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good taste in design — attractive — carefully considered planning — located in 

 pleasant surroundings — no longer the institution of old. 



Accommodation. — To provide for the child from the cradle to old age — 

 a community and health centre — aspect — rooms for teaching and practical 

 instruction and special subjects — for physical fitness and entertainment — 

 maximum light and air. 



Internal Finishings. — Colour and furniture. 



Mr. W. G. Newton (ii.o). 



Educational theory reflected in plans : theories fluctuate, buildings 

 remain. To-day an emphasis on decentralisation, light and air, sunshine, 

 gardens, practical work, play : both here and abroad. Also school as a 

 cultural centre for neighbourhood. Consequent plan-types. Research. 

 The News-Chronicle competition. Concentration and dispersion. Expansion 

 vertical and horizontal. Fagades : encampments. Theory fluctuates : 

 materials, obsolescence. 



Mr. Denis Clarke-Hall (11.30). 



Theoretical approach to the designing of a school building rather than a 

 description of existing practice. 



Analysis of Problem in designing a Modern Building. 



A building must include to a varying degree of importance according to 

 its type : 



1. Function (fulfil in a satisfactory manner the purpose for which it is 

 built). 



2. Human Association (the physical and mental contact of the individual 

 with scale surface texture and detail). 



3. Msthetic Value (the refinement of i and 2 by the science of pro- 

 portions, perspective and logic, giving intellectual satisfaction over 

 emotional). 



Buildings whose functions are of major importance and dictate the whole 

 conception and bear no human association : 



I. Large industrial work. 2. Hospitals. 3. Engineering work. 



Buildings whose human associations are of major importance : 



I. Domestic work. 2. Small hotels, etc. 



Buildings in which it is essential to have incorporated to an approximate 

 equal degree both Function and Human Association : 



I. Schools. 2. Flats. 3. Larger hotels and any other buildings where 

 large numbers of people gather and have direct contact with the building 

 itself. 



On the aesthetic value of a building depends its architectural importance. 



Architectural criticism can be based on a muddled conception of these 

 points : 



1. Function distorted by the forced application of Human Association 

 and Sentiment. 



2. Human Association destroyed by an excessive degree of function. 



3. Aesthetic value destroyed by misuse of i and 2. 



Approach to the problem of designing schools based on these points : 

 I. General. 



(a) What is the school for. (6) The best method of achieving this 

 purpose, (c) Division into specialised sections. 



