Good architecture responds to contemporary challenges, irrespective of fashionable trends, and
is characterised by rigorous building processes. Office buildings, housing, stadiums and theatres
offer outstanding examples of this principle. But do school buildings figure among them? Happily, in
Germany they do, although they are still too rare. This article focuses on school building processes
and raises the following questions: what sort of challenges will we meet in the future? Will a culture
of planning be sufficient to foster the emergence of modern and tailor-made learning environments?
Making Visionary Design Work at Policy Level and in Practice
CELE Exchange, Centre for Effective Learning Environments
