Kansas Union - First Floor
Experiencial Design
Project Description
The second phase to a Kansas Memorial Union Masterplan, our team
was tasked with finding a use and bringing life to the first floor of
the Union. We decied to break the space into 3 sections; the entrance,
the Hawk’s Nest, and the Jay. The goal was to was to give each space
its own identity, while keepign one cohesive language.
The Hawk’s Nest is a multiuse event space in which the Union is able
generate income by hosting anything from club events, to footall tailgates
for donors and alumni. With this, the space has two different modes, a
“daytime” mode in which students can go eat lunch, do some quick studying
between classes, and a “gameday” more where the colored lights come on to
change the feel of the space to raise the energy before a football game.
The Jay is an open concept study space built just for students. The space features
plenty of sound paneling, conference rooms, and single study pods. We wanted
this space in the union because of its close proximity to materials and food on the
second and third floors respectively.