It will change the culture of the design process, in that education will occur in groups or as a college as whole not only a professor and two grads. These new spaces will change the behavior of research and provide a gateway to campus for us to show it off. University is excited as a whole. Remember campus values and architectural cohesiveness. This is a challenging and exciting project.
Engineering education involves integration.
Design of integration is constantly changing and therefore difficult to define. Labs may be vertically linked so that visually they are connected. In some cases there is no glass. In some cases there will be infrared connections instead of wires. Technology is important, with it we can all become one entity.