Designing to Support Collaborative Campus Communities

Contemporary pedagogy has shifted towards decentralized models with an increased emphasis on group collaboration and project-based learning. For campuses, adapting to this shift means supporting collaborative work between students, students and faculty, and between faculty. Learn how to design spaces specifically for these new modes of interaction at different scales and within diverse contexts, like reinventing an Ivy League biomedical library as a hub of hands-on iterative research; converting a natatorium into an all-ages STEM Center; or creating a new center for business education for one of the nation's top programs. At both K-12 and higher education levels, creative solutions, quality design, and responsive aesthetics make for sought-after spaces that are in constant use. Explore solutions for common challenges like integrating effective technology, designing for flexibility, optimizing acoustics - and, above all, how to make these spaces not just functional but also beautiful.