Schools in A Flat World
September 10 - 13, 2008Helsinki, Finland
Schools in a Flat World
Global Perspectives on Pedagogy and the Built
Environment
Globalization now affects every industry, as journalist Thomas L.
Friedman illustrated in the bestseller, The World Is Flat: A Brief
History of the 21st Century.
The AIA Committee on Architecture in Education (CAE) invites you to
attend Schools in a Flat World, a conference exploring
cutting-edge, globalized approaches to school design and project
delivery in a changing world. This international gathering will
attract distinguished architects and school building professionals
from across the globe to share their best practices and case
studies.
Helsinki and its architectural treasures will form a memorable
backdrop for meeting, learning from, and networking with
education-facility architects not only from Finland and the United
States but also from elsewhere in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Best of
all, Schools in a Flat World will deliver a program packed with
sights, sessions, and stories that you will find nowhere
else.
• Guided tours will visit Helsinki schools that follow a
collaborative global model for their design and construction.
• Speakers will include notable architects from around the
world who have followed this same model.
• Case studies will include projects from as far away as South
Africa, where the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls broke
new ground—not only physically but culturally.