Links between indoors and outside permit movement and oxygenation. Creating symbols of purpose in public places provides coherence and meaning that boost motivation. Safe places reduce feelings of threat. The brain is stimulated by moving through places that vary in shape, color, and light. Environments or displays which change also provide brain stimulation.
Ideas develop more rapidly in areas where needed resources are clustered.
Flexibility of space is important. Students need distinct places where they can be active or passive, as well as personalized space. Educational institutions should examine alternative organizational structures that take advantage of community resources. Dr. Marty Rossmann led the first session on family. She began by saying family now has a broader definition than the short-lived 1950's nuclear family.