Hay Dobbs continues to be a thought leader in the design of educational facilities. Rapid changes continue to shape the environments in which we learn and Hay Dobbs continues to serve our clients by harnessing the power of these changes with both creativity and fiscal responsibility. We recognize that key trends include: increasing use of flexible space concepts; more common areas for collaboration; new concepts of classroom design; and repurposing of library space. In higher education several dramatic forces are cutting quickly to the heart of the university or college mission including: the growing use of project-based teaching; the pressure to hold down costs as rising tuition and fees outpace inflation; a movement to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration; and new technologies that are changing pedagogy and how students and faculty interact with each other and the world.
