture
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Hao, Shuang. "Play [bi-directional arrows] learn: Susan B. Anthony Middle School site as a neighborhood park design." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13659.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Mary Catherine (Katie) Kingery-Page
Neighborhood parks can provide a place for children and teens to satisfy their curiosity and learn about nature. Without an open-space policy or regulation from the city, no park was proposed during the development of the neighborhood adjacent to Susan B. Anthony Middle School in Manhattan, Kansas. People have to cross Highway 113 (Sethchild Road) or Kimball Avenue to the closest parks: Marlatt and Cico. However, neither of them is within walking distance for children and teens in this neighborhood. As a result, families have to build private playgrounds in their own backyards. In addition, technological development makes children and teens prefer staying inside playing video games. Neither private playgrounds nor video games provide interaction with nature or social interaction around nature. This project considers how the middle school site, which sits on approximately 40 acres, can be designed as a neighborhood park to allow children and teens to have close nature access and experiential learning opportunities. To better understand what users really need, interviews with teachers and questionnaires for students determined their current and preferred future use of the school site. In addition, neighborhood children, who are not in the middle school, were interviewed about their play preferences. Observations of the school site usage during school time and after were recorded for design purposes. Six precedents were examined to compare and understand what works to connect children and young teens to nature. After analyzing user needs and physical conditions of the site, a neighborhood park design for the site of Susan B. Anthony Middle School was proposed. The proposed design meets both students’ experiential learning needs and the need of neighborhood children and young teens to connect to nature. Because the 40-acre schoolyard is a nationally recommended size for middle schools, this joint-use schoolyard and park concept can be applied cross the country where needed.
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Addo-Atuah, Kweku. "Northview Elementary School: an iterative participatory process in schoolyard planning & design." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13716.
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Master of Regional and Community PlanningDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional & Community Planning
Mary Catherine (Katie) Kingery-Page
There is currently a dearth of planning literature concerning participatory processes relative to children, particularly in the planning and design of schoolyard or playground spaces. Through a local, place-based, participatory approach emphasizing local knowledge and active listening, this master's report seeks to confirm the value of children in the planning and design of a schoolyard space. The study took place at the Northview Elementary School in Manhattan, KS comprising students as primary stakeholders, teachers/administrative staff as secondary stakeholders and parents as tertiary stakeholders. Additionally, the study employed Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s childhood cognitive development theories and five operational play categories in guiding the development of a learning landscape design aimed at supporting and maximizing cognitive development, physical activity and recreation. The report concludes with a set of five (5) recommendations designed to equip prospective researchers in undertaking participatory processes within school settings. The implication of this study is that sustained stakeholder engagement during planning and design processes of schoolyards will result in spaces reflective of the target audience.
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Lezotte, Carol Lynn. "The schoolyard as an outdoor classroom : a case study of Ladysmith Elementary School." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/916986.
