Designer of Educational Spaces, Benjamin Stahli from Switzerland ended the presentations for the day on Montessori Architecture Patterns. Benjamin spoke of the idea Arthur Waser’s notion of a blueprint for Montessori buildings. Upon observing Montessori schools globally, Benjamin noticed that although each building appeared to have nothing in common, he began to notice patterns between each building. One of these patterns were that the majority of the main entrances were east facing. This allowed children entering the school in the morning with a school bathed in sunlight, giving off positive energy. Benjamin pointed out that the project should cover all 4 planes of development and he looked at examples from at least 3 different continents. Benjamin broke down 28 patterns of Montessori architecture patterns.
