ScienceDaily: Architects Not Teachers Caused School Failures

Friend eba and I I have a quite a few discussions about architecture and its impact on people. Mostly, we've talked about information architecture - how to structure information about a product or service so that it can be most readily used by people who are trying to get something done. Those discussions have wandered into the area of physical architecture - how to create buildings and spaces that help people get done what they want to get done. A well-designed place can make a big difference in how well people work, socialize, learn, or play badminton.

This University of Manchester (UK) study, ScienceDaily: Architects Not Teachers Caused School Failures, points to some specific problems that result from design constraints that were imposed on architects of school buildings during World War II.