Santa Clara University
BENSON MEMORIAL CENTER PLAN
Designing a new physical and cultural heart of campus
Santa Clara requested MKThink investigate how students used the Benson Memorial Center to understand better the school's primary social gathering place. They wanted the Benson Memorial Center to promote community interaction and integration of the entire student body. The scope of MKThink's work with Santa Clara University for the Benson Memorial Center included measurement and analysis of current student use patterns and behaviors and the development of a new space program, functional specifications, and conceptual organization model. MKThink's work also created a Master Plan for Santa Clara University. MKThink's work reinforced the Benson Memorial Center's position as the physical heart of the campus.Â
CHALLENGE
To understand how students used the Benson Memorial Center and make changes to promote community interaction and integration of the entire student body.
APPROACH
MKThink investigated how students engaged with the Benson Memorial Center by measuring and analyzing current student use patterns and behaviors.
RESULT
Development of a new space program, functional specifications, and conceptual organization model through measuring and analyzing current student use patterns and behaviors.
DATE
2013
CITY
Santa Clara
STATE
California
SIZE/SCALE
114,059 SF
MARKET
Higher Education
SERVICES
Master Planning, Programming, Strategic Development, and Conceptual Design.