Interior Design

After learning about the compelling aspects of interior design, I feel like office spaces, study spaces, residence halls, and student waiting areas could be much more appealing to the campus community and visitors, but more importantly the students who are the main stakeholders of the university.

Considering that students are the main stakeholders, it would be interesting to know where most of them spend their time: the cafeterias. In order to make the cafeterias more compelling, there are several aspects to take in consideration such as the visual  and the "customer service" aspects. The visual aspects involve the space, sequence of places (patterns, symmetry, public vs. private places, etc), color scheme, and lighting. These aspects of the design of the cafeteria are very important for the first impression as the constituents walk in. The second component to making the cafeterias more appealing is the "customer service" aspect such as the availability of electrical outlets, the coziness of the furniture, and study spaces, etc. The designer ought to know their audience in order to make it more compelling due to the fact that college students have different needs and level of satisfaction than individuals in their mid-40s.