Ana Rute Costa is an architect, researcher, and educator at Lancaster School of Architecture, Lancaster University, UK.Rachel Cooper is Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy at Lancaster University, UK.

• Introduction PART I The Design of Learning Environments | CONCEPTION 1 Feedback on School Design to Architects: What Is Currently Obtainable and How Do We Improve It? 2 Beyond the School Walls: Breaking Down Barriers 3 Deliberate Innovation in the Design of Learning Spaces for Future Generations 4 Transforming Learning Spaces for Child Development: Lessons from Studies in Primary Schools in Bangladesh PART II Design and the Social Construct of Learning Environments | PERCEPTION 5 A Participatory Approach to Design Education with Children: An Overview of Methods and Tools from Two Diverse Case Studies in Haiti and India 6 Six Organizational Factors that Constrain the School Occupation and Affect Young People’s Learning Experiences 7 A Call to Action: A Collaborative and Learning‑Led Approach for the Design of Future Learning 8 Design for Learning: An Experiential Analysis of School Places in a Uruguayan Setting PART III Participatory Design Processes: Users’ Perspectives on Learning Environments | INTERACTION 9 Design Games as a Method of Teaching and Research 10 Rethinking the School and the City with Children: Architectural Research Using Walkthrough 11 Creating ‘Perfect’ New Learning Spaces: Collaboration to Align Design and Use 12 A Catalyst for Change: Developing the Relationship Between Pedagogy and Space Through a Process of Collaborative Review with Teachers and Learners at Trumpington Park Primary School, Cambridge PART IV Users’ Experiences of Learning Environments | EXPERIENCE 13 Mucking About: Designing Hands‑on Experiences for Place‑Based and Environmental Education 14 FUSE and Co‑Designing Tools for Discovery with Primary School Children and Teachers 15 The Change Laboratory as a Collaborative Approach to Designing Tools and Activity Systems for Learning 16 Food for Life: Scouts Leading Grassroots Intervention on Food Security and Nutrition in Sub‑Saharan Africa 17 Conclusion