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The mission of this creative project was to naturalize a school site for the purposes of environmental education. The naturalization process can either take the form of landscape/ecosystem restoration or natural landscaping. Utilizing the Ladysmith Elementary School as a case study, this creative project dealt with both forms of the naturalization process. The entire school site was natural landscaped and a portion of the school grounds was devoted to the restoration of a forest and wetland ecosystem. This area where ecosystems are to be recreated will serve as an environmental learning laboratory for the school.The topics reviewed for this project ecology, naturalization, landscape restoration, environmental education, outdoor education, and ecosystems. The product of this creative project was a master plan which included site inventory and analysis.Department of Landscape Architecture
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Christner, Cammie. "Celebrating the bond between children and nature: designing a sensory outdoor learning environment for Garfield Elementary School in Augusta, Kansas." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15675.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Anne Beamish
The current educational model utilized in the United States focuses on teaching technology, preparing for standardized tests, and training students to be productive members of society. These are all valuable and necessary educational goals, especially considering the fact that the current national trend is to promote citizens’ integration into a more global community and job market—significantly affecting the work opportunities available to our country’s youths. However, one of the most necessary and fundamental aspects of childhood—outdoor learning in nature—is being undervalued. Outdoor learning experiences in the natural environment are exceptionally important in encouraging holistic childhood development because they offer children firsthand experiences with natural processes. Through interactions with nature, children are able to witness the impact that human actions have upon the environment. As Richard Louv asserts in the Last Child in the Woods, “Healing the broken bond between our young and nature—is in our self-interest, not only because aesthetics or justice demands it, but also because our mental, physical, and spiritual health depends upon it” (Louv, 2008, 3). The broken relationship between America’s youths and nature must be healed. Public schools offer a unique opportunity for children to be reacquainted with nature because about 90% of American students below the college level attend public schools. In the year 2009, over 2.3 million students attended public elementary schools; 226,082 of those students were in Kansas (National Center for Education Statistics, 2012). Garfield Elementary School in Augusta, Kansas is an ideal situation for the development of an outdoor learning environment that promotes student awareness and connection to local nature. The nature-oriented design of Garfield Elementary School’s grounds, described in this Master’s Report, fosters the creation of deep-seeded emotional ties to the natural world in the children who experience the site—effectively combating Nature-Deficit Disorder by encouraging students to become environmental stewards. This is accomplished by using children’s literature to inspire the organization of spatial environment variety and a range of natural elements (such as water) on the school site, which encourage students to engage in five outdoor learning activities: physical, creative, sensorial, solitary and social.
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Jarrett, Glen. "Revisioning playground design for the developing world school campus: a nature playground proposal for La Chuscada, Nicaragua." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19039.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureLandscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Huston Gibson
Play is essential to the development of children, as it serves as the main platform for a child to begin to explore his or her world and understand their physical and social environment. It is not a frivolous activity, but a method of learning. Despite this recognition, many playground designs are still steered, wrongly so, by unwarranted societal fears of safety. Such playgrounds lack developmental benefits due to their composition of isolated, prefab plastic components on an asphalt field. Despite recognition in the late twentieth century that “childhood itself is in danger of extinction”, many playground are still sterile in nature. The time is now for designers to look critically at playground design trends and intervene to improve the quality of the environments our children are exposed too. The positive development of the next generation, our children, depends on it. In the case of the community of La Chuscada in Chinandega, Nicaragua, economic status presents a major barrier to the creation of beneficial learning environments. This project addresses the hardships of implementing a developmentally beneficial playground, and through the collaboration with the Amigos for Christ philanthropic organization and interior architecture student Aaron Bisch, offers solutions to achieve this goal. Culture-specific influences of play are explored and survey data from the community of La Chuscada reveal strategies for the implementation of a nature playground design that offers developmental benefits for the children of the community.
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Яхненко, Олена Миколаївна, Елена Николаевна Яхненко, Olena Mykolaivna Yakhnenko, and А. С. Клочко. "Екологічні особливості ландшафтно-архітектурної організації території шкіл." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31604.
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Озеленення населених місць є складовою частиною ландшафтної архітектури, головне завдання якої формування міського ландшафту як об'ємно-просторового середовища, що володіє певними екологічними, функціональними й естетичними якостями.
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Guðmundsdóttir, Anna Kristín. "Outdoor lighting in Icelandic schoolyards : The importance of outdoor lighting during the dark winter days." Thesis, KTH, Ljusdesign, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-210258.
