The three settings examined here highlight the importance of gaining input from managers, staff, children and families to create environments that are inspiring, cost-effective and sustainable.
GREENFIELDS CHILDREN'S CENTRE - BY GAYLE GOSHORN
June McHugh, head of Greenfields Children's Centre in Southall, London, knows that the design of her new £3m centre, which opened last October, is unique, because it was shaped by the children themselves, their parents and the centre staff.
'We had an architect, Patrick Hughes, who really listened,' she says. 'When the children were consulted, they wanted water flowing all the way around inside, so through dialogue we came to the conclusion that we wanted a building that flowed, that was open, with no barriers.'
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