Designing for the 21st
century students may be easier than one might think. However if one needs to
succeed in designing an abode for the millennials it turns out “living and
learning” may not be enough.
Social and academic interaction has
also become an important aspect and requirement for the same.
As a student I can assure you we
like to co-habit. Living with like-minded people. And so communal spaces
becomes an integral part of the design. With a good communal spaces students
will have more reason to interact and share ideas instead of staying inside a
room. A good common area starts a dialogue between people. Motivate group
studies and/or activities.
Students have a very different mindset
about community in general. We are more optimistic about the world and how it
should be. And so we try making our immediate surroundings the way we see our
future. We don’t mind sharing rooms with multiple people. Some may even prefer
it. However we don’t like to lose the sense of self amidst the community, and
so we want the living quarters to have the intended privacy that we need. To maybe
concentrate on the upcoming exam.
Hence having community spaces is
great as long as we don’t lose the notion of “self” and our privacy in it.
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