James D. MacConnell Award
|
|
|
Dr. MacConnell is considered The Father of educational facility planning and was instrumental in nurturing this profession from its infancy to its significant stature in education today. Dr. MacConnell is best remembered as the director of Stanford University's School Planning Laboratory, which he founded in 1951. The laboratory was the first center of applied and fundamental research on integrating school construction with child development, curriculum and instructional methods. The internationally renowned educator was CEFPI's 1979 Planner of the Year and received the Distinguished Service Award in Educational Administration from the American Association of School Administrators in 1981.
Created in 1991 to honor the late Dr. MacConnell for his significant contributions to educational facility planning and the Council, CEFPI considers this to be its most prestigious award.
The James D. MacConnell Award recognizes a comprehensive planning process that results in educational facilities that serve the community, enhances the educational program, and meets multiples goals. Identified as one of the industry's most prestigious awards, a "MacConnell project" exemplifies the Council's belief that great schools begin with communication and planning. School facilities recognized in this award program, might embody great architecture but their successful components and characteristics were founded in an interactive process that engaged multiple stakeholders to create an educational environment that holds purpose and distinction within a community.
Criteria
The James D. MacConnell Award will be presented to the architectural firm, school district, higher education institution, consultant, and/or construction management firm whose project best meets the following criteria:
-
A thorough, comprehensive planning process.
-
Development of comprehensive educational specifications and/or program of requirements.
-
A design that meets the requirements of the educational program with special emphasis on functionality of educational spaces.
Jury members will evaluate the project materials in the following areas:
-
Evidence of a thorough planning process
-
Evidence that the design responds to and fulfills the needs of the educational program
-
Evidence that the process achieved multiple goals of the district & community
-
Evidence that the site development responds to architectural program and educational specifications
-
Evidence that the final built environment is a product of planning and design
-
Evidence of the overall level of functionality of this facility
The jury will review all applications that have been assessed as complete with all materials included in the submission. The jury will select no more than 5 projects as "finalists" to further review and evaluate. Once selected as a "finalist" submitting firms may be asked for additional photographs and images. Finalists will also be asked to participate in an electronic interview and to create a video presentation for CEFPI use. |
|
