Alex Buscemi
Schools are often seen as utilitarian spaces focused solely on education, but some institutions have taken a creative leap with their designs, making them cool and engaging places to learn.
These schools and universities have gone the extra mile to make their spaces more pleasant. From free tampons to slides instead of stairs, these learning centers made intuitive design choices that place student comfort at the fore.
Keep going for genius designs you’ll wish your school had thought of.
1. Stairs At Balamand University, Lebanon
2. Saw This In A Classroom After Class
3. Say Hello To My University’s Library Cat
4. University’s Way Of Showing How To Correctly Wear Your Mask
5. Our School’s Service Dog, Lucy, Made It Into The Staff Page Of The Yearbook
6. My School’s Library Has A Banned Book Section
7. There Is A Free “Period Pack” At My School For Girls Who Are Unprepared For Their Periods
8. This School In Vancouver, BC (Canada) Installed A Slide, So Kids Can Take That Instead Of The Stairs To Leave The School
9. Chemistry Teacher Made Their Classroom Ceiling The Elements
10. My University Library Has A Wall Where You Can Quite Literally Take A Seat
11. My Environmental Science Class With Real Plants On The Wall
12. They Had A Bike At My School To Blend A Smoothie That They Were Handing Out At Lunch
13. The Hallways Of My Norwegian High School
14. My School’s Library Has Noise-Level Guides That Change Color When It Gets Too Loud
15. My Cooking Class Has A Mirror On The Ceiling So We Can See What The Teacher Is Doing
16. These Medieval Ruins Were Randomly Found Under A School Gym Hall. The School Was Founded In 1276 And Is The Oldest School In Finland
17. I Thought You Guys Would Appreciate This. This Is My School Library
18. Science Teacher’s Desk Is A Fish Tank
19. This Cat Bus Is For Transporting Japanese Preschoolers
20. Look At How This Third-Grade Teacher Decorated Her Door And Hallway
21. My University Library, Ladies And Gentlemen
22. My School Put Colored Bricks In The Shape Of The Handicap Logo Instead Of Painting It
23. The Stair Handrails In My Uni’s Biology Building Are Held Up By Little Snails
24. This Bottle Has A Map Of All The Water-Filling Stations Around Campus On It
25. Pre-School Placed A “Picture Day” Reminder Sticker For Us On The Middle Of My Son’s Back So He Couldn’t Remove It
26. My University Makes Notepads Out Of Recycled Paper And Hands Them Out To The Students
27. These Parking Spots For Alternative Modes Of Transport At My Uni
28. My 1st Grader Lost A Tooth During Class And The School Sent It Home In This Tiny, Tooth-Shaped Container
29. This Middle School Has A Skateboard Locker
30. This Sign At My University Has The Number For The Library Police
31. My School’s Bathrooms Have Pedals Instead Of Handles
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33. Transylvania University At Halloween
34. Food Is Allowed In The Library At My College
35. This “Chemist Tree” That My School’s Science Department Made
36. These Bollards Outside A School Are Shaped Like Pencils
37. This Tiny Door For 1st Graders At The School My Mom Teaches At
38. An Ancient Roman Well Is Visible Under The Floor Of My School In Italy
39. In My School, You Can Come Here To Sleep If You’re Tired
40. The Woodworking Program At My School Sent Home 140 Remote-Learning Kits This Week, With Power Drills too
41. A Classroom In My University Has A Tree Growing Inside Of It
42. My Professor Uses A Wooden Keyboard And Mouse
43. This Little Door At My University
44. I Learned Today That My School’s New Science And Technology Building Has Thermochromic Tables
45. This Painting In My School Library Is Painted On The Wall Itself, But It Is Still Framed
46. I Have A Gender-Neutral Bathroom At My High School
47. My Uni Has Solar-Paneled Benches With USB Charging
48. My School Has A Set Of Tools And A Pump To Let You Repair And Maintain Your Bike In Front Of The Entrance
49. University Printer Rotates Each Separate Document To Avoid Confusing Multiple Students’ Work
50. A Law Professor Shared A Photo Of The Pens Her Students Used For Cheating, Calling The Trick An Art Form Of Sorts
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