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News Release from: BRE | Subject: School of the future
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 March 2007
Pupils get involved in 'school of
future' design
Pupils from Watford school Parmiter's take part in design evaluation of the 'school of the future' being built by Willmott Dixon.
Pupils from Watford school Parmiter's take part in a design evaluation of the 'school of the future' being built by Willmott Dixon Re-Thinking on the BRE site in Watford The school will be a central feature of BRE's OFFSITE2007 exhibition in 11-14 June
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 2 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Charles Tincknell, head of Re-Thinking says, 'Although it's not done frequently enough, engaging at an early stage with end-users such as teachers and pupils in an education project is crucial to the project's success.
We want their view on the design, how it looks, find out their best way of learning and how useful our school will be to them as a learning tool, plus their thoughts on improving the design of education facilities generally.
Although this school is a demonstration building, we will encourage pupils from local schools like Parmiter's to use it, so it is really important to us to get the design right.
' Architect firm White Design will talk the pupils through the design they developed with Re-Thinking and services consultant Max Fordham to gage their opinion on the issues faced by modern day students and what can be incorporated into the design of new schools.
The aim of the demonstration school is to show how an inspirational school design, that is both sustainable and affordable, can meet the needs of students and teachers.
Although not as big as a real school, its innovative design will demonstrate principles that would be incorporated into a full-size school.
Once construction is completed in time for the launch at OFFSITE2007, pupils will be invited back to view the finished building.
They will be encouraged to use the facility and complete a post-occupancy type survey for the company.
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