Leave a Comment

Who has the Most Class?
ecofabulous — ... Here comes the best idea to hit schools since foreign language introduction (or recess)… If you’re a parent, teacher, student, or designer who loves a quest, check out and spread the word about the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom. It just launched today, so get tweeting and posting on all of your social networks. ...

2009 Open Architecture Challenge
A Daily Dose of Architecture — ... -- asks designers "to work with students and teachers to design the classroom of the future for a school of your choosing." OAC09.jpg Click the image above for more information. Registration deadline is May 1, and the submission deadline is one month later. posted by John @ ...

Senate to Schools: Drop Dead
Archinect.com Feed — At the World Economic Forum in Davos we launched the Open Architecture Challenge on improving the state of education facilities. Therefore I've been closely following the H.R.1 bill pass through the House and Senate. Yesterday the Senate slashed ALL funding ($20B) for school improvements in order to add 3 senators to the yes column. ...

Open Architecture Network Challenge 2009: Classroom
INHABITAT — Architecture for Humanity, in partnership with Orient Global, has launched the latest Open Architecture Network Challenge, and this time they’re calling on all designers to redesign the global classroom of the future. Entries may be developed in collaboration with a school of the designer’s choosing, or under the guidelines of one of the three school building partners, including an urban classroom upgrade in India and a modular and relocatable classroom design. The designer must work with students and teachers to address the unique challenges your school faces in trying to provide smart, safe, and sustainable ...

2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Winners Announced!
Worldchanging: Bright Green — Worldchanging ally Cameron Sinclair and the Open Architecture Network recently announced the winners of their 2009 contest to design the classroom of the future: ...

A Handful of Competitions
A Daily Dose of Architecture — ... making it the first time the song is played free of copyright." The simple design dispenses with the imagery of the King of Pop and focuses on what is shared, his music and the time when it becomes truly part of the public realm. That it can be installed anywhere -- and in any form, that it is a billboard as well as a website means it can be ever more things -- makes sense with its conceptual basis of the universality of Jackson's songs. The winner of 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom was announced on Tuesday. Teton Valley Community ...

2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Winners Announced!
Natural Path - — ... Worldchanging ally Cameron Sinclair and the Open Architecture Network recently announced the winners of their 2009 contest to design the classroom of the future: ...