Teaching Lab Design Trends Campus Planning & Real Estate

Teaching Lab Design Trends

Campus Planning & Real Estate

Curricular Trends

Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL)Just-in-Time LearningProblem-Based Learning (PBL)Model-based reasoning“Scaffolding”Knowledge on display (reveals unknowns)Visual modelsDiscovery-basedResearch-richGroup learning / collaboration“Pods”SandboxIntegrative thinkingCognitive flexibilityNo text booksInterdisciplinary coursesMore topic coursesHands-on

Science mattersCreating communityMore faculty-faculty interactionMore faculty-student interactionMore major/non-major engagementShared labsSustainability

Technology: •Imaging•Digital visualization•Projection of live demos, powerpoint, 2D/3D objects•Computers in labs

Design trends in and around the teaching lab

Multi-purpose spacesLess wet functionsGathering spacesBench layout for groups of four More open room layoutViews into and out of labMovable furnitureEasily reconfigurable furnitureMore flexible seating arrangementsLounge spaces w/movable white boardsCool and modern display cases outside labData analysis roomsShared teaching labsMore whiteboard areasFlexible utilitiesMore energy efficientBetter use of day light

Technology:•Projection screens•Wireless technology•Smart board•Remote conferencing•Simulations•Computers in labs•“Plug and play” portable technology

Lots of visual obstructions and excessive storage

More open layout and adequate storage

Teaching Lab Remodel – Before & After

More flexible seating arrangements for group work

More flexible seating arrangements for group work

More flexible seating, accommodation of technology

Flexible furniture, Pods of four

Non-linear layout, better access to students

Multi-purpose space

Multi-purpose space, accommodation of technology

Multi-purpose space, accommodation of portable technology

Projection

Flexible utilities Portable equipment

Wider aisles – more access to students

Visibility/ “Science on display”

Data analysis room adjacent to lab

Reconfigurable furniture

“Knowledge on Display”/Wall-to-Wall Whiteboard

Shared Lab