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Schoolyards play an important role in the Icelandic education system. Students aged 6 to 12 years old are required to go outdoors for recess at least two times per day. To play, get fresh air and to regain energy for upcoming classes. The schoolyards are even sometimes used for outdoor education where the students can experience their nearest environment. The children spend a great time of their childhood in school, which should support their well-being by offering an environment of good quality.The thesis main objective is to examine the importance of outdoor lighting in Icelandic schoolyards by the dark winter days. Since Iceland is located at high latitudes, the amount of daylight varies between seasons, with shorter days by winter but longer and brighter days by the summer.The structure of the thesis is a combination of research background and a case study. The research background introduces the positive link between the outdoors and well-being and how the mindset towards the winter can change the perception of darkness. Possibilities of outdoor lighting are examined, how lighting can contribute to the users and the identity of urban spaces. The case study examines two Icelandic schools where the current conditions are analyzed. Qualitative interviews were carried out to gain insight from school employees about the school environment and their experience of the students‘ well-being during the dark winter months. Finally, a lighting proposal is introduced that illustrates how layers of light can enrich the school outdoor environment.It can be truly said that outdoor lighting is of high importance in Icelandic schoolyards, for the students to see and experience the schoolyard by dark winter days. It is important that the lighting is in context with the schoolyard elements and thereby enhancing the quality of the environment.
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Stanevič, Aleksandra. "Kaimo mokyklų aplinkos (eksterjero) būklė ir jos formavimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080924_184139-18525.
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Bendrojo lavinimo mokykla yra vaikų ir jaunimo ugdymo bei suaugusiųjų švietimo įstaiga, teikianti bendrąjį pradinį, pagrindinį ir vidurinį išsilavinimą. Mokyklos prasmė yra ypatinga. Aplinka, kurioje vaikas būna didžiausią dienos dalį, tai ne tik estetiškas vaizdas, bet ir emocinė terpė, nuo kurios priklsauso moksleivių fizinė, psichinė, dvasinė, intelektinė, emocinė gerovė. Todėl labai svarbu kokioje aplinkoje vyksta ugdytinių bei ugdytojų darbo procesas. Sudarius jiems visas reikalingas sąlygas šis procesas vyks sklandžiau.
Standartų kaip kūrti ir valdyti mokyklos aplinką nėra. Kiekviena ugdymo įstaiga savo aplinką tvarko taip, kaip tai suvokia, pagal turimas galimybes ir sąlygas.
Šio darbo tikslas yra išsiaiškinti dabartinę Lietuvos kaimo mokyklų išorinės aplinkos (eksterjero) būklę ir jos formavimo galimybės. Siekiant įgyvendinti šį tikslą, buvo keliami sekantys uždaviniai: 1) išanalizuoti kaimo mokyklų esamą išorinės aplinkos (eksterjero) būklę; 2) pateikti kaimo mokyklų teritorijų formavimo pasiūlymus.
Atlikus tyrimus buvo išsiaiškinta, kad kaimo mokyklų išorės aplinka nėra pakankamai tvarkoma, o dažnai net neatitinka higienos ir saugos reikalavimų. Dėl lėšų stokos mokyklos teritorijos nepasižymi gražiu landšaftu ir neturi reikalingiausios ir būtiniausios įrangos. Kaimo švietimo įstaigos pakankamai dažnai nėra pajėgios ugdyti vaiką estetiškai sutvarkytoje aplinkoje, o tokių mokyklų bendruomenėje neatsiranda žmonių su pakankamom žiniom kaip kurti ir formuoti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]General education school is institution for children, junior and adult, which gives primary, basic and secondary education. The point of school is very special. Environment where child spent his most part of the day is not only aesthetic view but emotional environment – from which belongs schoolchildren’s state of mind, morale, intellectual, emotional welfare. So atmosphere is very important for working process. We don’t have standard how we must create and hold school’s atmosphere. Each institution make it how it is possible and how its better for students. The goal of this work to ascertain environment of Lithuanian schools in village and their formative opportunity. For the attainment of purpose was thought about such tasks as: 1) to analyze external ( exterior) village school’s condition, 2) to represent formative suggestion . After research i understand that external environment of Lithuanian schools is not so good, often even below standard of hygiene and safety. Schools don’t have enough money to make nice landscape, don’t have primary commodities. Education offices in village cant to give such opportunity to educate student in aesthetically ordered environment, and school’s community can’t to do this because they don’t have enough knowledge about how to make or create modern landscape in school territory.
