A new Los Angele charter school is an incubator for new ideas and new approaches to teaching -- and learning -- technology.
"Former Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board president Roberta Weintraub founded the High Tech High-Los Angeles (HTH-LA) Foundation four years ago to build the first Los Angeles charter school to train students for the high-tech information careers of the future. From the school’s conception, Los Angeles-based Berliner and Associates, Architecture (BAA) worked with Weintraub and the LAUSD faculty to develop an open, flexible, and user-friendly learning environment specifically tailored to the school’s progressive curriculum.
...Using an open, airy environment incorporating natural light, visual transparency, and outdoor spaces, BAA’s design emphasizes students’ roles as self-directed learners by fostering spatial and academic freedom. With clear circulation, spatial hierarchies, and flexible adjacencies, the architecture fosters a community among students, teachers, and administrators."
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FULL STORY: High Tech High Los Angeles by Berliner and Associates, Architecture
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