Innovation and Founders Halls
Elon University
Innovation Spaces
Flexible classrooms, labs, makerspace, and collaboration areas foster new connections and creative thinking.
On the small scale, innovation environments can include flexible research spaces, lab spaces, sandbox and maker spaces, co-working spaces, incubators, and any other environments designed to spur teamwork and collaborative thinking.
These small-scale projects are a flexible solution for supporting innovation in pre-existing buildings or projects that serve many purposes. These spaces are designed to be accommodating, inspiring, and inclusive for all.
Founders Hall and Innovation Hall
The first projects in Elon University’s Innovation Quad, Founders Hall and Innovation Hall, house both the Engineering Program and Department of Physics with labs and shared teaching spaces. Founders Hall includes a main assembly hall that provides gathering and collaboration areas for students, where a grand stair can serve as both a social area for students and flexible lecture seating. Additional spaces include laboratories for engineering design, advanced prototypes, virtual reality research, and mechatronics.
Flexible maker space/classroom in the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center
Located at the heart of University of Maryland’s College Park campus, the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center establishes a new paradigm for collegiate teaching and learning facilities. The building serves more than 10,000 active learners in a wide range of disciplines from chemistry to philosophy, reinventing the traditional classroom to embody a new problem-based undergraduate curriculum.
The center features collaborative flat and tiered technology-infused classrooms in a variety of applications, ranging in size from six to 320 seats. Informal learning spaces include gathering areas, study space, team rooms, break out space, conference and training rooms, and four cafes, as well as faculty office space.
Frisco Landing
Frisco Landing at the UNT Frisco supports a new system of learning through non-traditional instructional classrooms, a variety of collaboration environments, office spaces, and student success and support spaces. Aligning with the university’s goal of creating a new framework for education, the building is designed to support project-based learning with a heavy emphasis on flexibility and adaptability to support the program as it grows. These principles are reflected through open offices and workspaces, glazed walls, transparent elements, and ten unique classroom types.
Student-centered classrooms are designed to break down barriers and foster collaboration, with movable infrastructure and flexible furniture arrangements to accommodate different teaching and learning modes. Instructor touchpoints located throughout the building, as well as meeting rooms outside of every classroom, provide spaces where students and instructors can communicate one-on-one at any point of the day.
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