Schools：moving with the times

What does your school look like？ Square buildings （方正的建筑） and rooms， rows of desks， a teacher standing at the front？ Most schools are like this. But new ideas for how to design campuses are here. These schools may give us some ideas.

你的學校是什么樣子的？是方正的建筑里，一間間房子，一排排桌子，有一位老師站在教室前吧？大多數學校應該都是這樣的。但是關于如何設計校園的新想法已經出現了。下面介紹的這幾所學校可能會帶給我們一些不一樣的想法。

Close to nature 花園式校園

Learning doesnt just happen in the classroom， but anywhere in school. In future schools， students might study outside. The schools should look more like gardens than factories （工廠）.

學習不僅可以發生在教室里，還可以發生在學校的任何地方。在未來的學校里，學生可以在教室外學習。學校應該看起來更像花園而不是工廠。

Beijing No 4 High School Fangshan Campus is a good example of a “garden school”.

北京第四中學房山校區就是“花園式學校”的一個很好的例子。

There is green grass on the rooftops （屋頂）. It makes the whole campus （校園） look like rolling hills （起伏的山巒）. Many gardens， big and small， are all over campus. The most special part is the schools rooftop farm. It has 36 plots （一塊地） for the schools 36 classes. It gives students a chance to learn farming techniques （技能）.

學校屋頂上種有草坪，它使整個校園看起來像延綿起伏的山丘。校園里有許多花園，無論大小，遍布校園。最特別的部分是學校的屋頂農場，那里有36個地塊，供學校的36個班使用。屋頂農場給學生們提供了一個學習農業技術的機會。

棉花糖：我上小學的時候，學校也有這樣的農場，我自己也分得一塊小農田。那時的我除了讀書寫字，就是種地啦！小農田讓我體會了種植的辛勞，也享受了豐收的喜悅，是一種很棒的體驗！希望每個學校都能有這樣的農場！

Creative & sporty 有創意的屋頂跑道

When schools dont have enough space， what can they do？ Tiantai No. 2 Primary School in Hangzhou has an idea.

當學校沒有足夠的空間時，那該怎么辦呢？杭州天臺第二小學有了這樣一個想法。

The school looks like an oval （橢圓）. There is a running track （跑道） on its rooftop. But you dont need to worry about safety （安全性）. There is a strong glass wall and high fences （柵欄） along the track.

天臺第二小學看起來像一個橢圓形。屋頂上有一條紅色跑道，但你不需要擔心它的安全性，（因為）跑道邊上有一道堅固的玻璃墻和高柵欄。

“Childhood would be much less fun if children lose the right to enjoy running，” said architect Ruan Hao， designer of the school. The schools track gives students a beautiful place to exercise in. It also shows them a good example of how to be creative.

“如果孩子們失去了享受跑步的權利，童年就會變得不那么有趣了。”這所學校的設計師阮昊說。學校的跑道不僅為學生提供了一個鍛煉的好地方，還向人們展示了校園該如何創新，這是一個很好的例子。

Open & interactive 互動式校園

In a world with the internet and computers， students dont have to go to school to get information. Will we still need schools in the future？

在一個互聯網、計算機的世界里，學生們不必去學校獲取信息（和知識）了。我們將來還需要學校嗎？

Of course，we human beings （人類） are different from machines （機器），for we can really feel. Schools should give people as many chances to meet other people as possible.

當然需要了。我們人類不同于機器，因為我們可以真正地感知。學校應該給學生盡可能多的機會去認識其他人。

So the classrooms of Chaoyang Future School in Beijing have glass walls. People can easily find each other and talk. There are no blackboards in the classrooms，meaning there is no front or back to the room. Students can move their own tables around to make a bigger round table，with teachers sitting among them. They can interact （互動） more with each other.

所以北京朝陽未來學校的教室里有玻璃墻，學生們可以很容易地找到對方并進行交談。教室里沒有黑板，意思就是教室的前面沒有，后面也沒有。學生們可以自如地搬動桌椅，坐成一個更大的圓桌，老師坐在他們中間（講課）。（這種方式）師生可以更好更多地進行互動，相互交流。