Rehabilitation facilities for patients recovering from strokes need to be “learning spaces” as well as healthcare spaces, and building designs need to start taking that into account to better support patients. “While healthcare spaces are designed to promote healing and recovery, learning spaces like schools, universities, libraries and museums, promote motivation, engagement, participation and activity. Like students, patients in rehabilitation need to engage and practice in order to learn,” writes Ruby Lipson-Smith, PhD Candidate at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and the University of Melbourne.