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The research is clear: learning spaces design matters. In fact, a landmark 2012 study found that classroom design alters academic progress over a school year by 25%. According to this report, classroom that incorporate design elements such as natural lighting, flexibility, connectivity and ergonomic furniture dramatically improved student outcomes. Whereas, in spaces that lacked these elements, overall student performance was substantially lower.

Over the past decade, universities and colleges of all types and sizes have started to rethink the traditional classrooms. From incorporating cutting edge technology to maximum flexibility when it comes to room layout, these cutting-edge learning spaces are not only improving classroom design from an aesthetic/comfort point of view, their transforming the very nature of higher education by ushering a new era of collaborative, social and interactive learning.

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