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UD Solar Prairie Project

Environmental Design 

Environmental and promotional design from a year-long collaboration between the University of Dayton Department of Art & Design and the Hanley Sustainability Institute, centering around the UD Solar Prairie Project at Curran Place. The purpose is to show how design influences experience, education and awareness about sustainability, and to propose ways the University of Dayton and UD students can better engage with sustainability efforts on campus.

 

This expansive project includes signage and environmental design surrounding the UD Solar Prairie and Curran Place outdoor common areas, a timeline installation encompassing Dayton’s history, important innovations and sustainability advancements in the main lobby, promotional materials to be implemented on main campus and a suggested name change to Sunfield.

 

Worked collaboratively with a team of six other designers: Professor John Clarke, Erin Butrica, Claire Cullen, Sarah Fieldhammer, Payton Oakes and Caitlin Marshall.

Pathway Signage

The UD Solar Prairie Project implemented a pathway around the solar prairie to encouraged people to walk around the exterior of the site. Our team was challenged to develop an informational signage system to be implemented along the pathway. Our system includes signs about the solar panels, signs about the pollinator prairie plants that will exist around the solar field, wayfinding markers and safety signage.

Plaza Renovation

The second phase of our project was to reimagine the plaza, which resides adjacent to the Curran Place entrance. The plaza in its current state does not serve much of a purpose. Our team proposed opening up the plaza to the solar prairie to promote interaction with the site, as well as adding signage in the plaza about the UD Solar Prairie Project. Additionally, we proposed adding tables to make the space more inviting and functional. 

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