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Creating a Creative
EnvironmentBy: Hayden McDuffee,
Alex Miller, William Mark Strnad, and Lisa Stump
STUDENT SURVEY“How do you feel when you enter an academic building?”
BORED
indifferent
SCARED!
OPPRESSED
Depressed
STUDENT SURVEY
“Better aesthetics. Hire a designer.”
“more color”
“Creativity, giving the buildings more personality than just the square brick, steel, and glass prisons.”
“COLOR!”
“more vibrant atmosphere”
“What can be done to improve this?”
One of the BEST schools in the Midwest
#16 Least Beautiful Campus
#15 Least Happy Campus
5 Environmental Characteristics that Produce Greater Creativity
Complexity of Visual Detail
View of Natural Environment
Use of Natural Materials
Fewer Soft/Faded Colors
Less use of Manufactured Materials
“The Potential Role of the Physical Environment in Fostering Creativity” By Janetta McCoy and Gary W. Evans published in Creativity Research Journal, Vol 14 Issue 3&4. October 2002
ColorsBlue: Cool and Calm
Yellow: Sunny and Cheerful
Red: Exciting and Stimulating
WHITE: Clarity and Freshness
DULLS EMOTIONS.
University of British Columbia study (2009) and Global Healing Center Stress Management Techniques
Our idea…
Are you ready for this?
Stimulate the SensesStimulate the Mind
1.Change the gray strip in buildings to red. (School Spirit, Enhances Creativity and Mood)
Three Part Plan:
2. Host a mural design competition for students to design and paint a mural on biggest, most boring walls in academic buildings.
3. PAINT AN ACCENT WALL IN EACH CLASSROOM TO IMPROVE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
BEFOREAFTER
This is a Starting
Block
Who should we talk to, if we want to make this happen?
Mike Gosz (VP Undergraduate Affairs)[email protected]
John Collins (VP Business & Administration, Head of Facilities)[email protected]
