Friday, June 23, 2006

What's in a school?

The surfaces of learning: Photos of what my school is made of…

The old saying goes-

‘Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of…’

‘Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails, that is what little boys are made of.’

Anyone who has ever seen Joan Rivers or that part in Forrest Gump where the GI’s lower intestinal tract spills out like a broken Slinky might take issue with this simplistic view on the two genders.

Let’s think about inanimate objects. What is a Japanese public junior high school made of? Well, in the case of the schools I’ve had the pleasure to work at over the past two years, heaping hunks of ferroconcrete.

These surfaces are from various locations in and outside of the building. Do you sense a pattern in the color scheme?

Non-slip Tiles…

More Tiles...

Heat-Reflecting Walls

Floorboards


Umbrella receptacles.


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