faculty lounge

Professors' break room

A faculty lounge is a room in a school or university reserved for teachers and professors to relax, eat, or work between classes.

It typically offers coffee, seating, and a break from students.

The term sometimes carries connotations of academic insularity—where professors retreat to theorize apart from the real world: That idea wouldn't survive outside the faculty lounge.

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user access/population

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Shared space for pupils

student union · student center · common room · cafeteria · playground

formality of function

faculty loungeconference room

Enclosed space for meetings

boardroom · principal's office · dean's office · committee room

instructional vs. non-instructional space

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Educational instruction space

lecture hall · laboratory · seminar room · auditorium · conference room

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G