Creative workspaces are the latest strategy that companies are using to increase the productivity of employees. This is a unique approach that even giants such as Google seem to recognize as the way of the future. As jobs change to a more collaborative process, workspaces will have to adapt as well.
However, it’s one thing to design unique spaces to inspire employees. It’s quite another to design spaces to inspire the innovators of tomorrow.
That is exactly the motivation behind the modern movement toward creative spaces in academic buildings. Schools want to inspire students to innovate throughout their careers—and as teaching practices shift, the buildings on campus will need to adapt as well.
One such school is the University of Kansas (KU), which hopes to inspire its students to build better businesses with Capitol Federal Hall.
Although the exterior pays homage to the university’s traditions, the building’s interior is anything but traditional. (Image courtesy of Gensler.)
Not Your Average Academic Building
Capitol Federal Hall is the recently constructed building for KU’s School of Business. It’s taken a different approach to academic design—rather than creating an imposing and awe-inspiring university building of the days of yore, the school decided to put a focus on innovation, serendipity and the future of business.
These same principles generally form the foundation for today’s start-up businesses, so the building is designed to mimic…
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