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Learning HubAlready more than a year into construction, the Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore obliterates the notion of monotonous university buildings.

With endless books and MOOCs available online, Heatherwick jokes that these days you could do an entire PhD in bed, adding that the only purpose of attending university these days is to meet people.

To facilitate real world connections and learning—and to break down the traditional layout of professor on one side of the room, with students on the other—the Learning Hub’s tutorial rooms have no corners.

Photo courtesy: Heatherwick Studio