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Senate, University of Arizona Faculty. "Faculty Senate Minutes November 5, 2012." University of Arizona Faculty Senate (Tucson, AZ), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/255174.
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Obrusníková, Magdalena. "Horečky." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377197.
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The main aim of the diploma thesis is the revitalization of the site Horečky in Beskydy mountains, which contains several abandoned buildings. In the introduction, the work provides an analysis in the wider context and comes up with a concept of urban strategy on the larger scale. The main item of the urban and architectural study itself is a complex of existing buildings called Pantata, Marianka and Panimama and their setting in the terraced hilly landscape. The first necessary step is purging the buildings of nonconceptual extensions, which were added in the past. The function, which was chosen based on the outcome of the analysis part is a recreational accommodation facility oriented on educational school trips and alternative forms of experience-based educational methods. The building Pantáta gets to be the main center of the function itself and the 3rd and 4th stock is designed as additional accommodation facility. The building is also complemented with an extension building located in the terrace in the sloping-down terrain. This spatial concept also enables expansion of the exterior space in front of the historical building. The building Marianka is designed to be the main accommodation facility. The building Panimama is removed and a forest-cabin accommodation area is designed at the plot as another alternative way of staying in nature. There are also other landscape interventions and pavilions designed within the thesis project.
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Senate, University of Arizona Faculty. "Faculty Senate Minutes May 6, 2013." University of Arizona Faculty Senate (Tucson, AZ), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301423.
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Senate, University of Arizona Faculty. "Faculty Senate Minutes January 22, 2018." University of Arizona Faculty Senate (Tucson, AZ), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626508.
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Chang, Wan-Jing, and 張婉菁. "An Action Research on Landscape Architecture Teaching at Vocational High School." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96780921825524718618.
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The study used action research to examine the effects of different teaching methods on learning achievement and motivation for students studying at the department of Horticulture in senior vocational high school. Data were collected by the researcher through using various program designs on teaching plan of horticulture and landscape architecture in order to understand the effectiveness of using methods of multimedia auxiliary learning, collaboration learning, and games learning. In the research processes, the study also used potential methods to collect data, including observation, interviews, personal statement, learning sheet and questionnaire before and after the teaching. Researcher acted as an instructor to achieve the goal of enhancing the effects of teaching and analyzing how to conquer the problems during teaching practices and how to rectify teaching strategies. It is expected that this study provides specific suggestions on that teaching course in design and practice to horticulture and landscape architecture according to the teaching results and students’ performances. The major subjects in this study are described as follows: 1. Could the teaching and different methods or proper materials enhance students’ interest in learning the courses by a teaching plan of horticulture and landscape architecture? 2. How to design proper teaching plan that can be more efficiency to achieve teaching effects in horticulture and landscape architecture? 3. How to provide the proper solutions, such as reformed teaching materials and teaching method, when encounter any difficulty in implementing action? 4. What personal growth benefits teachers might have from teaching experiences during this research? Results of research indicated that it is necessary to conduct the teaching plan using multimedia auxiliary tools/computerized in teaching horticulture and landscape architecture. It is good to build a great collaboration and learning environment for students via peer-mediated instruction. It can ease the tension atmosphere in the classroom using game learning method and decrease the learning pressure from the formally class courses. Besides, the relationship between teachers and students will be better using the game learning method. It can also connect theory and practice via action research for teacher in the field of horticulture and landscape architecture. Results of the study indicated that teachers can self-examine in different ways for teaching method. Furthermore, the relationship between teachers and students can be improved and warming and harmonic learning conditions can be established. The major recommendations drawn from this study to provide a reference for Taiwan’s teachers teaching in the field of horticulture and landscape architecture are described as followings. 1. Teachers should have the abilities of self-examination and problem solving. 2. Teacher should play an effective role in making good integration of theory and practice. 3. It is necessary to develop appropriate teaching plans in the field of horticulture and landscape architecture.
