The thesis presents the link between environmental psychology and the built environment. This is a rather large area of psychology, therefore I am going to focus on an area of environmental psychology that I have personal insight into, enabling me to draw relevant conclusions. The aim of the thesis is to analyse a familiar built environment that constitutes a fundamental and substantial setting for the everyday life of MOME architecture students, based on the existing knowledge of an emerging discipline. It is about the psychological impact of such a large, open plan area from this perspective. I consider the drawbacks and advantages, as well as how they relate to the psychological characteristics of the individual when a single space serves a multitude of functions in this special area of higher education, where the atmosphere significantly determines the quality and efficiency of creative work.