Changing teaching standards and the approach to learning both among students and teachers make it necessary to introduce new solutions. In order to stimulate creativity and support the process of acquiring knowledge, spaces adapted to the needs of young people were designed, called Innovation Laboratories – i-Lab. This article aims to introduce the above-mentioned issue, show the purposefulness of its application and the benefits result-ing from it. Elements of i-Labs that support the integration and education of young people were taken into account. On the basis of research conducted among high school students and a critical analysis of the existing i-Labs, a project was created to arrange the attic of the 5th Secondary School in Krakow. The aspects presented in the article should be taken into account when creating similar places not only in the education sector, but also in the field of business, in order to obtain the best possible development results.