WRG Newsletter Archives

The WRG Newsletter

ISSN 1530-8847

Education Trends - from Flexible Environments to Training Pretenders* - February 2001

The Architecture of Ageing:Built Environment Implications* - January 2001

Architectural Practice, Reintermediation & Miles Davis* - December 2000

Architecture & The Workforce: Trends & Implications* - November 2000

Workplace Design: The Integration of Architecture, Business & Environmental Behavior* - October 2000

Acoustics & The Built Environment - September 2000

Reducing and Recycling Construction Waste - August 2000

K-12 Facilities: Aspects of School Design - July 2000

Accessibility, Universal Design & Ergonomics - June 2000

Sustainable or Green Building Around the World - May 2000

*Issues by Mary Colette Wallace in collaboration with Richard W. Hobbs, FAIA

Excerpts from prior WRG Newsletter Issues
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Making Current Trends in School Design Feasible-Small Schools, Walkable
Schools, Urban Schools; Smart Growth, Joint Use, Sustainability, Other Design Issues

Public Schools of North Carolina, Department of Public Instruction, State Board of Education, published November 2000

One of the difficulties for communities that want smaller schools is economically based -
two small schools cost more than one large school. How can the economics be alleviated? In this report, the
advantages and disadvantages are charted, graphed and even matriced for clarity. Also important are the ideas here
for joint-use agreements, joint funding and partnering approaches that can make small schools happen....

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State Of The Internet - 2000

United States Internet Council & International Technology and Trade Associates (ITTA) Inc.

This report is a great resource for statistics on classroom connectivity, information technology
spending, online course spending and more. Here you'll find facts such as 94% of public
schools in 1999 were connected to the internet and online learning advantages to children are immense.
You'll also find that Merrill Lynch expects that the higher education industry will grow to $....

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Replacement Migration: Is it A Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? 21 March 2000
United Nations Secretariat, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division

Retirement ages and employee contributions may continue to rise as nations experience rather ominous economic
outcomes in the next 50 years as a result of population decline and ageing. By 2050, the population of Italy is projected
to decline by 30%, Russia by 20% and Japan by 18% with heavy predominance of elderly remaining. Using migration as
a possible economic-social services intervention, presented here in five scenarios, the United Nations Population
Division assesses the chances of any nation dodging this bullet....

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ARIADNE: Access, Information and Navigation Support in the Labyrinth of Large Buildings,
A Research Project funded under the TIDE programme of the European Union

Enticing people with sensory or physical disabilities to visit and use a greater number of buildings will be a major
design issue as the population shifts towards larger numbers of elderly and elderly-disabled. Not just a matter of wayfinding
during evacuation, or ergonomics, but providing information according to a certain visitors' needs and assuring the
mobility of building users are among the needs identified....

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