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Openconcept (Open-concept or "Open Concept")

Generally used to describe a type of architecture which provides a lot of flexible space. There are a few general spaces are defined using Open-concept, see Restroom, Stairway and Changeroom plus some of the buildings listed below.

Open-Concept has also been used to describe an educational approach where children were taught in one big open space. The construction and demise of this approach is described quite well here Clarkson_Secondary_School.

This term also has connotations within the music world for a repertoire that allows for a variety of instrumental combinations, as examples Oslo_Sinfonietta, Andreas_Vollenweider, Jakalope & Symphony_Lake,_Singapore

This has been more generally applied to also look at systems in general and addressing how various inputs are allowed to affect it. Open-concept has also been associated with OpenSource software and the collaborative approach to software development. The Open Concept approach to software development is also described here Meta-modeling_technique, Software_configuration_management/MEE and ITIL_Security_Management. Software described as open-concept SmartSpeech_Voice_Recognition_Technology & Korg_Trinity.

Philosophically it is also a term that is the opposite of Closed_concept.