Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.
The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment.
Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.
Seek to establish an environment conducive to study in the home.
I prefer a change of surroundings anyway, and I like to be around some energy and white noise, so I usually go to a Barnes & Noble cafe or to the library on 5th and 42nd. In the afternoons, I do research, reading, editing, and play with the kids.
The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned or where one's one devotion to the bound book is expressed in ritual. A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.
Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable.
A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.
The perfect classroom is Paris.
To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.
