HEC-Management School

HEC-Management School of the University of Liège, EQUIS and AACSB accredited, keeps welcoming more and more students. The University has therefore decided to build on the Louvrex site a new ultra-modern building with a focus on digital. It will also be a laboratory for new ways of learning (NWOL) and working (NWOW). The site configuration will allow for open-plan offices without allocated work desks; a revolution for a university. This cannot be improvised! Once the idea for the new building was underway, a 3D model in VR was conceived. It allowed to show the project to colleagues and its stakeholders, to try out different office configurations and to take complete ownership of the project before even the first shovel stroke! There exist multiple versions. The first being the most detailed, was developed for high range VR headsets like the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. The second version is lighter and aimed at smartphones paired with a Google cardboard headset. Finally, students at HEC created an augmented reality version within the context of a course!