September 10 -  13, 2008
Scandic Marski Hotel
Helsinki, FinlandSeptember 10 -  13, 2008
Scandic Marski Hotel
Helsinki, Finland

Schools in a Flat World:
Global Perspectives on Pedagogy and the Built Environment

CAE invites us to attend “Schools in a Flat World,” a conference that will explore educational design solutions ranging from a small Arctic high school to a 100,000-student university in India. This gathering will attract architects and school building professionals from six continents, who will share their unique challenges and design solutions.
Helsinki and its architectural treasures will form a memorable backdrop for meeting, learning from, and networking with education-facility architects from Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Best of all, “Schools in a Flat World” will deliver a program packed with sights, sessions, and stories that you will find nowhere else. Guided tours will visit Helsinki schools that show how design and construction can improve and enhance the learning environment.

The AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is a knowledge community committed to enhancing educational facilities of all types through thoughtful, research-based, and collaborative planning and design. Our goal is to raise awareness among architects, educators, and allied professionals of the need to be conversant in current educational trends so that schools are truly designed to serve the future.

Accessing and understanding research on learning provides a foundation for the effective planning and designing of learning environments. Tools such as exemplary models and case studies show educators and the public that they do not have to settle for what they’ve been getting. Thoughtful and informed design can deliver exemplary, intelligently designed facilities at a comparable cost that will accommodate future trends in teaching and learning and that are flexible, sustainable, and sensitively integrated into their communities.

http://www.aia.org/ev_cae_08conf_fall