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May 8, 2013

Permission to Move

Course# MET164 Expires: August 2014 This course is AIA/CES registered for 1LU HSW Konstantin Grcic’s Pro chair takes a radical approach to classroom furniture, insisting that students can’t—and maybe shouldn’t—sit still for hours at a time. This continuing education program reviews the design and manufacturing designs made by Grcic and furniture company Flötotto that resulted […]

By: Julie Taraska

Course# MET164
Expires: August 2014
This course is AIA/CES registered for 1LU HSW

Konstantin Grcic’s Pro chair takes a radical approach to classroom furniture, insisting that students can’t—and maybe shouldn’t—sit still for hours at a time. This continuing education program reviews the design and manufacturing designs made by Grcic and furniture company Flötotto that resulted in a comfortable, ergonomic classroom chair.

Read the article with the following learning objectives in mind. Then complete the participant exercise online.

Learning Objectives:

— Learn about the limitations and problems of conventional classroom furnishing options.
— Understand why design strategies that encourage movement can prompt better classroom behavior and learning outcomes for students.
— Learn how specific materials and manufacturing decisions contribute to the ergonomic design of products for classroom environments.
— Understand how furnishing specification, as a component of architectural practice, can inform and improve the health, safety, and welfare of students of all ages.

Download the full article in PDF format here

To take the participant exercise online contact [email protected].

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