Future Research Centers: The Place of Creativity and Innovation

Progressive research activities, as essential factors in future societies, are strongly dependent on the creativity and innovation. The built environment is considered as one of the influential aspect in creativity and innovation and its appropriate features are sought here. Among various choices, academic research centers of architecture and urban design are adopted for the sake of this study. Four effective spatial characteristics are first identified as influential spatial characteristics in this case, including privacy, beauty, spatial diversity, and proximity. The analysis is then conducted based on the survey method and, ultimately, some design patterns are proposed in order to enhance the researchers’ creativity and innovation.