How a campus is constructed can very well be related to the amount of learning the student is partaking in and also how much of their concentration can be focused on education. This article highlights just how beneficial learning within nature can be and how much greenery affects the nervous system in a soothing, calming environment. The different types of learning spaces that are becoming increasingly more prominent are: indoor, urban, fringe, production landscapes, wilderness, and specific. These learning spaces also draw back to the different types or attention (direct or indirect) that can affect each student. Direct attention is most closely defined as when a student uses cognitive functions to ‘direct’ their attention towards their learning and focusing on the task presented to them. Indirection attention is something the landscape of a campus can indirectly affect because of the stimuli presented to students that makes their attention wander. Having nature and/or open spaces allows students to be able to take a breather from their studies which increases their retention amount. More often than not, students have “cram sessions” where they try to knock out everything they have learned in one sitting before a big exam. These sessions create tension within the student and make them irritable, thus prolonging their learning process. Allowing students to have open-air spaces can also increase their overall health and can lead to better cognition and retention. Having a malleable learning environment presents faculty, students, and staff with a unique way of living- both at work and at school. Modern techniques predominantly consist of copious amounts of infrastructure with technology heading the way. Technology has definitely been proven to enhance learning in schools, but it also carries an aspect of distraction that can be extremely detrimental to the psyche and learning process of the student. Introducing nature creates a realm that goes backwards in time to further society and education today.

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