Symposium
The symposium will focus on how Switzerland and the US respond to changing policies and requirement in terms of space that needs to satisfy multiple functions and future demands, that enhances modern teaching methods as well as student’s personal development, and that allows multi-use for educational as well as community needs. We will hear from architects, school district facilities planners, researchers in teacher education, as well as municipalities of both cities about the need to design schools that look, feel, and function differently.
The symposium offers 3.75 AIA / CES Learning Units (1.75 LUs / 2 LUs HSW) |
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Speakers
Session 1 - New Education
Deborah Meier, New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
Rudolf Isler, Zurich University of Teacher Education
Urs Dorig, University of Teacher Education Thurgau
Edith Ackermann , M.I.T. School of Architecture
Session 2 - A New Architecture
Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA Umberto Dindo, AIA Frank Locker PhD, AIA, REFP Mark Ziegler, Building Department City of Zurich Katherine Craven, MA Building AuthorityLogistics
\Wednesday, June 25, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
MIT- Kirsch Auditorium
Building 32 (Ray and Maria Stata Center)
Street address: 32 Vassar Street
Agenda
11:00 – 11:10 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
11:15 – 1:00 p.m. |
Presentations and Panel discussion – |
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
Presentation and Panel Discussion - |
Session 1 | A New Education 11:15 am -1:00 pm
The morning will begin with presentation and panel discussion on education. Each panelist will present their work and thoughts in context of the theme of “A New Education”. The long dark halls, rows of closed doors are disappearing to make way to open, light-filled and friendly, transparent halls connecting classrooms of various sizes. How have pedagogical concept changed learning and why? Experts from Switzerland and the United States will discuss new approaches in education and its requirements for school architecture.
Session 2 | A New Architecture 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The afternoon session will focus on “A New Architecture” with presentation and discussions Throughout the last century, the classroom was the spatial module for learning, and the key organizing element in the planning of schools. This session will explore new and emerging models for the spatial organization of learning in the school. As pedagogy and technology have changed dramatically in the last 20 years, so too has the need for spaces that are flexible, adaptable, and serve the needs of learners of multiple intelligences, various languages, and learning abilities. Experts from Switzerland and the United States will share spatial organization strategies that support multiple learning modalities, team teaching, and project based learning, that are efficient, and cost effective.