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This beautifully hand illustrated publication is designed to cover the key areas which must be considered when refurbishing or building a school. From the issues of access through to young people, via classrooms, external spaces, kitchens, lockers, toilets and ventilation, it is designed to ensure that everyone has an accessible way of communicating their thoughts and ideas.
Described by Headteacher Philip Smith as "a learning resource that teachers, parents and pupils can use to make the process interesting, relevant and fun!"
For more information, and to see some images taken from the Sketchbook, click here.
To order copies or make further enquiries please email mail@school-works.org.
Price: £10 (reduced rates for bulk orders and educational projects)
Sharon Wright recently had an article published in this special 'School Design' issue of 'Forum' Journal.
Read the article along with others on similar subjects.
Download the article in PDF format (684k download).
On 12 May 2004, Sharon Wright spoke at the BRE Conference 'Building for People : the real value of construction'. Other speakers included Tom Bentley from Demos and Wayne Hemingway from hemingwaydesign.
Read a summary of the conference papers in this brochure or go to www.bre.co.uk/conference for the full presentations.
Download the summary in PDF format (1.2 MB).
School buildings should be beautiful and inspirational, raising the spirits of those who use them. This issue, written by Sharon Wright, Managing Director of School Works, explains how important it is that schools with funding for building work or improvements involve pupils, staff, parents and the local community in articulating their vision for how the buildings should be designed and used.
Download the pamphlet in PDF format (224 KB).
This pamphlet, published in collaboration with TEN (the Education Network) draws together some ideas, describes some exciting current developments and points the way to those who have the opportunity to build a new school or those interested in school building design issues. Many of the issues raised in the pamphlet were discussed at our recent conference.
Download the pamphlet in PDF format (376 KB).
Alternatively, for hard copies please email mail@school-works.org.
Prepared by Barbara Annesley, Matthew Horne and Hilary Cottam. Learning Buildings is aimed at change agents, policy makers, practitioners and other professionals interested in education and environment . The pamphlet highlights some of the wider policy issues uncovered by the School Works project.
Learning buildings was written in collaboration with Demos and supported by Ecophon. To order copies or make further enquiries please email mail@school-works.org.
ISBN: 0-9541258-1-9 Price: £9.95
Prepared by Jane Seymour, with Hilary Cottam, Grace Comely, Barbara Annesley and Sanjiv Lingayah. This practical 'how to' book takes schools through the School Works participatory process developed at Kingsdale School on a step-by-step basis and provides contacts and mechanisms for obtaining design advice.
Download free PDF toolkit here (2.6MB).
ISBN: 0-9541258-0-0 Hardcopy price: £35