6 – THE SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE AS PLACE OF FORMATION
Architecture is capable of generating actions and learning situations and we believe the school space is in itself a learning mechanism, as we are able to teach a child in early childhood the use of materials of what is soft vs. hard, open vs. closed, hot vs. cold, and the use of many other options.
The model seeks to evaluate each school place as a place of formation. this not only takes place inside the classrooms but also in the empty spaces of the circulations and the yards as variable places capable of assuming changes in activities, outer space events. A place for games, dreams and roles.
This search presupposes the research to create learning environments (thematisations) rather than Architecture. The goal is to evolve from an abstract organisation system to an environmental system with relations.(educational continent), in which the objects are not only working for disposal, but they are created through interaction. System environments, (a machine of perspective) betting on a sequence of linear, thematic and changing routes versus the distribution spaces which are not able to enhance the appearance of indeterminate spaces for multitude events. Therefore spaces were proposed with the following characteristics of formation:
The school space as part of the hidden curriculum - the school environment as a teaching tool. Themed spaces - the speech corner, dolls´ room, etc.. the school space as a place of coexistence and relations. The sub space yards for the school community to meet. The school as aesthetic space. The image as a guide to the world - trees, animal tracks - etc. The academic Space as the territory for the meaning .- Reference to areas of the city, squares-authority - my space, subspace, etc.