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Watson, Adam. "Re(creation): how landscape architecture may remediate Winnipeg's high school athletic facilities." 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30674.
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The purpose of this practicum is to evaluate current standards for Winnipeg’s high school athletic field development, and suggest alternatives to conventional methods. This document is structured to support the argument of developing athletic fields to not only satisfy the needs of the school, but the needs of the surrounding community as well. Using active transportation principles as a guide, this practicum provides the opportunity to improve connectivity and circulation within an established Winnipeg neighbourhood. Furthermore, active transportation provides the framework to support a greater variety of recreational activities on a site that currently receives limited use. The final design serves as a proposal to perceive high school athletic sites as more than fields, but as a community resource within the larger network of the city-wide active transportation system.October 2015
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Bassamtabar, Reyhaneh. "THE ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCCESS: RENOVATING THE FORT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AMHERST, MA." 2018. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/683.
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The purpose of my thesis is to discover a logical way to connect the ideas of Rudolf Steiner, developer of the Waldorf Education Method, and current theories of education and psychology with the architectural design of an educational facility while maintaining Massachusetts Department of Education standards. With this purpose in mind, I studied a school, built in 1973 in Amherst: the Fort River Elementary School. The current school structure is in architectural conflict with many of the ideas extolled by the Waldorf Method. Among the questions, I wish to address in my thesis are: “What is the role of architecture in enhancing the quality of education?”, “What are the design elements which inspire learning?” “Can a Waldorf Method based design be compliant with Massachusetts Standards?”
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Jenkins, John Michael. "The new school: Creating a role for the architect in America's urban landscape." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/13848.
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This thesis looks for ways that architects can reassert their presence in America's urban centers. Through a series of investigations, the research phase examines both the architectural semiotics of the late 20th Century city and the languages of the streets, particularly rap music. The architect's role in the upper-class's current sociological agenda is called into question. The design phase proposes a new direction for architectural input by seeking out ways to empower the architect and, through him, establish a level of social equality. By acting on his own agenda, the architect attempts to restore importance to the downtown area and all of its inhabitants.
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Orr, Catherine. "Nurturing Landscapes: Creating educational rainwater management systems on school grounds." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6727.
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This research poses two questions: How, through collaboration and thoughtful design practices, can rainwater management systems on school grounds be developed as resources for learning? And, what can these systems contribute to the development of more sustainable urban rainwater management? The research was conducted through a literature review, the analysis of three case studies and a pilot project. The research points to the potential for schools to act as a centralizing figure, enabling a community collaboration to occur, with the aim of implementing shared goals. This process generated knowledge, spread awareness and built relationships among the community. The school’s participation in this process was key to creating place-based, engaging solutions. The rainwater systems must be multi-functional and contribute to the learning environment by building on the school’s educational philosophy. The four projects offer different scenarios for creating rainwater management systems that engage students through both hands-on learning and play.Graduate
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Mercer, Francois. "A suburban cultivation school addressing the rehabilitation of a waste landscape in Roodepoort." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9785.
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M.Tech. (Architectural Technology)This dissertation explores my own neighbourhood – Roodepoort. It critically examines consumerist lifestyles which currently dominate the area and proposes an architectural intervention which will showcase new modes of living. The proposed building accommodates a cultivation school and a ‘hackerspace’ where residents of Roodepoort can learn to live more sustainable. The cultivation school recalls Roodepoort’s history as a farming area and celebrates the area’s spirit of place. The hackerspace provides a place for suburban inventors to work and collaborate.
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Bogaski, Kathleen. "Vacant lot landscape design project We Care About Van Dyke and Seven Mile/Nortown Community Development Corporation : Landscape Architecture, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan : NRE 691: Planting Design and Vegetation Management Class, Winter Term, 1997 /." 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=GnZRAAAAMAAJ.
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