Children's spaces
Title:
Children's spaces
Author:
Dudek, Mark.
ISBN:
9781429413350
9780080454597
9781136421907
9781136421945
9781136421952
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Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents:
Cover; Children's Spaces; Contents; Introduction; 1 Talking and listening to children; 2 Designing for play; 3 Place making and change in learning environments; 4 The school building as third teacher; 5 The classroom is a microcosm of the world; 6 The classroom as an evolving landscape; 7 The schools we'd like: young people's participation in architecture; 8 Digital landscapes -- the new media playground; 9 Spaces without children; 10 Razor blades and teddy bears -- the health and safety protocol; 11 The sustainable landscape; 12 The edible landscape of school; Index; Colour plate.
Abstract:
This collection of essays is concerned with the experiences children have within the supervised worlds they inhabit, as well as with architecture and landscape architecture. International examples of innovative childcare practice are illustrated together with the design processes which informed their development. The emphasis here is on new and experimental childcare projects which set-out to reassert the rights of children to participate in a complex multi-faceted world, which is no longer available to them, unless under adult supervision. Research supports in depth recommendations regarding t.
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