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Fiona Young and Dani Martin question: How should school spaces reflect gender?

27 January 2021

Authored by Hayball

Fiona and Dani explore how should school spaces reflect gender in a contributing article for Architecture Australia’s Dossier ‘Gender Matters’. Originally published in Architecture Australia September / October 2020 issue.

Students learn in many different ways, regardless of gender. Rather than creating differences in the built form of schools to reflect different genders, designers need to create learning environments with a variety of spaces that are comfortable, aesthetically pleasing and offer diverse opportunities for social interaction.

The full article can be accessed here: Learning environments: Designing space for everybody.