Studio: Completed!

The CID Studio was completed in summer 2021. See below to follow the progress of how the space came together. 

Utilizing the Space

The Studio has been open since fall 2021 and is utilized regularly. Check out the gallery to see the Studio in action – from lab meetings and working sessions to social gatherings and presentations.

CID Faculty Sun Kyoung Lee presents a flash talk in November 2022
An image of CID faculty member Sun Kyoung Lee presenting in November 2022
A photo of students in the kitchen in the collaboration Studio at CID
A photo of a group of CID affiliates enjoy soup in the kitchen space.

Setting Up the Space

As restrictions have been lifted, we’ve been able to start setting up the space. All the furniture and technology are in the space – which means we only need to finish decorating before the studio opens up this fall!

Construction is completed!

As of September 9, 2020, the new CID Studio has completed construction and passed inspection. We are still furnishing the space so we can be ready to use it when the time comes. Our partners in architecture were able to tweak our design to fit new social distancing guidelines and envision how the space would be used. We are using these use-case scenarios and drawings to finalize the look of the Studio. 

Layout of the CID space
Drawing showing how the kitchen space could be used
Drawing of two students using the writing room
Drawing showing the three different areas students can work in the space
Drawing of how a presentation could look in the space
Layout of the CID Studio showing new social distancing guidelines in the space

Construction has resumed!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state-wide stay-at-home orders, construction on our space was halted. On May 11, 2020, after almost two months off, construction has resumed! Construction crews have new social distancing guidelines to follow so progress is slower, but they are on track to be finished by the end of June.  

This will become our cheerful kitchen area
Freshly painted blue wall in our new conference room
More blue walls in the collaboration space
Newly added window into the writing room to bring in natural light
New door and window to Fabian's office
View of the space from within the conference room
View of the space from the front window

Construction has started!

Construction on the space officially started on Monday, March 16, 2020. They hit the ground running, removing walls first to open up the space. 

Construction signs on the door mark the beginning of construction
Ceiling tiles are gone to level out ceiling heights
First wall in the kitchen space has been taken down and glass panels removed along collaboration space
View of the opened kitchen space, writing room, and part of the collaboration space
View of newly created collaboration space
New door to the corner office as seen from the collaboration space
Wide view of the newly opened space
View of new conference space from outside
The wall between two offices is coming down to create a new conference room
Chose colors for the walls - Flyway and Lemon Twist

A Studio Model for the Social Sciences

The group work-shopped how the studio model can help us plan for the design of the physical attributes of the CID Studio Space. Students discussed four areas of their work:

  1. Current research and ways that you visualize or communicate your work.
  1. Future / desired ways that you could visualize / communicate / and collaborate on your work. 
  1. Physical / Technological Needs: What kinds of surfaces, media, or technologies would you use or would like to use to visualize and collaborate on your work. 
  1. Visual Presence: Ideas for how final or work-in-progress work can remain visible in the space. 
Students share ideas on stickies
Student places sticky for her current way of communicating work
The group discusses as a sticky is placed
Ideas on how students currently visualize their work
Ideas on students' desired ways to communicate work
Ideas for physical and technological needs in the space
Ideas on how work can remain visible in the space
Architect leads a discussion on the floor plan and ideas
The group discusses the ideas in relation to the floor plan

Co-Designing the Space: Furniture

Lead by architects from Taubman, we brainstormed how the space could be furnished in different scenarios.

Furniture tiles are added to an empty floor plan
Students discuss a layout in the new floor plan
A complete floor plan of the space with furniture

Co-Designing the Space

We held a focus group with our graduate students and lead architect from Taubman to co-design how the new studio space could function.

Architect presenting to a group of students
Student discussing photos
students talking together
Students discussing floor plans
Students collaborating on space design
Student presenting his design
Student presenting to a group
Student speaking to group
Group looking at drawings
Student Design of Space #2
Student Design of Space #1
Student Design of Space #3

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