Lassonde Studios will appear on the campus of the University of Utah. It is part of the Lassond Institute, which in turn is a division of the University's David Eccles School of Business. The institute, which has the same benefactor as the future hostel-incubator - Pierre Lassond - is not an educational institution, but a "hub", where since 2001 students of different specialties and levels of training try their hand at the practice of entrepreneurship and invention.
Lassonde Studios will complement the institute as its creative and experimental testing ground. On the ground floor, a glazed space of about 2000 m2 is planned, where future programmers, designers and businessmen will be able to found and develop their own companies, engage in inventions, hold various events, etc. They will have coworking areas, 3D printers, and various workshops at their service. It will be possible to work there at any time of the day - when inspiration arises.
The patinated copper facades will house living quarters for 400 students. Initially, the architects planned to focus on "lofts", where public areas prevail over private areas, to stimulate communication, and with it - the "productivity" of students. Inhabitants will be able to discuss “production” topics outside the work environment, and senior students will be able to transfer experience to newcomers. However, this provoked a protest from the future users of the building, who were dissatisfied with such uncontested "openness". For them, the architects offered ordinary rooms for 1 or 2 people, compact mobile living units, as well as quiet work rooms on the ground floor.
The living quarters provide everything you need for sleeping, storing things, resting and studying. Among other things, these are removable bookshelves, a wardrobe, a medicine cabinet and a flat screen monitor.
The layout of Lassonde Studios is as flexible as possible, so that if you wish, you can completely change it, for example, significantly expanding the "production" area. According to customers, the business situation is changing rapidly, and the business incubator must keep up with it - unlike conventional university buildings designed for 50-100 years of operation without much change.
