From the 2025 Educational Interiors Showcase: University of North Texas, Pettinger Center of Design & Innovation
Key Highlights
- Exposed utilities and color-coded systems help students learn about mechanical and electrical infrastructure in real time.
- Transformed from an unconditioned storeroom into a cutting-edge facility supporting STEM education.
The Pettinger Center at the Universty of North Texas in Denton offers mechanical engineering students a centralized environment designed for advanced manufacturing. Transformed from an unconditioned tool storeroom, the renovated industrial-style facility now supports teaching, research and STEM outreach in a stimulating and interactive technical setting. The center features a spacious makerspace with natural light, mobile workstations and power-integrated tables that foster creativity and collaboration. A robotics-capable shop floor with branding elements enables manufacturing and facilities testing. Exposed utilities and color-coded systems help students understand the facility’s mechanical and electrical infrastructure in real time.
Read more about the Pettinger Center and view a photo gallery at SchoolDesigns.com.