Spatial layouts and technical specifications for learning environments suitable for blended learning educational practices

Abstract The educational system in Brazil is undergoing a renewal process aimed at achieving international quality standards. This requires significant efforts to tackle the different problems public schools are faced with in Brazil, where physical infrastructure, human resources, pedagogical and digital resources should operate together. The modernisation of traditional educational strategies points to a tendency to implement a hybrid education system, through the insertion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This paper discusses the standard layouts of current learning environments and the development of new concepts, innovative building and technological aspects that may positively affect the ergonomic conditions of learning environments. This is a qualitative study, and the method adopted is based on a triangulation between Design Science Research and ergonomics methods to evaluate and design indoor school environments. The results point to the development of new spatial layouts for learning environments, with the application of flexibilities concepts for multiple learning activities, innovative formal solutions, ergonomic dimensional principles and technical specifications for spatial elements, systems and comfort conditions.