As we witness radical change in what we’re learning and how we learn, the spaces in which we learn are going through equally radical change.
Classroom Transformation
Reinventing the School Experience
Districts across the map are faced with educating students in outdated facilities every day, and new construction isn’t always the answer when funds are limited.
Sedia Systems Launches Gnosi, a Versatile New Suite of Seating Solutions
Gnosi’s flowing lines and continuous curves were conceived by Marcelo Alegre of Alegre Design in Valencia, Spain.
Planning for 100: Looking beyond the horizon of zero-net-energy buildings
Imagine a future where buildings and infrastructure are 100 percent utilized and 100 percent responsive.
UMD re-thinks campus space to better reflect 'the future of education'
The University of Maryland is one of a number of institutions across the country that is re-designing its physical spaces to better achieve the teaching and learning outcomes the university has identified as optimal, as it looks to move away from the traditional professor-at-the-front lecture style.
This Education Start-Up Takes Cues From Office Design
Designed by A+I, AltSchool's new model campus could serve as a model for schools seeking to increase individualized attention for each student.
Three Perspectives on the Future of Higher Education
changes in technology and globalization have altered the nature of learners and the world in which they operate. How will higher education respond, and what does the future of higher education look like?
Most Likely to Succeed’s Executive Producer Talks Education Design
In the fall of 2017, approximately 50.7 million students enrolled in public schools across the country.
5 Tips for Adopting Collegiate Design in the Office
The newest generation of employees pose different challenges to recruiters. Millennials and Generation Z, who are just now entering the workforce, are vocal about their workplace priorities.
How Furniture and Flexible Seating Is Turning Classroom Design Into a Fad
As more teachers and leaders race for tables on wheels and bouncy chairs in the name of flexible seating, the heart of this transformational change is ripped out of our hands.
What do collaborative classrooms really look like on campus?
Students today are different from those of 20, 10 or even five years ago. They are digital natives and the job environment they will graduate into is focused on collaboration and creativity.
A BALANCED MIX: THE STORY OF FOUR LEARNERS
Colleges and universities are beginning to recognize the need for learning environments outside the classroom, but many times these manifest themselves as “in-between” spaces in corridors and student lounges, without specific attention to the kinds of environments that better foster learning.
What Teachers Must Consider When Moving to Flexible Seating
Flexible seating in classrooms has become popular over the past few years as educators try to make school feel like a welcoming place with different kinds of spaces for different types of learning.
HOK’s Nate Appleman on the Convergence of Academics, Athletics and Student Life
The largely untapped synergies between separate and diverse programs on college campuses have the potential to change the way university facility projects are managed, financed and programmed.
Future-proofing higher education: Understanding generation Z
The way Gen Z students typically learn is by working collaboratively and absorbing information through multiple channels.
Facilitating Interdisciplinary Collaboration Through Design
echnology, demographics, and lifestyle demands have shaped the way students expect to access, consume, and engage with information, and each other.
Three Takeaways from Learning Spaces Symposium
Research and stories from the field showcased the full scope of how space affects learning at the Transitions North America symposium.
Top Five Takeaways from EDspaces
Flexibility in school design today is a given. Adaptable spaces cater to numerous learning styles and allow for a variety of learning activities to occur, which responds to how this generation of students prefers to learn.
Evidence-Based Design: The Student Engagement Index
Education clients are demanding proof that innovative design contributes to student success before they jump in and embrace that change. We are answering with empirical evidence.
How Classroom Design Affects Student Engagement
New data from ongoing Steelcase Education studies shows that classrooms designed for active learning—i.e., where physical space supports a focus on engaging experiences for students and faculty— have a significant effect on student engagement.