Center Design Institute

02/18/2003

"Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose." —Charles Du Bos

CENTER DESIGN INSTITUTE

The 4th Annual Harvard University Graduate School of Design's Institute for Child Care Design, Child Development Centers for the 21st Century, will be led by Bright Horizons’ Jim Greenman, Senior Vice President of Education and Program Development, and Mike Lindstrom, A.I.A., Horizons Design. This 5-day seminar, taking place June 23 - 27, 2003, will utilize a multidisciplinary approach that brings together the knowledge and perspectives of architects and designers, educators, and child care professionals in an active, hands-on, team-oriented approach.

The Institute faculty will bring to bear extensive experience to provide conceptual and technical information based on a wide range of design solutions and provide concrete tools for real challenges in the design of child care environments. The Institute will attract architects, educators, design professionals, builders, owners, and child care sponsors from around the world. Jim Greenman is a recognized leader in the creation of developmentally appropriate environments for children whose books include Caring Spaces, Learning Places and Places for Childhoods and Mike Lindstrom leads Horizons Design, a dedicated group at Bright Horizons that provides a full range of architectural services in the design of environments for children.

Tuition for the Institute is expected to be approximately $1,600. For more information, please contact Maggie Stanley at [email protected] or 1.888.348.2991, X1028.

For more information click here http://www.brighthorizons.com/harvard

Jim Greenman's best selling Caring Spaces, Learning Places can be purchased in the Exchange Bookstore at www.ChildCareExchange.com.

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