Green Education

Greening Education  A new wave of thinking in kindergarten and primary education puts the focus on the outdoors. Connecting with nature and learning in a green environment supports young children’s creativity, helps them socialize better, and enhances their cognitive abilities and academic performance. Little Green Thumbs In Vietnam's Dong Nai province, an experimental kindergarten designed […]

Greening Education

 A new wave of thinking in kindergarten and primary education puts the focus on the outdoors. Connecting with nature and learning in a green environment supports young children’s creativity, helps them socialize better, and enhances their cognitive abilities and academic performance.

Little Green Thumbs
In Vietnam's Dong Nai province, an experimental kindergarten designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects inculcates young pupils in the ways of food cultivation.

Lessons in the Wild
At the Cedarsong Nature School, the classroom is a forest.

Level the Playing Field

Truly student-centric schools must encourage children with diverse abilities and personalities to learn together—including those with non-academic interests or different learning needs.

Recreation as Education
BIG's sports and arts expansion at a Copenhagen high school shows that academic spaces need not be the center of scholastic life.

A Space for Special Needs
At the Newmark School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Steelcase crafts a new learning environment for students with autism, anxiety, and other developmental difficulties.

Mix It Up

Even as higher-education institutions try to optimize their resources, students need flexible spaces that both support shared learning and can be personalized for individual needs.

Rooms with a View
A new library at Williams College is flexible enough to fit rapidly evolving collections, technologies, and student study habits.

Pack It In
At Oxford, the Middle East Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects is a stainless-steel-clad facility that stands out by fitting in.

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