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C.R.O.C.S. A Swiss Industrialised School Building System. Programme on Educational Building 3.

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Title: C.R.O.C.S. A Swiss Industrialised School Building System. Programme on Educational Building 3.
Authors: Lenssen, Paul, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France).
Availability: Miss L. Gibson, Principal Administrator, Programme on Educational Building Secretariat, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France (Free)
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 1973
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Specifications, Facility Utilization Research, Information Dissemination, Modular Building Design, School Buildings, Systems Approach
Geographic Terms: Switzerland
Abstract: The third in a series of leaflets designed for dissemination of information on school building, this publication describes the method of school building developed by the Centre de Rationalisation et d'Organisation des Constructions Scolaires (C.R.O.C.S.) in the Commune de Lausanne, Switzerland. In Lausanne, the concurrence of lengthening students' years in school with a rise in the school population created a need for 10 schools to be constructed between 1965 and 1975. Four architects agreed to collaborate to develop a rationalized system of building schools. Educators and architects actively participated in a study to define the spatial requirements, furniture, and equipment for, and the environmental needs of, modern teaching methods. The study resulted in an exhaustive brief of the architectural, technical, and financial requirements that would be basic to all new Lausanne schools. Graphic and narrative descriptions are provided of the geometry of the system; the primary structural elements; the secondary nonstructural and environmental elements; and the interior finishes, furnishings, and equipment. (Author/MLF)
Entry Date: 1974
Accession Number: ED081120
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The third in a series of leaflets designed for dissemination of information on school building, this publication describes the method of school building developed by the Centre de Rationalisation et d'Organisation des Constructions Scolaires (C.R.O.C.S.) in the Commune de Lausanne, Switzerland. In Lausanne, the concurrence of lengthening students' years in school with a rise in the school population created a need for 10 schools to be constructed between 1965 and 1975. Four architects agreed to collaborate to develop a rationalized system of building schools. Educators and architects actively participated in a study to define the spatial requirements, furniture, and equipment for, and the environmental needs of, modern teaching methods. The study resulted in an exhaustive brief of the architectural, technical, and financial requirements that would be basic to all new Lausanne schools. Graphic and narrative descriptions are provided of the geometry of the system; the primary structural elements; the secondary nonstructural and environmental elements; and the interior finishes, furnishings, and equipment. (Author/MLF)