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The Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is a Knowledge Community of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We are a large and active group of over 10,000 architects and allied professionals concerned with the quality and design of all types of educational, cultural, and recreational facilities that promote lifelong learning in safe, welcoming and equitable environments. The CAE’s mission is to foster innovative and collaborative design of educational facilities and to heighten public awareness on the importance of learning environments.

  

CAE Berlin Conference Book 

04-05-2016 04:06 PM

Our Spring Conference introduces the theme of “Visioning and Re-Visioning” in Berlin. This is an exciting opportunity to explore the ways in which pedagogical innovation and cutting edge design impact and influence each other. Great cities are often the spawning ground for dramatic educational innovation and revolutionary ideas about the facilities that accommodate them. We will explore this tendency through history as well as in current examples. CAE members and participants will be able to evaluate the difference between what in educational design represents a passing trend versus the elements of learning spaces that are of lasting value. As we renew or replace our educational facilities, we need to create settings where pedagogy can continue to evolve in effective ways. Building on the lessons learned in Detroit and New Orleans this year, our tours and educational sessions in Berlin look at educational facilities in the midst of a city that has been undergoing a dramatic transformation for over two decades. We will view the stunning rebirth of a reunified city through the lens of educational design, both through contemporary work and key monuments of progressive thinking through the 20th century. Highlights of the tour include the recently restored Trade Union School in Bernau, designed by Hannes-Meyer of Bauhaus fame; the Berlin Free University, planned by Candilis Josic Woods in the 1960’s in post-war divided Berlin with a recent library addition by Norman Foster; the Academy of the Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind and a stunning series of interactive interventions at Erika-Mann Grundschule conceived interactively by elementary students, and interior design students (of Baupiloten) under the directions of Susanne Hofmann. We will also gather at the newly completed and widely published Fellow Pavilion at the American Academy, designed by Barkow Leibinger. Berlin is the jumping off point for many other centers for education and culture: our conference ends with the exciting optional day trip to Dessau to see some of the major works of the Bauhuas. This will be an opportunity to meet local educators, architects and experts in the inner workings of this complex and lively metropolis….Enjoy! John R. Dale, FAIA

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