La estética de las edificaciones escolares en Educación Infantil en la Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia

Authors

Julia María Crespo ComesañaSalto de línea Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Facultade de Ciencias da Educación. Departamento de Didáctica e Organización Escolar. Santiago de Compostela, España.

Margarita Pino JusteSalto de línea Universidade de Vigo. Facultade de Ciencias da Educación. Departamento de Didáctica, Organización Escolar e Métodos de Investigación. Vigo, España.

Abstract

Aesthetic of Nursery School Buildings in Galician Autonomous CommunitySalto de línea Salto de línea The study describes the aesthetic characteristics of school buildings in 23 pre-school education schools of the Galician Autonomous Community built after the introduction of the LOGSE programme in 1990. Among the conclusions of the study, we would like to emphasize that despite the increase of the interest for the aesthetics in diverse social areas during the last years, this concern has hardly moved to the design and equipment of the schools. In fact, the functionalist perspective is the one that decides the style of the building, hence the similarity between them. At the same time, we can also stress neglect in the service and maintenance of facilities that were already built. The number of classrooms and its size is adequate, the average dimension is 51.50 m2, though in many of them innovative methodologies cannot be carried out because they need more space and a different distribution of the classroom. The playgrounds prescribed by the regulation are small and the existing ones prove to be monotonous and incomplete in terms of their planning and equipment. We believe that school should also possess a quality environment where children are physically and psychologically safe, an aesthetic design rich in shapes, colours, images and structures that will foster creativity, imagination and communication, stimulate games and mobility, create a sense of belonging and well-being and promote exploration and discovery, construction and creation.

Keywords

School aesthetic, school space, educational space, creative spaces, school, school architecture, design of school buildings.