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four examples of the modem aty lc l a arohitacturo for eohoel

building?*, s tress ing freedom of planning and an abundance of window*,

aro att*actiag the attention of educators T la i t ing tho Architectural

Exhibition at tho Museum of Modem A*t, 750 f i f t h Avenue* two o f the

school plana ah own aro designed for American communities.

Ono of tho two American aohoola baa boon completed, tho Kaaalea

Hi l l s School at Creten~en-Kudson, designed by Horn & Xeaease, architects

of Itew Torfc and Philadelphia* The otho r school designed by aa Africa?

arehitoot lo a project for a "Mug Plan" oohool, the vote of Hichard

Ifeutra of Loo A^alee , fho schools In the exhibition designed by foreign

architects Include a modal of tho fa&oue Beaaaus at Beasau, Sersuany,

tho work of Sroplus, ono of tho leading Soman architects l a tho aaw

Intern*, t lonal i t y l e i and tho Frlodrloh Bbert ^ohool, franhfdrl-on^Slala,

designed by Braot May and associates*

Public oohool tsaoaars f̂co have attended conferences at the Mu~

soma during tho paat fertaiajht hare ahown special inter-sat in the new aa has

t 'T5© of -school buildings la the exhibi t ion*/ Dean A* B» Boaaeage of tho

department of archiV>otur-t Hew Yorh: Ifrj vars i ty , easier nuha suit ism an tt*

x&ce&xmxsu vi- *ta J3i» Jtama&Awsaxa ue> ajytsAskaa xa 11 nilswissi Sroups of

students fro® Columbia T?niv raity and low Tort Uniwrsi ty also haw

shown appreciation of tho models for oohool bui ldings.

"Freedom of plan lo the principal advantage is. ths aode r« s ty l e

l a aahool architecture," says Phil ip Johnson, dlreetor of \ te exhibit ion. 11 In tho older typo of oohool architecture, Georgian, for example, tho

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arrangement of the rooms noeesea&ly had to follow tho plan of tho outside

of tho building, and windows had to be placed la definite relation to tho .

exterior design,

"In tho modern s ty le , tho windows oan bo arranged as d-aired,

oftaa across tho entire side of tho building, Tho necessary large rooms,

such as the auditorium or gymnasium, can he placed where most convenient,

cometkeas la a separate wing without interfacing la amy way with the

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a&raony of the do alga as a whole.

*$hs obanoo to provide plenty of aunlisht and fresh air , so

essential in any-school, aakse tha nodom ityle of spealal merit la tola

typa of huildln$« $her<* &re many other advantages, aueh as tb& mo of

flat roofs for rear nation, ana tha posalhll l t lss of classrooms opening

onto terraces."

An axaraple of alaasrooraa, eaoh with i t s own door opening aata

an outer terraoe ao th*tf when desired, ol&aaea may *>e held outeof-deora,

la founi. i n the Hoasian Hma School, fhe olaaaroome faoa aouth, ith

windows across th« entire aide of the* building. "The simplicity o f M B

d f̂tlgn and the frankneea of oonfraction of the a sliding" ie coftmanfcad

upon In the exhibition1 a catalogue ay i?rof asor iionry-Kr.saaJl Hitoheocfc,

3r.» of Wealeyan tfnivor**ity.

the project for the "Hin* flan* School la a design for a aeries

of retools to he located outride fcb^ residential Sraa of an ideal e i ty t

••Hush-City Reformed.* fha puplla would ho delivered to the aohool in

trass* • Uhe b i n d i n g wi ld h<* constructed of standardised, sho*-fabri-

oated parta, thus greatly radioing the coat per twit* laeh classroom

la ent i re^ separate, atto i?*t the Hrrt^ge-mnit in the ri«£-form provides

the flooded central! «sation. Tha cle^rooos open on Individual msmmmkm

tarr ies* ther^ la art opon-^lr swirtriiig pool, and buildings for manual

training? and damastlo scions*,

A me* compact &rr&»#9'iiettt* ami table for o an* trust ion in & oity,

i s tha cornels tsd Frie&rlch Tmrt aefcco-1, ^^.n'cfor^-on-^vin* In thia

acbooi %%§ fllaasrooraa arf Strang* A in aat-hoefc, tiara, and a l l faoe south*

Sash s i s Maroons ©pens onto lltt om tar^&sa whlah is in reality a private

garden* open to tha sunlight, hut sheltered ey aurroending walls so that

enough privacy la assure* for classroom-use,

The Saunaus at Bessss llluatratas the modem aethod of designing unite of sohool buildings for the purpnsea they are to servo* fhe Bauhaua Is mads up af three u n i t s the olasaroems and adminietrative building, the workshops,and a separate wing for living quarter*. Bash la planned as aa Individual unit, the workshops «lth an abundance of l i ght , tha admlalatsm-tive offioss and auditorium near tha entrance, the living o^sartere la s detached wing.

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