Learning spaces around the university: Factors that affect the preferences for a space (original) (raw)

A building space can play multiple roles within an education institution. New spaces are being designed and created with the hopes of fostering innovation, collaboration and creativity. The idea of developing such spaces can only be realised if there are sufficient resources but the fact is that many institutions simply will not have the resources to create such a change. Given that most universities have existing resources that were developed over the years, we propose a preliminary framework that can be used to evaluate existing learning spaces. The paper reports findings from a survey conducted with 2,842 students in a Singaporean university.