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.
Seek to establish an environment conducive to study in the home.
Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
