Child Care Design Guide

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Daycare has become the growth industry of the 1990s. Virtually unknown 30 years ago, it is now the primary child-rearing environment for a majority of American children. It is estimated that the average child spends 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, for 5 years in this environment. There are no precedents for this growth and speed of development, and critical issues involving learning, safety, comfort, movement, and control have not been addressed in depth. How can architects and designers plan the best centers, centers that provide a genuine spirit of place, given available resources? This book answers this question by providing authoritative, useful information on how environments impact children and how to design and renovate functional, develeopmentally rich, pleasing centers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-16
Mått:215 x 264 x 38 mm
Vikt:1 669 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN:9780070474499

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Arkitektur inom Kultur
Inredningsarkitektur inom Kultur
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Anita Rui Olds (Woodacre, CA) holds a doctorate from Harvard University and has taught since 1969 at Tufts University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her firm Anita Olds and Associates has more than 25 years of experience in the design of children's environmental facilities, including daycare, hospitals, playgrounds, and schools. She is widely published and makes frequent presentations.

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CHILD CARE DESIGN GUIDE by Anita Rui Olds This new resource guide is the compiled works of the late Anita Rui Olds. Anita held a doctorate in Human Development and Social Psychology from Harvard University and was the founder and director of The Child Care Institute, an annual training program for designers and child-care profesionals. Her firm, Anita Olds & Associates, amassed over 30 years of experience in the design of children's environments. In addition, Anita was on the advisory council of the ECO Institute. The book contains the principles of interior and exterior layout and design for child care centers, beginning with an explanation of the important facets of a child environment. Fully developed ideas and solutions for effective design processes, intelligent overall center design, and efficient layout of dedicated, as well as over 550 floor plans, drawings, photographs, charts, and illustrations. Earthworm, newsletter of Early Childhood Outdoors Institute 20010501

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. Part I: The Child's Environment. Raising America's Children. The Spirit of Place. Part II: The Design Process. The Design Team and Its Mission. How to Start. Location, Land, and Building. Part III: Essential Ingredients of Good Design. Light, Sound and Color. Textures, Fixtures and Furniture. Part IV: Functional Spaces. Laying Out the Center. Laying Out a Room. Developing Room Design. Infant and Toddler Spaces. Preschool Spaces. Afterschool Spaces. Staff, Parents and the Community. Outdoor Play. A Model for the Future.