Child friendliness Sample Clauses

Child friendliness. 347 Schools are not merely “shelters” within which children are “educated” and schooling takes place. Rather – school buildings are an integral part of the educational process itself. Indeed, the quality of the environment created by the architect and all involved engineers will impact on the quality of the education to take place. A school must be a place where a child feels free and can develop, mature, grow up. §349 The variety of ages and body sizes within the school will also have to be taken into account in the design of the furniture, taps, sinks, toilets, windows height, stairs, etc. A special focus has to be brought to the use of child friendly colors and materials in the design of the interior space and furniture. §350 All designs need to focus not only on the quality and atmosphere of interior spaces, but also on the design of high quality external spaces. A well-considered landscaping concept with natural and artificial shading of spaces and appropriate surface runoff water retention areas.