RE-IMAGINING UC ID
Problem: The University of Cincinnati has highly successful Industrial Design program but their facilities don’t reflect that. How can the ID facilities better foster sharing of classroom learning + professional experience?
Solution: After interviewing industrial design students and faculty, we designed a floorplan that shifts the way that the ID facilities currently function. Instead of having a personal workspace inside the classroom, in our plan students will have their personal workspace in a larger open studio and go to class, held in a different area so the class environment has minimal distractions. In addition to the open studio and classroom, we proposed incorporating a collaborative meeting space, a branded hallway for displaying projects, a quiet work area, an updated fab lab and assembly room and including faculty offices on the ID floor.
Team Members: Mallory Barkocy, Alex Bowman, Joel Beeby, Randall Jones, Mark Liston, Tina Nguyen, Brandon Hutchins
EXISTING FLOORPLAN
OUR Floorplan CONCEPT
Renderings
Display Hallway The new hallway will have display cabinets for UCID’s student projects.
Community Area Students and faculty can safely store and eat food in the community area of the open studio.
Classroom Hallway All students will have class in the same hallway. Four classrooms for the four sections of each class.
Faculty Offices The Industrial Design faculty will have individual offices and a conference room on the same floor as their students.
Fabrication Lab The new Fabrication Lab and Assembly room will provide students with enough space to safely assemble models.
Open Workspace Watch creativity happen in the open studio when you walk through the ID hallway.
Breakout Pod Students can work on group projects, hold brainstorm sessions, or meet with faculty in the break-out pods.
Classroom Interior Students will be able to focus for critiques and project introductions in the new classroom space.
Quiet Workspace The quiet workspace will allow all I.D. students to have access to cintiques and be a space for focused work.
Exterior View The new additions to the building will blend in with the current exterior.
THE PROCESS
There was a lot that went into making this project happen. Click on the images below to learn more about our process during the project.
View the research.
View our ideation process here.
See more of the final concept here.