From classrooms to Centres

Mary and David Medd's contribution to postwar school design in Britain

Journal Article (2020)
Author(s)

Paula Lacomba Montes

Alejandro Campos Uribe (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)

Research Group
Public Building and Housing Design
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S1359135520000287 Final published version
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Publication Year
2020
Language
English
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Research Group
Public Building and Housing Design
Journal title
ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly
Issue number
3
Volume number
24
Pages (from-to)
251-264
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Abstract

The innovative school design strategies of Mary and David Medd, broke away from the idea of classrooms and incorporated the concept of Centres in architectural discourse.