HUMAN FACTORS IN ARCHITECTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOL
PROF. CHRISTINE MONDOR
CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, 2013
GOALS
understand the influence that space has on how children gain insight, abilities, and knowledge
observe and understand ECS and how the teachers and students would benefit from our product
identify and categorize different ways to utilize the environment as a third teacher
create a toolkit for ECS to use in order to better use their spaces.
RESEARCH
OBSERVATIONS
THINKING ROUTINES // DOING ROUTINES // TOOLS
COMMUNICATION SKILLS // LOGIC // SCHEDULE-BASED THINKING
CHARRETTE
ASPECT OF RE-EVALUATING OUR “PRODUCT” IN TERMS OF WHAT THE TEACHERS NEED/WANT.
REMINDING OURSELVES OF OUR ROLES IN THE PROCESS IN A PRACTICAL WAY.
THE TOOLKIT
each card presents an image on one side and a topic on the other
