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17 Results for Arts
Northview High School: Case Study
A two-month study at Northview High School confirms that the node chair transforms the traditional classroom into a more interactive, dynamic teaching and learning environment. Read how node changes the classroom experience and promotes active learning.
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
A Sustainable Studio: Issue 58
The Heartside Art Studio and Gallery in Grand Rapids, Mich., didn’t start out with a plan to embody triple bottom line thinking. The organization’s founders simply wanted to create a safe environment where their neighbors in this urban…
Tags: Arts, Design, Sustainability SpotlightFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles,
University of California – San Diego: Case Study
The Housing | Dining | Hospitality department (HDH) at the University of California, San Diego houses over 11,000 students, staff and faculty, so they’re quite adept at organizing the living and working arrangements of groups of people. But…
Tags: Arts, Education
Georgia Institute of Technology: Case Study
The Klaus Advanced Computing Building brought together faculty, students and staff from three different buildings and two different colleges at the university. “A major objective was to set a benchmark for collaboration across disciplines,” says Gary McNay, architect…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
Ohlone College: Case Study
Innovation often starts when people challenge convention. People wonder: why do I have to lug this heavy bag around the airline terminal? and luggage makers put wheels on suitcases. Managers watch a wrecking crew disrupt their office and…
Tags: Arts, Attract & Retain, Education
Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Case Study
Hobart and William Smith Colleges saw an opportunity in a small space in the 120-year-old Demarest Hall. The space was available, and no one else wanted to use it. The solution? The space would be developed into a…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
University of California – Merced: Case Study
The goal: design and build a new campus that supports the changing ways for students and staff to learn and work, set high standards of sustainability and aesthetics, accommodate 1,000 students plus faculty and staff – as a…
Tags: Arts, Attract & Retain, Education
Northern Arizona University: Case Study
Northern Arizona University’s College of Business wanted to differentiate itself from other business schools “by creating a sense of community between faculty, staff and students,” says Dean Mason Gerety.” Administrators hoped that the new facility, carefully planned, would…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
Mount Royal College: Case Study
Mount Royal College of Calgary, Canada, wanted to test the idea that a workplace layout should not be governed by job titles. Throughout the 90s, the college’s International Education (IE) department had grown rapidly, with people squeezed into…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
Tarrant College: Case Study
At most schools, a fire drill interrupts learning. At Tarrant County College’s Fire Service Training Center, it’s how learning happens. An innovative facility has transformed firefighter teaching and learning at this fast-growing institution, part of the Tarrant County…
Tags: Arts, Attract & Retain, Collaboration, Education
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT): Case Study
Steelcase played a leading role in establishing the West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology (WMCAT), a nonprofit committed to realizing the community’s full potential by inspiring at-risk students and training underemployed adults.
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
Cincinnati Art Center: Case Study
When Cincinnati’s Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art decided to leave its location above a downtown retail store and build a home of its own, it moved with a single objective: engage and introduce people to…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
Central Michigan University: Case Study
With its Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions facility, Central Michigan University intended to bring state-of-the-art science education to the center of the state. The 28,000-student public university drew from lessons in healthcare and…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
The Missouri Botanical Garden: Case Study
Founded in 1859, the 79-acre Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the country’s first botanical institutions and a National Historic Landmark. To stand the test of time, the Garden has learned that its facilities must be flexible and…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
Wallenberg Hall at Stanford University: Case Study
Stanford University was preparing to add classrooms to a historic building and make it the home base for three research efforts: the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning, Stanford MediaX, and the Stanford Humanities Lab. For its array…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
University of Bristol Enterprise Centre: Case Study
Bristol Enterprise Center (BEC) incubates technology-based businesses, providing mentoring and 14 office spaces to help them get established and become sustainable. Nine startups, ranging from software to scientific companies, found it difficult to share meeting spaces. People would…
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
