Common room

This article is about the recreational space. For student organizational bodies in universities, see Common room (university).

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A dual purpose common room and informal meeting space in Moseley Hall at Bowling Green State University.

A common room or student lounge is a type of shared lounge, most often found in halls of residence or dormitories, at universities, colleges, and sometimes military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and minimum-security prisons. They are often found in secondary schools and sixth form colleges, where they are designed to give students a space for relaxation and study.

Regular features include couches, televisions, coffee tables, and other generic lounge furniture for socializing. Depending on its location and purpose of use, a common room may be known by another name. For instance, in mental hospitals, where access is usually restricted to the daytime hours, this type of room is often called a "day room". In Singapore, the term usually refers to a bedroom without attached bathroom in an HDB apartment unit.

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Bulacan State University student lounge construction in 2024

A 2003 study on the success of female physics majors found that the existence of a well-maintained student lounge was a marker of high success rates. Several studies conducted regarding gossip patterns have chosen the student lounge as an excellent choice for an unregulated environment. It has been noted that distance-learning courses should strive to provide a similar environment for casual conversation. The University of Texas held a contest to design its student lounges. The design of some student lounges have even won awards for the architects for their creations.

Gallery

• Common rooms around the world
• Common Room at IIT Delhi
  Common room from Karakoram Hostel, I.I.T. Delhi
• Boys Common Room at Kesgrave Hall School, United Kingdom
  Boys Common Room at Kesgrave Hall School, United Kingdom
• Room in Dialynas Hall with sofas, a coffee table, a refrigerator, and plants. There is light streaming through two open windows, a warm earth-toned color palette, and an exposed concrete column.
  Private common room in a residential suite at Pomona College in California
  (view as a 360° interactive panorama)

See also

• Common area
• Common room (university)
• Student lounge

External links

• Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg The dictionary definition of common room at Wiktionary