Design Icons

Prospect and Refuge

Describing why certain environments feel secure and thereby meet basic human psychological needs.

Place Attachment

Specific areas that can create an emotional bond between the users and the space.

Community Involvement

Design features geared towards making the community feel involved.

Person Environment

Ways that focus on the interaction between characteristics of individuals and the environment.

Way Finding

Design accommodations to be able to increase steady flow through each space.

Student Engagement/Education

Design features to help enhance students’ creativity as well as engagement in the community.

As a part of community engagement and connecting the theory of prospect and refuge visitors will be able to take part in an interactive element surrounding the grand stairs. This element stretches from the first floor to the third. The organic elements take inspiration from the logo of the facility as well as my concept.

On the third-floor people have the option of taking different weighted rings to drop down these organic shapes. Each shape having a different weight will cause a different musical tune to play as they circle around to the first floor.

2 D & 3D studio pop-up shops

Educational Spaces

In this space you will find a pottery studio, sewing studio, 2D/3D studio a public work area and private work studios. These spaces are welcome to students for after school programs as well as to the mentors and teachers that work or volunteer in the building.

At the top of the feature, it reads “Drop a ring, make a noise, make an impact”. This will give the different user groups a sense of belonging in the space. Each ring is also inspired by different color theory.

Event Space

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month, therefore, featured artists in the pop-up and event space will consist of Asian Pacific American artists.