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Administrative Team Meeting

October 31, 2014

Agenda:

1. Progress update/schedule 2:00-2:15

2. Review survey results/data collection 2:15-3:15

3. Question and answer 3:15-3:30

1. Progress update/schedule

A. Progress update

• On-line survey

• Data collection

B. Schedule:

October 28: 2:00-3:30 Student Charrette. Discuss format.

-Presentation

-Sketching-open house input opportunity

October 31: 10:30-2:30 Core Team work session. Discuss format.

-MU work day

-Open house input opportunity

October 31: 2:30-3:30 Summary meeting/progress review

-Review what was heard from work sessions

-Discuss next steps

November 11: 11:00-12:30 Administrative team meeting

-Review diagram development

-Review draft report sections

November 13: 1:00-3:00 Core Team meeting

-Present diagrams to Core Team

November 25: Administrative team meeting (to be scheduled)

December 8: Draft report distributed for review

December 15: 3:00-5:00 Administrative team meeting

-Draft report review

December 23: Final report comments due

December 30: Final report due

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C. Report Outline:

Draft Due:

1. Outline/index October 20

2. Participants December 8

3. Overview October 31

• why this study is needed

• justification

4. Goals/objectives October 31

5. Executive summary December 8

6. History November 5

• Building history

• Core values

7. Past studies/renovations November 5

• Key points

• Key diagrams

• Key recommendations

8. Building usage-existing November 5

• Tenants

• Efficiency

• Parking

• Student services/use

• Survey info-likes

• Meeting rooms

• Door counts

9. Building needs November 11

• Student survey

• Space needs (program updates)

• Data collection (staff/tenant surveys and interviews)

10. Prioritization November 11

• Priorities/goals/rating

11. Test fits November 13-December 8

• Option 1-3 with pro’s/con’s

-Not all plans-some description/vignettes

12. Recommendation December 8

13. Cost planning information December 8

• Based on recommended option

14. Summary December 8

15. Appendix December 8

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2. Review survey results/data collection-Student Charrette

• Approximately 30 students participated in one of two sessions on October 28, 2014

• Wide variety of interests noted in students in attendance-GSB, student organizations, etc.-very unique

perspectives on how they use or would like to use the Memorial Union

• All very engaged in the process

• Large amount of knowledge sharing between students

• Unique take on design exercises

A. Exercise 1-Visual Listening/Word Association:

• Visual listening: participants are provided a variety of images and asked to identify (4) likes and (4)

dislikes.

• Word association: participants are asked to select words that represent words they want to associate

with the Memorial Union and words that they do not want to associate with the Memorial Union

• 54 words

• Discussion of responses

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Top Green Responses with Comment:

Word: Count: Comment:

Accessible 9 • Able to come in and know where to go

• Need to be easy to find

• Be useful to students

• More accessible

Functional 8 • Useful for students and visitors

• Building needs to be functional and efficient

• More functional use of space

• Know you can go to MU

• More functional use of space

• Cannot find the spaces

• Serves a lot of purposes

Historical 8 • Historic with contemporary

• Want to still feel historical

• Historic with modern touch

Engaging 5 • Accessible and use to its highest potential

• Useful space

• Community

• Place where all students meet

• Needs to be unique and for students

Useful 4 No comments

Wireless 4 No comments

Top Red Responses with Comment:

Word: Count: Comment:

Similar 4 • Want MU to be unique

Contemporary 3 • The building can be contemporary and historic

Conservative 2 • Keep a traditional look

Quiet 2 • Can be too quiet-needs some noise

Secure 2 • Do not want building to be too secure and locked up

Showplace 2 No comments

Visual Listening:

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B. Exercise 2-Plan Diagram Adjacencies:

• Place large blocks of space within floor plates considering adjacencies within each floor.

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B. Exercise 3-Plan Diagram Adjacencies:

• Place large blocks of space within floor plates in a sectional diagram considering adjacencies between

floors.

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