Vol.10, No 2, 2012 pp. 179 - 191
UDC 727.1: 502.131.1 =111
DOI: 10.2298/FUACE1202179B
SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS AS 3D TEXTBOOKS: SAFEGUARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Marta Brković1, Predrag Milošević2
1The University of Sheffield, UK
E-mail: marta.brkovic@gmail.com
2The University Union-Nikola Tesla, Faculty of Construction Management, Architecture Program,Serbia
At times when Serbia is planning to invest in improving the quality of learning environments up to a hundred million Euros through School Modernisation Project 2010-2014, describing some of the trends in school buildings design in Western countries is regarded to be crucial. Schools are places where young members of our society are educated. School building design can have a direct influence on the way we assimilate, learn and integrate with other people, and can also affect the way we, as a society, integrate sustainability into our lives. A building is able to teach and convey new ways of materialising sustainable principles. Nowadays many experts claim that ‘sustainable school is the most appropriate strategy for renovating educational processes and achieving quality education' [1]. Therefore, this paper deals with some of the aspects of school development in relation to environmental sustainability principles. Each aspect is supported by an example of a contemporary school that included one or more of those principles. Towards the end some of the benefits of approaching schools with environmental sustainability in mind are presented. It is hoped that the results of this article will act as an invitation and stimuli for architects and planners, especially in Serbia, to reconsider their previous practice and start observing school design through the prism of sustainable development.
Key words: sustainable school, Serbia, school as 3D textbook.
ODRŽIVE ŠKOLE KAO TRODIMENZIONALNI UZORI: ČUVARI EKOLOŠKE ODRŽIVOSTI
U trenutku kada Srbija planira da investira sto miliona evra u poboljšanje kvaliteta prostora za nastavu kroz program “Modernizacija škola 2010-2014”, izuzetno je važno opisati neke od trendova projektovanja škola u zapadnim zemljama. Škole su ustanove u kojima se najmladji članovi našeg društva obrazuju. Dizajn zgrada može imati direktan uticaj na asimilaciju, učenje i integraciju sa ostalim članovima društva, kao i na način na koji mi kao društvo integrišemo principe odršivosti u naše živote. Objekti imaju potencijal da nas nauče novim putevima kojima se održivi principi ostvaruju. Mnogi eksperti danas tvrde da su “održive škole najprikladnija strategija za obnavljanje obrazovnog procesa i postizanje visoko-kvalitetnog obrazovanja” [1]. Iz tog razloga u ovom radu će se razmotriti neki od aspekata razvoja škola u skladu sa ekološkim principima održivosti. Svaki aspekat biće ilustrovan primerom savremene škole koja je bazirana na jednom ili više održivih postulata. Pred kraj rada značaj i korist ovakvog načina projektovanja biće objašnjeni, u nadi da će delovati kao poziv i stimulans arhitektama i planerima, pogotovo u Srbiji, da preispitaju svoj rad do sada i počnu da posmatraju projektovanje škola kroz prizmu održivog razvoja.
Ključne reči: održive škole, Srbija, škola kao trodimenzionalni udžbenik