Now I remember one important message of someone from my old school, a couple of years ago, that the original school started from "The student and teacher starting conversation under the tree". The definition of school was never defined by space but by the actual activities going on in school area.
I realized how I was stressed out to make all programs arranged properly- struggling to make circulation only to connect programs. It was almost a stubborn decision to set up all programs settled first and try to connect them.
During this weekend I started doubting what we call as programs. We already got specified programs- classrooms, therapist workrooms, auditorium, gym, and cafeteria.. etc. However as long as we keep the activity in each program, I thought we don't need to classify spaces depending on these programs. (This also reminded me of my high school years how easy it was to switch classrooms to exhibition places or any other different purpose-serving areas.)
This is when I started to set my own way of defining program: honing into primary acts that people do in school. They are: Thinking, Listening, Displaying, Inventing, Moving, Talking
These are not even specific activities only for school, thus it gives a possibility of creating space open to its program.
Each basic activities are distinctive. In contrast to thinking (the thing we do by ourselves) , talking is a very socialized gesture. The place where we talk will be more public space than where we go to think something.
By looking at one example of time table, I was able to break it into primary acts. And depending on whether the acts are social or individual, I set up vertical levels for different characteristics.
This time, since the arrangement is only defined by people's basic acts, we are free to place real programs anywhere. For there are various types of classrooms too, classrooms can be either in the first floor or the top floor based on if it's a place for individual work or social activities. ( Just like jellies in Jell-o) :)
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