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spaces

University spaces have always developed over time to embrace and facilitate new equipment, mixed media and communication technologies.

The rate of change is now fast, and the numbers joining the university sector across the world ever-increasing. This section investigates current changes and themes that are developing in how spaces might respond to these drivers. It is introduced by Jonas Nordquist’s plea for better-detailed understanding of the spatial needs of learning environments before design is commenced.

Spaces, authored by Heidi Corbet, Ian Goodfellow, Ian Caldwell with Oliver Milton and Michael Riebel, considers how changes in the relationships between academics and students, and the artefacts, technology and specialist needs of their working lives, are altering the demands on the range of university spaces described – changing functional priorities and influencing spatial form.