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The team interviewed members of the Bridge 21 team to guide their research into effective 21st century learning spaces. They then partnered with CFES, College for Every Student to conduct extensive surveys with a network of ten schools. This research helped the team see what features of physical spaces supported them to learn best. The team had a vision – to create a learning space at Mercy College which would act as prototype for other schools in the area. They worked closely with industry experts to design such a space, and during the course of their project discovered an opportunity to help other schools to create similar 21st century learning spaces with minimal budgets. Businesses could donate high-end furniture to be repurposed in these school learning environments, without a cost to the school. With the cost of furniture disposal estimated at 40,000 euro by one company, this idea made business sense to everybody involved, but had never been done before. While developing a state of the art learning space within their own school, which served as a prototype for other educational institutions, the team also created the Flexi 21 app which facilitated the provision of furniture to schools in need, leading to the development of collaborative quality learning spaces for thousands of students.
