![]() Student-focused research labs and group tutorial rooms have replaced many teaching labs and traditional eyes-forward classrooms, while interactive learning labs and simulation rooms promote active, hands-on learning. Often, students act as researcher, teacher, practitioner, or collaborator, and spaces are evolving to accommodate those roles. “As we move from disciplinary science to transdisciplinary science, the method of teaching and the modalities of teaching have gone from being very didactic to much more experiential,” says Andrew Labov, AIA, LEED AP, principal at CO Architects. Post-occupancy data from the University of North Carolina provides real-world findings that can help others improve the design of current and future maker spaces. ![]() A number of projects throughout the country highlight important design considerations-including location, flexibility, adaptability, and transparency-that suit new ways of learning and provide universities with opportunities for marketing and recruitment. Multi-disciplinary project-based learning has changed how and where student activities occur, and institutions have responded by creating novel labs, teaching facilities, gathering areas, and maker spaces designed for students and faculty across diverse disciplines-engineering, life sciences, and liberal arts.
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