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ch 6
Design Considerations
Learning Outcomes
Describe how to achieve an aesthetically pleasing, homelike environment
Explain how design elements help to achieve design outcomes
Describe how to use ceilings, walls, and floors as effective design palettes
Discuss where to find inspiration for designs
Discuss how to improve air quality, reduce pesticides, decrease crowding, and limit noise, and describe why this is necessary
Desired Design Outcomes
Homelike Environment
Welcoming
Divided into usable space for different functions
Includes private places to escape
Includes places for people to gather together
Provides comfortable furniture and different types of seating
Contains different types of lighting
Filled with real, functional items (dishes, pottery, pots and pans, tools)
Contains objects that have personal meaning, such as framed art and collections of natural items (seashells, rocks)
Filled with images of the inhabitants through photos and mirrors
Includes living things (plants, flowers, animals)
Contains softness (rugs, throw pillows, wall hangings, curtains, tablecloths)
Provides richness of texture and color without being overwhelming
Provides attention to detail
Contains beauty
Reflects values of inhabitants
Reflects the inhabitants' culture and ethnicity
Reflects the surrounding social and cultural community
Reflects geographic location
Personalized by the inhabitants
Aesthetically Pleasing Design
Design Elements
Natural Items
Softness
Texture
Color
Lighting
Focal Points
Design Palettes
Ceilings
Walls
Purpose of Displays.
Provide Inspiration.
Allow for Vertical Learning Surfaces
Display Children's Work
Provide Images of Children, Families, and Staff
Avoid Visual Bombardment
Floors and Different Surface Levels
Flooring Materials.
Varied Surface Levels
Finding Inspiration for Design
Special Design Considerations
Improving Air Quality
Impact of Poor Air Quality
Improving Air Quality
Reducing Pesticides
Impact of Pesticide Exposure
Methods of Exposure
Reducing Pesticide Exposure
Decreasing Crowding or Density
Impact of High Density
Reducing Density
Impact of Low Density
Limiting Noise
Impact of Noise
Noise Reduction