Collaborative workspaces are crucial to successful research outcomes for both experimentalists and theorists, and this session offers new tools and design strategies to make interaction and collaboration a reality at your institution. Session leaders call upon case study of Princeton’s Environmental Studies and School of Engineering and Applied Science (ES+SEAS) building to illustrate flexible collaborative environments aimed at meeting unique departmental requirements, enhancing community, and supporting intellectual exchange. They demonstrate how campus standards were leveraged to create a building capable of evolution and discuss how these collaborative environments facilitate the integration of undergraduates into Princeton’s research culture.