As a part of the continued Grainger Hall renovation efforts, feedback on furniture selections is being sought from staff, faculty, and students.
The Wisconsin School of Business is undergoing an ambitious 8,200-square-foot expansion and 29,200-square-foot remodeling project on the first floor of Grainger Hall, set to begin June 2025. This project aims to improve the student learning experience and align our food services with peer institutions. Grainger Hall patrons will experience redesigned meeting, lounge, and study spaces, as well as a refresh of the existing food service, including a new coffee house, a retail food concept, a new grab-and-go convenience store, and a catering kitchen.
Feedback is sought to assess furniture use and comfort for the following common and shared spaces:
- Winter Garden—a two-story expansion into the courtyard that will increase student gathering and lounge spaces and serve as an area for special events
- Coffee House featuring Starbucks
- Event Spaces—a reimagined plenary and executive dining room with flexible seating options
- Fireplace Lounge & Central Commons—intimate common spaces directly adjacent to the winter garden and a meeting place for tours or an area to relax
- Rooftop Terrace—a new place for students and staff to meet and study
Select furnishings will be displayed, with posters identifying desired project outcomes in the West Atrium. Patrons will sit in the furnishings and provide feedback to help inform the design team. Furniture pieces include lounge chairs, side chairs, laptop tables, cafe seating, and more. The stations will ask students and employees to provide feedback on its use and comfort via an online survey accessible via a QR code.
The Design Team will review and consider feedback as final furniture selection decisions are made for these areas.
The furniture fair will run from March 10-14 on the first and second floors of the West Atrium.
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