Modular classrooms just got a whole lot smarter. @perkinswill_EDU prepares sustainable unit for broad distribution

Modular classrooms just got a whole lot smarter

architectureforhumanity.org 16 Jan '13, 9pm

Modular classrooms just got a whole lot smarter. @perkinswill_EDU prepares sustainable unit for broad distribution

Modular classrooms just got a whole lot smarter Posted by Karl Johnson on Jan 16, 2013 Related program: 2009 Open Architecture Challenge One of our favorite "+" firms, Perkins+Will, announced last week the completion of a new kind of classroom. The Sprout Space, formerly the PeaPod, was conceived in response to the 2009 Classroom Challenge hosted by Architecture for Humanity and the Open Architecture Network. Meeting criteria in sustainability and innovation, the design won the design competition's Relocatable Classroom Design category . In other words, the category called for a 21st Century response to the ubiquitous and and underdesigned modular classroom unit. The Sprout Space is an affordable environmental response, designed "from the inside out." "Every aspect of the Sprout Space classroom was designed with the goal of enhancing student learning," says Perkins+Will in...

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@perkinswill_NYO » 22 Jan '13, 7pm
Did you know: @SproutSpace was conceived during an @archforhumanity challenge & won for Relocatable Classroom Design [link]
@atsegal09 » 19 Jan '13, 11am
Getting there - modular classroom improvements. [link]
@kbobbo » 19 Jan '13, 1am
Archetypes in architecture (buildings, not spaces) must include this module by @PerkinsWill - it makes too much sense [link]
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