Compton Gallery

School Buildings - The State of Affairs: A new architecture for a new education

Opens June 24 — August 10, 2008

Opening reception: June 24, 6:30 p.m. Bush Room, 10-105, 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA [map]
Symposium: June 25, 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center Bldg 32, 32 Vassar St. Cambridge, MA [map]

Please register (free of charge) for the reception and/or the symposium here.

Today's new school architecture reflects a changing approach towards education which positions teaching facilities at the center of community life. Effective school buildings are now designed for multiple public functions as community centers, as well as for centers of learning and personal development. The exhibition examines this contemporary design process through 31 school projects in Switzerland, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Austria.

Exhibition Panels by:
AIA New York Chapter Committee on Architecture for Education,
Umberto Dindo, AIA, Chairman
ETH Zurich/ Center for Cultural Studies in Architecture (CSSA),
Martin Schneider, scientific associate, dipl. Arch. ETHZurich.

The exhibition is based on the original shown in Zurich 2004 and organized by ETH Zurich/ Center for Cultural Studies in Architecture (CSSA), Zurich Building Authority, Zurich School and Sports Authority, Zurich University of Teacher Education.

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