BA, Dip Arch, RIBA, FRSA
Mark Dudek specialises in design for education. His recent work includes a cycle of five new Surestart Children’s Centres in London, and work for the Aga Kahn Education Development Board, providing a brief and designs for a new kindergarten and school on the Tajikistan – Afganistan border in Central Asia. He has published numerous papers and books on the subject of children’s environments, and addressed many international conferences. He has acted as design adviser for governments and other national bodies in the UK, Luxembourg and Japan. His most recent publication is a second edition of ‘Schools and Kindergartens – a Design Manual’ which is published in four languages including Chinese. He is currently undertaking longditudinal research into the value of good design for young children.
| Teaching Activities |
Mark undertakes lectures on the history of architecture in the under-graduate school and is developing a Masters in Education Environments with colleagues Slater and Chiles. |
| Research Interests |
The author is developing research into the value of good design in early years and school buildings. |
| Grants, Awards, & Consultancy |
Mark Dudek undertakes consultancy in the UK, Europe and Asia. He is working with colleagues in Michigan USA to promote the educational toys of the nineteenth century pedagogic, Friederich Froebel. |
| Publications |
“Spatial Play” – RIBA Exhibition Guide, AP, 1999; “Kindergarten Architecture – Space for the Imagination”, Spon, 2000, second ed. 2006 (ISBN 0 419 19670 6); “Caravan Journal”, co-editor, AP, 1993, 2005, (ISBN 1 871966 86 8); “Children’s Spaces” editor, Architectural Press, 2005, (ISBN 0 7506 54260); “Building for Young Children”, National Early Years Network, 2001, (ISBN 1 870985 56 7); “Architecture of Schools”, Architectural Press, 2000, (ISBN 0 7506 3585 1); “Schools and Kindergartens – A Design Manual”, Birkhauser, 2007, second edition 2011, (ISBN 13 978 3 7643 7053 4); “Nurseries”, to be published 2012, AP. (numerous papers and articles have been published including national and international journals such as Detail (Germany and Japan), Architecture Today and the London Guardian). |