CLASSROOM AND UNIT-PLAN OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE US : Studies on school facilities in the US

Abstract

The purpQse of this paper is to analyze the diversity of the classro ⊂川 1 anc1 しmit − 1)aln of elementai き ・ schods ill the US ． We investigated thirteen elemelltary schools in detaH by the 「 ield survey ． The results are su 単 marized as follows； 1＞Unit − plan of classroQnls may be divided into two types ， close − planed and open − plaued type ， 2)The close − planed type can be da ． ． sified int⊂〕 the ullit" ・ ith commoll space an 〔1 without it ． The Qpen − pkロ ied type can be classified into the loQse − divided and non − divi (led type ．3) The investigated classrooms are 3． 3

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“…Until now, many cases related to unit‐type school spaces in the UK and US have been clarified. Suzuki et al, who analyzed the US unit and classroom spatial structure in detail, argued that by partitioning the school into small‐sized groups, the interaction between students and between students and teachers became closer, enabling more relaxed studying. Units can broadly be classified into closed‐type and open‐type, and it is clear that the overall structure of school buildings comprise a variety of forms.…”