The Building as Teacher
The Building as Teacher
"A lot of times, schools will be built in a way that's green, but it's not transparent to the kids," says Center education program director Carolie Sly. Since 2010, she's been engaged in Lodi, California with architects and educators designing a new campus that will itself teach, while supporting a hands-on sustainability curriculum. Carolie, architect John Dale, and Center senior editor Michael K. Stone discuss the ways in which the campus, teaching, and learning can reinforce (or interfere with) each other; how ideas about school design are evolving; and how the planning process can kindle more creative thinking.
