"CHILDREN OF ALL AGES NEED PLACES WHERE THEY CAN LEARN BY TOUCHING, MANIPULATING, AND MAKING THINGS WITH THEIR HANDS" - THE 3RD TEACHER CONCEPT 54.
A: Bored, Depressed, Empty
What do we want learning to feel, look, and sound like?
"Students with limited classroom daylight were outperformed by those with the most natural light by 20% in math and 26% on reading tests" - Ki Education
Ideation & Prototyping Phase:
How might we bring our drivers to life as spatial concepts?
THE EXPERIENCE IS DYNAMIC.
Business Incubator as a dynamic collisions of experiences, constantly shifting and adapting
Business Incubator as a dynamic community which unites, showcases and celebrated together
Business Incubator as a place to test your ideas
Business incubator as a jolly, green gardener of growth and curiosity
Dynamic as a spatial concept
Space can shift and adapt to support a range of learning experiences
Spaces where ideas are conceived, planted, nurtured and grown
Spaces for both academic and social behavior, formal and informal
Spaces where passion is sparked and where proposals are fueled
THE EXPERIENCE IS STIMULATING
Business Incubator as an adrenaline rush of inquiry
Business Incubator as a catalyst for inspiration and development of ideas.
Business Incubator as a chemical reaction of driven innovation and invention
Business Incubator as a window to possibilities, problems, and provocations.
Stimulating as a spatial concept
Space which heightens the senses and energizes the spirit
Space which directs personal energy towards a goal or idea.
Spaces where explosions of disruption occur
Space with access to streams of information and possibilities.
THE EXPERIENCE IS AN ECOSYSTEM
Business Incubator as an interconnected set of opportunities
Business Incubator as a hive for social collisions that inspire ideas
Business incubator as a world of interacting entities and collaborators.
Business Incubator as an sustainable marketplace for the future
Ecosystem as a spatial concept
Space that thrives with teachers and students learning together
Space where each ‘organism’ has its own niche or role to play.
Space where there are multiple opportunities for intersection of concepts and ideas.
Space which showcases our success and failures as well as new pathways
THE EXPERIENCE IS COMPELLING
Business Incubator as an irresistible invitation into experience
Business Incubator as a mirror for the exploration of self reflection
Business Incubator as a pull not push experience?
Business incubator as a motivation to move forward and transcend.
Compelling as a spatial concept
Space with an ambience which is impossible to pass by
Space which engages and empowers learners to innovate wildly with no room for fear
Spaces which invite and pull partners into an irresistible experience with dynamic digital displays of what student projects are emerging.
Space feels like an office of innovation
THE EXPERIENCE BUILDS COMMUNITY
Business Incubator as a community of deep divers and cautious connectors
Business Incubator as a hub for connecting and landing pad for reflection
Business Incubator as a safe place to share ideas and have feedback
Business incubator as a venue for sharing expression and ideation.
Community as a spatial concept
Spaces which allow for seclusion and community to flourish without clashing, hidden spaces and cafe lounges.
Spaces which allow presentations, group meeting spaces and social elements which promote collisions.
Spaces which allow for presentations as well as informal hubs for dialogue
Space which moves as the speed on innovation
Mentorship Zone: Supports humans and their exploration of ideas and passions, directs, facilitates, etc. Spaces for 2 - 6 people to breakout.
Collaboration Zone: Social and Private collaboration spaces, for 2-4-6-12-25 learners. All along the “Palette of Place” range. Formal to informal
Invitation Zone: “the area that invites the users into the Business Incubator ” The WOW factor which invites partners into a irresistible experience.
Market/Display Zone: Places to test ideas and leave behind for feedback. Places for art installations and prototype displays. Places to launch ideas. Writable walls (Idea Paint,backboard walls, TV screens, writable windows, hanging and moveable writable walls) See: MakeSpace Book, digitally and physically. A cafe (Cafe car? mobile) or gathering area for social collaboration? A window into the possibility of experiences
Discovery Zone: Intentionally created to encourage to explore and discover, make aware, Stumps throughout, Places to install resources to inspire. Spaces where amazing things are happening. STEM Lab combining life sciences and technology. Greenhouse?
Performance Zone: Range of places from intimate to public for small to large performances. Stages, levels, rooms, amphitheatres. Debate, poetry readings, persuasive speech, guest speakers
Reflection Zones: Quiet zones (Isolation/Heads Down), spaces to build, leave prototypes and come back to. Spaces to explore in isolation. Research and reading spaces. Building bays, hoteling features,
Creation/Production Zone: Production studio: Idea lab, Green Screen recording arena, Editing room, Audio Recording Booth, Design lab/studio, Art? Drama? Building Bays
Design Zone: Design studio. A place to play with ideas, bring them to life, test them out, and refine. A space for creativity and product development. Blend of Maker materials, art materials, and craft materials.
Recharge Zone: A micro, individual space for teachers to create
Pallet of place and tensions to consider
The Launch and Reveal
What's the first word that comes to mind in the ReDesigned StartUp Hub?
Possible with the generosity of:
Alberto Santos de Hoyos
Credits:
Architecht: Anibi Zambrano courtesy of Contraforma Arquitectura
Design Team:
Elizabeth Salinas, Joelle Hernandez, Kaitlyn Hogan, John Hickey, Cory Austen, Brian Hamm
Project Management Team:
Jorge Mendez, Richard Colter Jr., Claudia Hernandez
Special thanks to the Open Minds, Caring Hearts, and Globally Minded Leadership at ASFM which brought this to life.
Dr. Michael Adams, John Hickey, and Eva Lamadrid