"In-Between" Spaces in Postwar Primary Schools: A Micro-Study of a "Welfare Room" (1977-1993)

Autor/in	Clark, Alison
Titel	"In-Between" Spaces in Postwar Primary Schools: A Micro-Study of a "Welfare Room" (1977-1993)
Quelle	In: History of Education, 39 (2010) 6, S.767-778 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
Schlagwörter	Oral History; Educational Facilities Design; Architecture; School Buildings; Elementary Schools; School Districts; Foreign Countries; Educational History; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; Architektur; School building; Schulgebäude; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; School district; Schulbezirk; Ausland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte
Abstract	What narratives may a micro-study within a school reveal about past lives, roles and design? What traces may be contained within a single room? This paper focuses on an oral history of a "welfare room" in a postwar Infants school as told by a welfare assistant. The school is an early example of school designed by Mary (Crowley) Medd opened in 1949. Mary, together with David Medd, was to play a significant role in postwar school design through their work at a local authority level, particularly in Hertfordshire and more widely at a national and international level through the Ministry of Education Architects and Building Development Group (1949-1972). This study, part of a wider investigation of three of the Medds' postwar schools, reveals three features of architectural intention lived out in the habitation of the space. There is an attention to the "in-between" as part of a reconfiguring of learning spaces, to comfort and care linked to design, which promotes growth, and to craftsmanship. (Contains 2 figures and 38 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10