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Learning Lab Floor Plan for Schools
Draw three layers on the measured plan: fixed points, activities and movement. Move the activities around before moving any walls.
Explore the ideas
Plan in this order
- Start with columns, windows, door swings and service points on a single measured drawing.
- Place the highest-frequency activity first. Put the equipment or storage it uses within the same zone.
- Trace the longest everyday trip and any crossing routes. Show both with furniture and doors in use.
Worked example
Imagine a study room shared by a child doing homework and an adult taking an evening class, with books and a printer competing for the only long wall.
Map each user's session and equipment separately, then place the quieter reading position away from the printer. Give each learner a labeled supply zone and check that one can leave without interrupting the other.
How to test it
Ask someone unfamiliar with the plan to walk through a normal visit and point out where they would hesitate.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Arrange tables around a central demonstration surface and keep material storage along the perimeter.
- Detail
- Choose hard-wearing worktops, task lighting, and clearly labeled storage for shared tools.
- Trade-off
- More open collaboration area reduces fixed storage capacity.
- Set up a typical project activity
- Check teacher visibility across the room
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