Psychology Today: K-College offers a place that inspires thinking
In a Psychology Today story arguing that beautifully designed spaces can foster grand ideas Kalamazoo College gets a mention.
Excerpt: People may respond that in today’s economy, building a grand reading room or other such generous space is impractical and expensive. Yet one could argue that such spaces, or spaces like them more modest in character, are precisely the kinds of spaces that students today need to encourage thinking. When Kalamazoo College renovated and added to its library in 2006, one of the premier spaces that resulted (in what is called the Upjohn Library Commons) is the Yehle Reading Room, which features two story windows and plenty of natural light.
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