Authors

Ivanova Darya S.
Trends in the spatial organization of lecture halls in higher education buildings in the context of sociocultural changes

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №4 (92) December, 2025

In an era of rapid development of digital technologies, increasing complexity of research and changing labor market, the higher education system is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Universities are becoming places for communication, exchange of ideas, and interdisciplinary cooperation. This article examines the impact of these transformations on the spatial organization of lecture halls — key elements of higher education architecture. These halls have always vividly reflected the learners’ ideal, the relationship between student and professor, and the university and the surrounding world. Today, we are on the threshold of a radical revision of the traditional hierarchical system of education. University architecture is becoming an integral part of the educational process. The study retraces the historical genesis of modern lecture halls starting from anatomical theatres of the early modern period and reveals the main contemporary trends in their spatial organization.