Just like a physical atrium in one of Georgia Tech’s new campus buildings, the Georgia Tech Atrium (GT Atrium) is a scalable gathering place and a portal to real and virtual services. The GT Atrium is an open space that can be programmed to suit the needs of learners, a venue for performances and events, and a way to provide social glue for learners, professors, and others who want to be associated with Georgia Tech.

As part of Georgia Tech's new Strategic Plan for 2020-2030, the GT Atrium has been named a cornerstone initiative for the next decade of institutional development.

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GT Atrium is a reinvention of Georgia Tech's physical presence on a global yet localized scale.

This distributed, international co-learning concept will be realized as a scalable gathering place and portal to both in-person and virtual services.  

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As the world continues to rapidly evolve, accessibility and new technology are requiring us to rethink how, when and where we learn. GT Atrium harnesses the power and possibility of a quality education and seek to leverage best practices in emerging technology to provide streams of knowledge to people far and wide. Our co-working and co-learning spaces are designed to connect people and provide the space and technology for professional development, collaboration and online studies. Each location will reflect its surrounding culture and community, and provide a rich environment for exploring new opportunity.

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GT Atrium in the News

A Distributed Worldwide Presence

Georgia Tech is planning to establish physical spaces which will serve as hubs for mentoring, advising, and collaboration, and will be staffed with highly skilled educational professionals and equipped with technology to provide specialized knowledge and resources. These spaces will be available to anyone with Georgia Tech credentials and on a pay-for-services or subscription basis to non-Georgia Tech students, and will include laboratory and maker facilities that can be used in a self-contained manner.

Designing the Atrium

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