The Infrastructure Component
The infrastructure component is the realization of the Objective of the Social Model.
Furniture
School furniture contributes to creating an active, organized, versatile, and peaceful learning environment; thus promoting better interaction between students and educators, as well as collaboration between students themselves. Integration of furniture to the characteristics of a space is one of the central elements of this proposal.
According to the Principles of the Social Model, the community’s participation in the creative process is essential. In terms of furniture, it is the co-design principle that realizes the spirit of collaborative creation and reinforces the innovative nature of the proposal.
Two proposals were developed for the co-design of the furniture:
- a chair-desk for use by lower and upper secondary school students, and
- a table and chair set for primary school students, manufactured in two sizes in order to better adjust to the anthropometric changes students undergo as they age.
A metal modular shelving unit, also meant for use in classrooms, was designed as complementary piece of furniture.
