Child care design guide / Anita Rui Olds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olds, Anita Rui.

Series:

McGraw-Hill professional architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Day care centers--Design and construction.

Day care centers.

Local Subjects:

Day care centers--Design and construction.

Physical Description:

xvii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Other Title:

Childcare design guide

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2001]

Summary:

A-Z's for designing superior day care facilities

Virtually unknown 30 years ago, daycare has become a growth industry. Child Care Design Guide helps architects and designers plan, design, and renovate functional, developmentally rich, pleasing centers. Author Anita Rui Olds brings to this work over 25 years of design experience with children's facilities. She gives you step-by-step explanations of interior and exterior layout and design principles fleshed out in clarifying case studies. You learn about licensing and code requirements, operational standards and strategies, and get helpful checklists, charts and graphs for optimum facility design within time, space, and budgetary constraints. This highly visual work features over 300 floor plans for infant and toddler, preschool, and afterschool spaces, plus areas for outdoor play and more.

Contents:

Part 1 The Child's Environment 1

Chapter 1 Raising America's Children 3

The Dilemma of Child Care 3

The Child Care Center: A Building Type In Search of a Model 7

What Children Need: The Foundation of Center Design 8

From Theory to Reality 12

Chapter 2 The Spirit of Place 15

Prelude to Design: Recalling Our Own Spirited Places 16

Creating the Spirit of Home: Building Centers on a Residential Model 19

Designing Spirited Places: The True Purpose of Architecture 21

Developing a Child's Perspective: Broad-based Perception 21

Qualities of Spirited Places 22

Spirited Design 26

Part 2 The Design Process 33

Chapter 3 The Design Team and Process 35

Teamwork: The Essence of a Successful Design 35

The Mission Statement: The Team's First Task 38

The Design Team: Members and Their Roles 38

Choosing Design Personnel 44

The Design Process: Eight Stages 47

Evaluation: An Ongoing Process 52

Enhancing The Skills of The Design Team 52

Chapter 4 Starting Out: Program and Site Considerations 57

The Premise Underlying Center Design: Organizing Children By Age 57

Center Size 63

Assessing Building Size 65

Assessing Site Size 68

Assessing Group Room Sizes 69

Key Secondary Space Requirements: Plumbing and Storage 72

Preliminary Site Considerations 76

New Construction versus Renovation 80

From the Child's Perspective 81

Chapter 5 Elements of Building and Site Design 83

The Child Care Setting's Image 83

Approach and Entry 91

Interior Circulation 98

Relationship Between Indoors and Outdoors 101

Centers Located within a Larger Building 106

Modules or a Campus Plan? 107

The Final Assessment 108

Chapter 6 Laying Out The Center 109

The Schematic Design Process 109

Spatial Organization 110

Key Layout Considerations 113

Renovation Projects 123

The Necessity for Trade-Offs 125

Testing the Layout 125

Eight Center Layouts 125

Ascribing Qualities to Spaces 126

Chapter 7 Zoning a Group Room 137

Group Room Layout: A Collaborative Process 137

Identifying Functional Requirements 137

Fixed Features 139

Regions and Zones 141

Activities that Occur in the Four Zones 142

Creating Wet and Dry Regions 143

The Wet Region: A Place of Exposed Spaces 145

The Dry Region: A Place of Protected Spaces 150

Marking the Boundary Between Wet and Dry 152

Twelve Steps to Room Zoning and Layout 153

Part 3 Ingredients of Good Design 167

Chapter 8 Healthy Buildings 169

Building Ecology and Sustainable Design 169

Water and Plumbing 172

Heating and Cooling 172

Ventilation and Air Quality 174

Electromagnetic Fields 177

Chapter 9 Sound 179

Sound and Sacred Architecture 179

Sound Organizes Matter 179

The Effects of Noise 180

Sound in the Child Care Environment 180

Chapter 10 Light and Lighting 187

Natural Light 187

Artificial Light 189

Chapter 11 Windows, Doors, and Security 197

Windows: Plentiful and Operable 197

Doors: Graceful and Glazed 206

Security and Locks 210

Hardware

Knobs and Levers 211

Chapter 12 Color 213

The Power of Color 213

Understanding Color 214

General Considerations in Color Selection 218

Choosing Exterior Colors 223

Choosing Interior Colors 224

Mixing Full-Spectrum Colors 226

Unifying the Building's Colors 228

Chapter 13 Interior Finishes 231

Texture 232

Floors 233

Ceilings 237

Walls 240

Signs and Art 246

Chapter 14 Furnishings 251

Creating an Interiors "Bible" 252

The Art of Placing Furnishings 253

Furniture 254

Cabinetry 258

Fabrics 260

Accessories 262

Finishing Touches 262

Part 4 Functional Spaces 265

Chapter 15 Designing Group-Room Activity Areas 267

What Is an Activity Area? 267

Play/Educational Experience Types 267

Activity-Area Attributes 268

Modifications for Children with Disabilities 290

Changing and Maintaining a Room's Layout 295

Chapter 16 Spaces For Infants and Toddlers 299

Program Considerations 299

Design Considerations 303

Program-Specific Decisions for Infants/Toddlers 307

Typical Infant/Toddler Activity Areas 321

Illustrative Floor Plans 329

Chapter 17 Spaces For Preschoolers and Kindergarteners 341

Program Considerations 341

Design Considerations 342

Program-Specific Decisions 342

Typical Preschool and Kindergarten Activity Areas 349

Illustrative Floor Plans 369

Chapter 18 Spaces For School-Age Children 377

Types of Programs 377

Program-Specific Decisions 378

Typical School-Age Activities 382

Storage 391

Illustrative Floor Plan 393

Chapter 19 Spaces For Staff and Parents: Building Community 395

Staff 395

Parents 406

Building Family-Staff Community 409

Chapter 20 Outdoor Play Spaces 411

The Importance of Nature 411

Site Planning Considerations 412

Play Yard Design and Zoning Considerations 416

A Word About Accidents: Challenge versus Hazard 418

Equipment Design 420

Adventure and Creative Play 426

Quiet Play and Private Places 429

Chapter 21 Child Care Centers of The Future 431

A Building Type in Search of a Model 431

The Residential Core Model 431

The Husky Child Development Center

The Copper House 433

New Generation Learning Centre 442

Getting From Here to There 448

A Vision for the Future 451

Appendix I Questions to Ask Prospective Architects 453

Appendix II Comparison: Construction Manager vs. General Contractor 455

Appendix III A Summary of Low-Toxic Building Materials 457

Appendix IV Carla Mathis' Living Colors 461.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470) and index.

ISBN:

0070474494

OCLC:

42911676