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Rooted in curiosity, care and attentiveness to diverse histories and voices, the collective offers open-ended impulses that anyone can adapt, question or extend across a growing constellation of educational hubs.
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They may be partner institutions—schools, museums, community centres—or self-designed pop-up installations that re-imagine “school” in public space. In every hub, students implement a prototype, co-reflect with the host team, iterate, and harvest insights that feed directly into their professional growth and our research.
Below you’ll find a list of all collaboration partners and the EduHubs we have created together:
EduHub: Kindergarten Tangentenweg Basel
Co-Creation:
A long-term partnership between Marvin Miles Ferrante and kindergarten teacher Akeepan Singrasa. Originating in the HERMES project, the team co-designed seminar modules in which students created and tested learning interventions with 4- to 8-year-olds. Since HERMES concluded, the collaboration has continued, expanding into new cycles of testing, reflection and co-creation.
How it works:
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Each semester, student teams design small-scale prototypes—games, sensory stations, story-making corners—guided by respectful, culturally-responsive design principles.
- Prototypes are trialled on-site with children and staff; rapid feedback loops lead to iterative improvement.
EduHub: Schaulager Münchenstein
Co-Creation:
An immersive collaboration between the Emerging Space Collective and Schaulager Münchenstein, guided by education director Andy Blättler:-
Encounter – students dive into the current exhibition; Andreas Blättler introduces Schaulager’s art-education facilities.
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Design – back at the University of Teacher Education, the students develop age-appropriate art-learning formats for kindergarten children.
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Field test – during a follow-up visit, kindergarten groups enter the exhibition; in small teams the students run their prototypes on site, supported by Schaulager educators and kindergarten teachers.
Why it matters:
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Authentic testing in a world-class art space deepens students’ professional practice.
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Joint creation by art educators, student teachers and kindergarten staff sparks fresh approaches to early-childhood art learning.
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Young children gain direct, sensory access to contemporary art in a setting designed for dialogue and exploration.
- The partnership foregrounds attentive listening and shared decision-making so that children, educators and art professionals co-shape every step of the experience.
EduHub: Prototype featured in the exhibition “Infusion”
EduHub Prototype (featured in the exhibition INFUSION):
This modular prototype represents one possible configuration of an EduHub. Designed as a flexible learning environment, the structure can be assembled as a single tent or extended into a sequence of interconnected spaces – open, semi-enclosed, or fully enclosed – depending on the pedagogical needs. All materials used were sourced from Offcut Basel, emphasizing circularity and material reuse.
While presented here in an exhibition setting, the EduHub is conceived for use in workshop formats or longer learning sessions. It is intended to activate public or non-formal spaces, such as parks, courtyards, or cultural venues, as experiential learning sites. The prototype supports diverse interactions with and between children, students, and educators by reframing space as an active co-learner.
This version of the EduHub was exhibited as part of INFUSION (09/05/2025–22/05/2025), the final showcase of the Incubator for Design Cultures at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW. Integrated into the structure are two screens displaying the Emerging Space website, offering visitors a live window into the broader educational research context.