Nature school design

Seattle-based architecture studio NBBJ has released designs for a net-zero school in Encino, California, that will cater to neurodiverse students.

“Korea National Arboretum Children's Forest School” is used as an educational and exhibition space to inform children about the importance of forests and the environment in a fun and easy way through the building and the exhibition of outdoor spaces. The architectural concept is based on the biophilic design in which nature, ecosystem and architecture coexist. The first starting point of this project is the harmony between the building and the existing trees. We preserve the old fir and…

Completed in 2009 in Ross, United States. Images by David Wakely. The Branson School is an independent high school that occupies seventeen acres of hilly terrain in a residential community just north of San...

Prescott Farm strongly believes in the importance of getting kids outside for their healthy development and well-being. Consider this: Fact #1: Childhood play time in the outdoors has been in steady decline since the 1950’s. Not only are today’s kids over-scheduled, but they are increasingly disconnected from the natural world spending as much as 8 hours PER DAY inside in front of some sort of screen. This was new reality was coined “nature deficit disorder” by author Richard Louv in his…

Image 10 of 33 from gallery of Korea National Arboretum Children's Forest School / GEEUMPLUS. Photograph by Hoonkoo Lee

High-tech, low-tech or somewhere in between - these six schools are all beautiful and brilliant examples of green design.

The school looks to facilitate environments that cater to a child’s creative freedom and knowledge. Upon entering the school,people are met with a large semi covered outdoor library space, which acts as the very hearth of the entire design. The school is visually divided into three sectors with the green pockets becoming major points of multilevel interaction. #architecture #house #fashion #decor #diy #homedecor #amazingarchitecture #interiordesign #contemporaryhome #modern #residence…

In January 2021, Diego Rivero Borrell from the TANAT studio was invited to do a 6-week residency at Casa Wabi. The approach was to carry out an art project for the children of the primary school of the brick community of Agua Zarca:

Notice the stepping stones are math problems? Numerous opportunities for lessons with students here.