University Campus: Interrelations of Educational Technologies and Models of Architectural Space Formation

Abstract

This article studies the main cultural and social processes influencing the formation of modern educational space. We analyze the traditional models of the educational cycle and propose a new one. The latter, unifying research, education and knowledge realization activities, reflects the interaction of education, research, experimental production and information processing as architectural space functions. There is revealed the system of trends affecting the architecture of scientific and educational facilities when forming high-quality spatial solutions of university campus facilities. The structure of the university complexes’ «intellectual capital» is supplemented by spatial, infrastructural capital and architectural image of the complex. A theoretical model of the functional and spatial structure represents the scientific and educational center as a modern technological architectural and spatial unit of campus. The author also gives some examples on forming scientific and educational complexes at various levels of designing architectural and spatial objects based on a modern model of a new educational cycle. This paper might be of use for specialists in the fields of education and architecture, as well as for scientific and educational facilities designers.