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Characteristics of Ideal Spaces for Science A PKAL Tool: Arriving at spaces for science that serve your community well for years to come requires both knowing what questions to ask and having a vision of what might be. We present a series of questions raised by institutional teams entering into the planning process, as well as a statement of the collective vision of PKAL leaders about the ideal 21st century science building, accompanied by a survey which can be used by individual campuses to determine their collective vision about facilities that serve their community.
What Difference do Improved Facilities Make?, 1998 A Report of the PKAL Committee of Visitors: The COV found rich synergism among curricular innovation and faculty and student morale, externally funded grant support for programs and equipment and new facilities. The impact of new and renovated facilities has been significant. The students learning in these spaces will make an important societal contribution in years to come with the skills and capacities they are developing.
Undergraduate Science Facilities in the National Interest: Some Reasons for Urgency
Interview: Betsy Curtler, Charles Kirby, Andrew Newcomb Science Matters: The University of Richmond Story
Interview: Walter Chromiak and Dusty Rhoads Planning Spaces for Science: Dickinson College
Anticipating Renovating: This seminar, in conjunction with the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIAA) and co-sponsored by Herman Miller, was part of a series of PKAL activities focusing on the relationship of space and learning. These questions and insights are being incorporated into planning for upcoming PKAL activities relating to planning facilities for undergraduate learners.
Understanding Key Questions: After more than a decade of significant activity in imagining, planning, constructing, and using new spaces for natural science communities on our nation’s campuses, it seemed prudent to step back, to ask if old questions are still relevant and what new questions are emerging. It seemed equally important to begin to gather thoughts of architects and other reflective practitioners from the design professional world about questions for the future.
Collecting Questions From the Field: Burning Questions from the 2006 Facilities Workshop at Meredith College
Facilities Directory
Science Spaces for Students of the 21st Century Jeanne L. Narum: From the September/October issue of Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.