Spaces IThe Learning

Corridor

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CORRIDOR
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The learning Corridor is a system

of distributed Indoor spaces that
provides
convenient,
comfortable places to study and
relax before and after class.
located
near formal learning
spaces, these nkhe-

like refuges vary in size and are

found along primary and secondary

FRONT
PORCH

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circulation corridors, allowing

students and faculty to rake
advantage of a variety of settings
and technology for collaborative
work, individual work. meeting. and

socializing.These spaces can enliven

formerly desolate or monotonous
corridors and address the need for
study and informal gathering places
at UB
The five Learning Corridor spaces
are made of the following

components:

lounge seating provides

flexlble seating

arrangements with the

inclusion of movable
furnishings. Seating
accommodates everyday
activities and
interactions. from
catching up on notes

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before class, to afterclass conversations

between a professor and

assistant. next to the
place UB spends its ume
. the classroom.

Tables provide ample

work surface area,
accommodating 13users. Easy access to
power make work tables

ideal for computing

activities such as adding
final touches to a paper.
or makinglaslminute
adjustments to dass

presentations. Adjacent
projection or plasma

screens enable enhanced

visual display and
analysis.

Collaboration tables are located in

larger,

semi-enclosed niche spaces. They are
highly
VISiblea.vailable on-demand
resources for
group discussion or
other collaborative
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Enclosed group
work rooms vary
in size to
accommodate a
range of groups.
Users can take
advantage of an
acousucauyprorected sening
for brainstorming
and group wort<

while
maintaining
a vtsual connection to to the outside
world
through glass partitions.

Study nooks 2U'C!

$mall~rnformal stUdy
spaces carved out
orCormallearning
spaces along major
circulation routes.
Nooks are spaced
along a cerridcr tc
createvisual interest
and generate activity.
and previde a
comfortable

waitIng area. Nooks

may be outfitted with
lounge seating lor
relaxatlon, or may
contain
plasma screens and
work tables for small
\yorking groups.

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STUDY BOOTHS

FRONT PORCH

Fronted by gl3fSand found along

major circulation
paths. study booths
are small, enclosed
spaces that give
users the

A semt-pdvate space
adja~nt toa majer
circulation route and
associated with a
fonnal learnin9 space.
When dosed, a 'garage
door' separates the

opportunity to
have a space in
which they

can engage 1nmore

concentrative
individua1 work. In
addition, the larger
study booths

frcnr porch from the

adjacent dassroom

/semlnar room allowing

learning
discourse to extend the
fonnal to the

Informal and visible

actIve space. When open,

can accommodate
group study activities

the 'garage door' creates

a new and dynamic

that tequire more

acoustic separation
than is provided in
more open work
settings.

range of individual and

cellaborative learning
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space The front porch is

outfitted with a

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