Keast Commons

Overview

The Giffels Webster survey, civil engineering, and landscape architecture teams collected campus feedback for a park setting within the Wayne State University campus. The project site is unique to the campus and to the City of Detroit because it has the potential to provide needed open space for users along with flexibility for events such as movie night, rallies, food truck gatherings, and outdoor concerts. The site design has focused on flexibility of space for current and future programming needs. Giffels Webster also provided a branding sign design for the project.

Problem

The project required collecting campus feedback for a park setting on the Wayne State University campus. The site needed to provide open space and support events while addressing the need for a design that remains flexible for current and future programming.

Solution

Giffels Webster focused the site design on flexible space that can support open space needs and a range of events. The team also created a branding sign design that, with university input, will become an icon within campus life.