This paper describes a conceptual framework that can be used to interpret the general policy issues driving the design, construction, maintenance and evaluation of school buildings in Belgium’s Flemish Community. Within the context of this framework, eight policy challenges relating to the...

This article is a report on the Time Workshop held at the international conference on “Innovative Alternatives in Learning Environments” in November 2000. The report, written by Prakash Nair, a U.S. expert on school facilities and technology, includes significant input from Hans F. Van...

What is involved in creating learning environments for the 21^st century? How can school facilities serve as tools for teaching and meet the needs of students in the future? What components are required to design effective schools, and how does architecture relate to the purposes of schooling?...

What follows is an edited transcript of an interview with Glenn Meeks and Prakash Nair by Randall Fielding, U.S. architect and planner, contributing editor to “School Construction News” and the editor of “Design Share”.

Confronted with a growing need for educational buildings and a significant lack of funds, Belgium’s Flemish Community carried out an inquiry into building needs at all levels of education. This article concentrates on the methodology used for the inquiry, the findings and the consequences for...

Belgium’s Flemish government recently approved a EUR 1 billion investment in school infrastructure through public-private partnerships, its first major initiative of this kind. The Flemish Community’s variant of public-private partnerships in school building allows the government to meet...

Prakash Nair (États-Unis) propose la liste ci-dessous pour évaluer dans quelle mesure un établissement satisfait aux principales exigences de l’école du XXI^e siècle. Il s’adresse aux architectes, administrateurs, directeurs d’école, élèves et autres personnes responsables de la...

Cet article est un compte rendu de l’atelier de travail sur le Temps organisé dans le cadre de la conférence internationale « Des environnements pédagogiques novateurs » qui s’est tenue en novembre 2000. Ce compte rendu, rédigé par Prakash Nair, expert américain en installations et...

In the course of 2008, the Flemish Agency for Infrastructure in Education (AGIOn) evaluated the quality of school buildings in Flanders using a monitoring system based on international experience. The results showed that most school buildings satisfy the basic requirements of habitability and...

Le gouvernement flamand de Belgique a récemment approuvé l’affectation d’un investissement d’un milliard d’euros à des infrastructures scolaires dans le cadre de partenariats public-privé ; il s’agit de son premier grand projet de ce type. Les partenariats public-privé, tels...