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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Architecture Ser |
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Routledge Research in Architecture Ser
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Problem of Change; Categories of Change; Cultural Attitudes towards Change; Notes; Chapter 2 Flexible Schools and the SCSD; A Brief History of Flexible Schools Prior to the SCSD; The School Construction Systems Development Project; Initial Receptions of the SCSD; Notes; Chapter 3 The SCSD Revisited; Why Was the SCSD Project Designed to Adapt to Change?; How Have These Intentions Evolved and Been Received Over Time? |
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What Lessons Can the SCSD Teach Us about Designing Sustainable Learning Environments for the Future?Notes; Chapter 4 Post-SCSD Flexible Learning Environments; A Summary of Flexible Schools; Notes; Chapter 5 From Flexible Hybrids to Protean Systems; Towards Protean Systems; Implications for Praxis and Recommendations; Final Remarks; Notes; Appendices; Appendix A: 2014 Re-survey Questionnaire; Appendix B: Excerpts of Memoing Document with Open Coding; Appendix C: Actor-Network Diagram of the SCSD; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book questions flexibility as a design approach by providing a longitudinal analysis of an innovative architectural experiment called the School Construction Systems Development (SCSD) project. The SCSD pioneered the use of performance specifications to create an open, prefabricated, and integrated system of building components that provided four modes of flexibility. Educational facilities throughout California used the SCSD system and it spawned a variety of similar projects throughout North America. This book traces the development and subsequent use of the system over 50 years through archival research, personal observations, re-photography, re-surveying, plan evaluations, interviews, and an advertisement analysis. These new findings provide useful insights for architects, educators, historic preservationists, and others about the affordances of spatial flexibility, the difficulties associated with technological transfer, the impact of unstable market conditions, the importance of user input during the planning process, and the need for long-term social relations to sustain architectural experiments |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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School facilities -- Planning.
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School buildings -- Design and construction -- Case studies
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School buildings -- Design and construction
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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architecture history.
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educational architecture.
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educational design.
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educational history.
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educational practices.
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SCSD.
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School Construction Systems Development Project.
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school architecture.
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school design.
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School buildings -- Design and construction
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School facilities -- Planning
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351400886 |
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1351400886 |
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9781351400879 |
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1351400878 |
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9781351400862 |
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135140086X |
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9780203732083 |
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0203732081 |
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