This article explores the ideas, meanings and use of space and architecture in Waldorf education. Waldorf schools represent an interesting alternative to contemporary trends in school architecture and education, among them the current hegemony of open plan school architecture, and the shift of the public school curriculum toward liberalist and individualist perspectives. Based on interviews with Waldorf teachers and architects, the article concludes that spatial reflection is an integral part of Waldorf education. Furthermore, spatial considerations are aimed at supporting the development of the child through age-specific aesthetic- spatial support, fostering the class as a reflective community and providing room for thinking.