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COLLABORATIVE MEETING HUBS
How can we provide 1 Privacy/Focus Pod
This is a welcoming space for
environments that better connect I often need a space with privacy a private conversation with
faculty and students? where I can have a sensitive comfortable non-hierarchical
furniture arrangements and
discussion with a student, where restorative features like
they feel comfortable and secure. plants, views to nature or
Others may prefer a more open comforting and warm colors
Meeting rooms and study spaces should space with a whiteboard to work
be customized to the unique needs and and materials. Full acoustical
activities of the students and faculty that use out a problem collaboratively or and visual privacy is provided.
them. Spaces that best promote connection a place to have a discussion that
between faculty and students in a school includes others zooming in.” 2 Collaboration Pod
of Social Sciences may differ greatly than A place for a small group to
those in the Natural Sciences. By giving - Faculty study, ideate or continue a
stakeholders agency to adapt these spaces conversation outside of the
to support their unique needs, they facilitate classroom with moveable
meaningful student and faculty interaction, worktables, whiteboard walls
a key metric to student success. and the ability for others to
join remotely. Views into this
Spaces can be configured so that remote space from adjacent hubs
participants can join in a way that they feel 1 inspire curiosity.
integrated into the conversation. Screens
are located at eye level with strategically 3 Discussion Pod
positioned cameras and microphones. A meeting space with
comfortable seating where
The scales below can be used as a guide 5 users can sit around a shared
with stakeholders to calibrate the qualities table and discuss ideas. The
of spaces needed: walls in this space can be used
for whiteboards, pin-up or
4 display.

lively quiet 4 Tutoring/Study Pod
A welcoming environment
with a range of furniture
options where students can
collaboration focus
work collaboratively or get
academic support.
inspiring comforting
5 Ideas Pod
This is an open space that
affords a conversation
tech enabled tech free between a few or many. This
is a place about starting a
3 dialogue. Audience members

view to nature view to activity can engage in various ways
2 including the ability to actively
engage remotely.

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