Reconsidering School Design: Indoor and Outdoor Learning as a Solution for a Healthy Future

Architects are mobilizing their efforts, to help schools around the world reconsider their design in order to guarantee sustainability, emotional wellness, and physical health. CetraRuddy, Cooper Robertson, and WXY are amongst those proposing an increase in outdoor programming and a rearrangement of classrooms, for post-pandemic school design.

Reconsidering School Design: Indoor and Outdoor Learning as a Solution for a Healthy Future
The Choice School - Calicut, India. Image Courtesy of CetraRuddy The Choice School - Calicut, India. Image Courtesy of CetraRuddy

Architects are mobilizing their efforts, to help schools around the world reconsider their design in order to guarantee sustainability, emotional wellness, and physical health. CetraRuddy, Cooper Robertson, and WXY are amongst those proposing an increase in outdoor programming and a rearrangement of classrooms, for post-pandemic school design.

The architectural scene has been witnessing lately a growing focus on indoor/outdoor classrooms. Discover 3 different interventions from 3 different practices, tackling one common issue with similar design approaches, and always putting outdoor space as a major programming element.

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