The Experiential Design Index

East End Transformation Wayfinding, Signage & Donor Recognition — Washington University in St. Louis – East End Transformation

The East End Transformation at Washington University in St. Louis, an 18-acre campus expansion converting surface parking into new academic buildings and green space, opened in 2019 with sitewide interior/exterior signage, wayfinding, environmental graphics, and donor recognition by Kuhlmann Leavitt and architecture by KieranTimberlake; it was a finalist in the Communication Arts 2020 Design Competition, Environmental Graphics category.

VenueWashington University in St. Louis – East End Transformation
Project typeNew Building
StatusCompleted
Year completed2019
Technologiesenvironmental graphics, donor recognition

Credits

FirmRoleNote
kuhlmann-leavitt Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding
kuhlmann-leavitt Interpretive Planning Donor recognition
KieranTimberlake Architecture Architect for 5 of 8 East End capital components

Description

The transformation added the Anabeth and John Weil Hall, Gary M. Sumers Welcome Center, an expansion of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, the Craig and Nancy Schnuck Pavilion, the East End Garage (790-space underground parking), and Tisch Park above it. Kuhlmann Leavitt's scope spanned the district; wayfinding for the Lewis Collaborative building within the same expansion used neighborhood-derived super-graphics to navigate its interior.

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