Learning Spaces Need to Enable and Motivate Every Learner
Everybody learns differently – and everyone needs variation. We believe that learning spaces need to support different ways of learning and developing skills for the 21st century...
2011, Stockholm, Sweden
The unique pedagogy at Vittra School Telefonplan requires a design that disrupts the traditional classroom. We have solved this challenge with a learning landscape that serves as an educational tool and catalyst for learning – approved by the students themselves.
Vittra has a strong focus on innovative and digital teaching methods. Therefore, we have strategically created room for learning situations where students can work with digital-based media – whether they are sitting, lying down or standing up.
The teaching can now take place inside or on top of a massive iceberg with a cinema, platforms, and space for play. Students can get absorbed in projects in one of the flexible laboratories or be 'hands on' with materials and robotics – or do group work and hang out under a tree in the common area.
Not two children are alike, and everyone has different learning needs. This is the prerequisite for the educational work at Vittra School Brotorp, which is based on interdisciplinary methods and new technologies with the individual student at the center.
As part of the design solution, we have divided the school into three sections with diversified zones, heights and spaces that will meet the students' learning stages – and at the same time serve as educational tools for their individual needs.
Based on the design of Vittra School Telefonplan, we have developed a design guide for the new learning landscapes at Vittra schools. The design guide presents guidelines for designing the physical space as an educational tool and provides specific guidance on space needs, space planning, lighting, acoustics, standard furniture and custom designs.
Vittra School Telefonplan is part of the Swedish charter school Vittra. Rosan Bosch Studio has also designed Vittra School Södermalm and Vittra School Brotorp.
Rosan Bosch Studio works with design to empower and motivate learners across the globe. We create playful learning spaces and innovative schools for creative and critical thinkers.
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