ABSTRACT
There is a children’s storybook by Hiawyn Oram (1984) entitled In the Attic. A young boy is at home and bored. He decides to climb an imaginary ladder into his attic. This leads to the discovery of new spaces and friends. One illustration shows the boy leaning out of a window which has appeared in the sky, gazing onto a new landscape. He is surrounded by other window frames, each of which shows other spaces. The boy continues on his way, carrying one of the frames under his arm. How do young children see their world? What images do they carry round with them in order to make sense of new spaces, people and objects? How equipped are practitioners who work each day with children? How equipped are architects who design learning communities to engage with these perspectives?
