Property+Design

Why add these links?
Some years ago (6??) I watched a video by Prakesh Nair. I was so impressed with his comments that these events have made an indelible mark on my memory. I hold him in high regard. And what happened to the video? I have only recently got rid of it - dated technology and gathering dust - Blast!! I should have kept hold of it a wee while longer!!! Prakesh is an architect who says that most architecture and property design in NZ schools has added very little if anything to student learning outcomes, yet so much time and money is devoted to it. Too many schools are a place not an experience - learning is an experience not a place!! You can see why I connected. I loved our conversations.

[|Download full transcript of interview with Prakash Nair (PDF - 35Kb)]
Check out George Town Primary School:
 * [|The design of new schools - what will they look like in 30 years? (WMV - 1.4Mb)] //video duration - 42sec, download time - 50sec//
 * [|What will be the role of educators (principals and teachers) in designing schools? (WMV - 1.4Mb)] //video duration - 44sec, download time - 55min//
 * [|What facilities do you envisage would support the learning process in schools in the future? (WMV - 1.7Mb)] //video duration - 55sec, download time - 1min//
 * [|What is the role of the community in schools in the future? (WMV - 1.3Mb)] //video duration - 40sec, download time - 50sec//
 * [|How can a community maximise the benefits of a new school design within cost constraints? (WMV - 1.9Mb)] //video duration - 1.03min, download time - 1:15min//
 * [|What sort of research based work impacts on school design? (WMV - 1.5Mb)] //video duration - 48sec, download time - 55sec//
 * [|Tell us about how student safety impacts on school design? (WMV - 1.6Mb)] //video duration - 53sec, download time - 1min//
 * [|Prakash talks about the concept of a 'shell' and a 'standardised design' for schools that can be flexible enough to meet the needs of community members in the future. It is better to under design than over design a school. (WMV - 1.3Mb)] //video duration - 43sec, download time - 50sec//
 * [|How can school communities redesign existing buildings to get the maximum benefits for future education incorporating and creating areas to cater for the modalities of learning? (WMV - 2.0Mb)] //video duration - 1.03min, download time - 1:10min//
 * [|Tell us about the //sustainable future enquiry centre// you have designed? (WMV - 2.1Mb)] //video duration - 1.09min, download time - 1:20.min//
 * [|Tell us how the instrument you have devised to assist with school design works? (WMV - 2.3Mb)] //video duration - 1.09min, download time - 1:20min//
 * [|What are the features of a new school design? (WMV - 2.9Mb)] //video duration - 1:10min, download time - 1:20min//
 * [|Who are the stakeholders in creating a sustainable school design for future education? (WMV - 3.3Mb)] //video duration - 1:35min, download time - 1:45min//
 * [|What is the most rewarding part of your work? (WMV - 1.6Mb)] //video duration - 52sec, download time - 1min//
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