SPIN lab shares three rooms with several other HCI faculty members and their students in a mixed collaborative and multifunctional space. This cooperative and versatile environment supports a variety of research related prototyping activities, interactions with participants, and spaces designated for focused work.
While X508 mainly contains individual student desks and supports individual focused work, X521 is the primary collaborative workspace, with a large central table surrounded by work benches, prototyping materials, fabrication equipment. With much of the equipment on wheels to allow for frequent reconfiguration, the modular nature of this space allows it to support the changing needs of the lab over time, while providing ample technical resources and space for groups of researchers to work collaboratively. Additionally, the open and flexible floorplan makes this space ideal for hosting research demonstrations and other gatherings with collaborators.
Off to the side of X521 is our living lab space, which is designated specifically for interactions with research participants. This space was designed intentionally to feel like a living room, and creates an enclosed and welcoming environment for participants where researchers can run studies and other research activities. This space is also outfitted with a video conferencing set up.
If you are interested in visiting our lab spaces and learning more about the SPIN lab, please email spin-info@cs.ubc.ca.