News
... to come:
PEB/OECD
Compendium on Exemplary Schools
This compendium is being edited
by PEB and represents a look to what is considered the best practice in
design, building and management of different types of school
facilities.
From several candidatures from
member countries from all world the jury selected those who considered to obey
the quality criteria related to the main objectives of PEB mandate for the
last 4 years.
UIA WP for Educational and
Cultural Spaces was represented in the jury by Rodolfo Almeida.
An english version has already
been published. A french version is still under preparation.
... and happened already:
XVII
UIA Working
Programme International
Seminar
Macau,
September 2006
Fusion Architecture: Macau,
a
Learning Experience
A CD room has been
prepared and sent to all participants with the final report including all
presentations and many photos of the event.
2006:
FINLAND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
THE
SCHOOL OF TOMORROW – LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, PEDAGOGY AND
ARCHITECTURE,
24-25 April 2006, Helsinki
The aim was
to emphasise the importance of physical factors for the
school environment,
school work and well-being at school
Were
conference
hosts Krisse Hannén, Counsellor
of Education, Finnish
National Board of Education
and
Mr Reino
Tapaninen, Chief Architect, Finnish
National Board of Education
2006:
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
www.schoolproductsexpo.com
2005:
BUENOS AIRES
FORO
INTERNACIONAL DE ARQUITECTURA EDUCACIONAL DE BUENOS AIRES
BUENOS AIRES
INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF
EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
The
6th. Buenos Aires International Forum of Educational Architecture was
held from 12 to 15 November 2005 in
The
International prize to the best Architecture for Education
About
this International Prize, with the support of UNESCO, the Forum received works
from all over the world.
The
Jury: Was coumposed by Arq. Carlos Lebrero, member of the Jury staff of
Central Society of Architects, Arch.Zeev Druckman as international participant
of the Forum, Arch
Jacobo Schneider
, Director of the Forum and Arch. Alejandro Stoka as member of the Executive
committee of the Forum.
The
awards: After the analysis of all the works sent to the Forum, the Jury
finally awarded the Prize to the Best Architecture for Education-Year
2005, to the Morón University, located in the city of Morón , Province of
Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the new buildings of the School of Medicine, the
Library and the renovation of its central building, realized by Archs Oscar
and Alejandro Borrachia and Arch.Carlos Coire.
A
mention was awarded to the Christian Confessional Elementary School, built in
San Isidro, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, realized by Archs. Norma Morán,
Mederico Faivre and Sergio Pacenza.
Exhibition:
The Organizing Committee of the Buenos Aires International Forum express
their congratulations to all the winners and participants in the award, and
wants to thank to all who have sent works for the competition. The winners
panels will be displayed at the Central Society of Architects in Buenos Aires,
during the first months of the next year. The other panels are at the authors
disposition.
COUNCIL
OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNERS INTERNATIONAL
CEFPI's
annual international conference
PLANNER OF THE YEAR
Bruce A. Jilk, AIA
Bruce Jilk's experiences include those of educator, author, researcher,
planner and architect. Bruce Jilk served as the 2002 chair, AIA Committee on
Architecture for Education and the current delegate to the Union of
International Architects' Program on Cultural and Educational Facilities. Mr.
Jilk completed his undergraduate work in architecture at the University of
Minnesota and postgraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin.
Ability and experience in organizing processes have made Bruce Jilk a
leader in educational consulting. This combination enables him to provide
quality services within a unique format. He has worked for educational clients
since the mid 1960's, focusing on projects with innovative programs.
The annual Planner of the Year Award is the highest and most distinguished
honor conferred by the Council.
See: http://www.cefpi.org/postsanantonio2005/planner.html
Istambul
2005
The Working
Programme was at Istambul 2005 UIA World Congress at the School Plus Day
scheduled for the Central Resit Concert Hall on wednesday 6th July, with
Yannis Michael and Luut Rienks and exhibition
Mexico,
October 2005
The
Committee for the Federal Program for School Construction (CAPFCE), public
organism decentralized from Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education
organized “4
International Congress on the Development of Educative Infrastructure”,
in Telchac Puerto, Yucatán, México, from the
5th to the 7th of October 2005.
The purpose was to share global views on contemporary trends from
Mexico, international institutions,
and other countries experiences; regarding educational facilities, thus
reaching an exchange of analysis, studies, technological applications, and
points of view on school buildings.
e-mail:
congreso@capfce.gob.mx
Página
Web: www.capfce.gob.mx
Memories haunt new Beslan schools
By Steve Rosenberg
BBC News, Beslan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4161316.stm
The new school is just minutes from School Number One
In
the centre of Beslan, parents, teachers and children applauded as giant keys
were presented to the headmistresses of two brand new schools.
The schools have
been built and paid for by the Moscow government.
Moscow's Mayor, Yuri
Luzhkov, was here to take part in the ceremony.
In his address to
the crowd, Mr Luzhkov spoke of "the most inhuman act in history"
that took place in Beslan one year ago.
That's when gunmen
seized a thousand people in School Number One.
In the explosions
and gunfire that ended the siege three days later, more than 330 hostages were
killed, half of them children.
Experts’ Group Meeting on Evaluating Quality in
Educational Facilities, Lisbon, Portugal, 1 to 3 June 2005
The OECD Programme for Educational Building (PEB), in
co-operation with the Ministry of Education in Portugal, organized this
meeting to define international criteria, discuss methodologies and propose
an international methodology for assessing quality in educational
facilities. Attended the meeting participants from member countries and
experts invited by the organizers.
Information: www.oecd.org/edu/facilities
Architecture and design
for young children
International award 2005
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland with
Children in Scotland, in association with The Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development, Children in Europe and with sponsorship from
Lend Lease, have announced an International award with the theme of
‘Architecture and design for young children'.
http://www.rias.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s2_10&newsid=1403
International
Students Workshop
The UIA WP organized in October 2004 an international workshop in a close
collaboration with the Eindhoven School of Architecture and the Muenster
School of Architecture.
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