How to learn any skill - A conversation with Professor Steve Joordens, UTSC

A new WISE interview.
We are happy to share a preview of our conversation with Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and Director of the Advanced Learning Technologies Lab. We talked about innovative classroom design, the development of transferrable skills and Kung-Fu Architecture. Stay tuned for the release of the full interview as part of our WISE eBook - and other exciting Canada-related news coming soon.
CEBRA launches a new research program promoting architecture for lifelong learning
Information is all around us - it is in our pocket, on our table and surely it resides in the spaces and environments we spend our everyday life in. We process information through learning and acquire knowledge that becomes useful insights that lead to innovation - and ultimately wise choices. But how does this process affect the way we think and design the built environment? And how does the rapid change in activities related to how we learn and innovate impact the use of space in architecture?
CEBRA has initiated an ambitious R&D program - WISE. We address these issues and discuss the role of architecture in lifelong learning. The purpose of WISE is to bridge the ongoing and rapid change in the sectors of workspace and education to inform the design of buildings that stimulate learning and innovation. Moreover, WISE connects the ideas of the foremost thinkers of education and entrepreneurship, research and studies in sensory stimuli, cognitive psychology, and behaviorism with architecture.
A WISE architecture
Architectural means and qualities affect our senses to such a degree that they have a great impact on our behavior. If senses were to define architecture learning and work environments would be characterized by a large variety of scales, materials, textures, odors, light, colors and acoustic properties.
“The goal of WISE is to gain a direct understanding of how our senses are affected by the qualities of architecture - and to use this knowledge to enhance our ability to learn and innovate”, clarifies Carsten Primdahl and continues: “With WISE, we will be even better at designing architecture that takes into account the complete sensory apparatus”.
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