Hicks Renovation


Note: This is an iterative document, and will evolve as input is received from the community for the design process. Send suggestions to Vaughn Maatman, Chair of the Hicks Renovation Committee.


Comments From the Open Meetings
January 10, 12, and 18, 2006
( ) indicate more than one response


Centers and Rooms

  • Impromptu student meeting area(s) (3)
  • Hang out place- non-study, cozy, loud
  • Large spaces for dance, Monte Carlo, Completives (200), consider expansion to Lovell (2)
  • Better Quadstop with more hours, new name, and possibly alcohol (bar) for seniors (4), snack bar, cyber café (3), outside eating area (2), juice bar, food court (3), convenience store (food, necessities…) with 27/7 accesability (4)
  • Senior lounge
  • Movie screening room (real theater) (2)
  • Performer room: stage, tables, chairs; for poetry, music, groups, possibly have a coffee shop/night club atmosphere (space for additional dances) (3)
  • Multicultural resource space
  • Hookah/smoking lounge
  • Alumni space
  • Hotel for alum/visitors/speakers (2)
  • Office of Admission in Hicks (2)
  • Health Center/Counseling (wellness wing including atrium, juice bar, plants, hot-tub) (5)
  • Women's Center (unify resources)
  • Stu-Org storage/meeting/resource space (2)
  • Game room, arcade (2), rock climbing, (2) jungle gym
  • Fitness area
  • Study rooms
  • Exam rooms
  • Multi-functional rooms/user-friendly (2)
  • Modern union desk area (2)
  • Cafeteria office by cafeteria (2)
  • Computer lab (with Macs) (2)
  • Student art space studio, poetry, monkapult (3)
  • 24-hour area (2)
  • Nursery
  • Fishbowl Radio station" (2)
  • Larger/nicer restrooms (2)
  • More accessible bookstore, maybe connected with the Quadstop, better location (5)
  • Pond/atrium/plants area (2)
  • New York Times/ magazine rack (2)
  • Lockers (for commuters)
  • Small green house (2)
  • Student-run space
  • Area that creates common flow (mail, dining) and intersection of paths; hub of activity for students (3)
  • Green building! (composting, recycling, natural, eco-friendly)

Designs/Themes/Structure Ideas

  • Focus on nature: pond, plants
  • Different spaces/different purposes; rooms that can be used in more than one way: cozy, social (8)
  • Open, plenty of natural light (6)
  • Strict study areas to be cozy and quiet
  • Different forms (not all square) (2)
  • Hip theme: for lounge, nightclub area, coffeehouse
  • Outside Georgian architecture
  • Non study areas: fun
  • Pub" theme
  • Defragmentation of space. (women's center unify resources/ student development, meeting rooms one area, student organizations one area, bookstore, mailboxes, dining center, "daily needs" one area) (5)
  • Home away from home" theme
  • International themes (2)
  • Artistic theme
  • Make accessible to outside groups (i.e. catering, dining, bookstore) (3)

Other Ideas

  • Plenty of signs and clocks (2)
  • Wireless everywhere (3)
  • More "real" doors and entrances (2)
  • Balconies/open terrace (3)
  • Video wall with KTV/international, and some sort of cable television (4)
  • Large calendar of events
  • Ads area
  • Hhypoallergenic wood finishes
  • Auto lights
  • Pictures of students and K-College history (2)
  • Solarium
  • Improve acoustics for receptions (2)
  • Windows in all offices (2)
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