WALKTHROUGH THE

For this exercise, I asked two volunteers to accompany me to Auraria Campus who have spent little to no time on the campus. Once on campus, I asked each volunteer, seperately and on different days, to guide me to specific locations or offices located on campus.

Volunteer One Route

START/END

Speer (Southbound) & Lawrence St.

Colfax at Auraria Station

Observations

CAMPUS MAPS & SIGNAGE COLFAX AT AURARIA TIVOLI STUDENT UNION

• Little to no maps in the middle of campus

• Hard to see sidewalks on map next to grass color

• Include sculptures on map as landmarks

• Very little signage to guide students to buildings

• Street Signs—not easy to notice; you’re not looking for street names when there’s only sidewalks

• Difficult to see building names

• Not clear that you should walk towards campus

• Welcome sign makes it seem like the campus is confused by their identity

• Only location to have any type of “welcome”

• Could have more obvious Auraria Campus signage that can be seen from the Light Rail and other vehicles

• Map and Directory are confusing

• Lynx Connect is labeled as room 479 when it is actually on the second floor of the annex

• Adequately labeled building

• Annex courtyard looks like an alley

• No indication in the annex courtyard that you have arrived at Lynx Connect

ARTS/WEST

• Assumes you already know where the offices, classrooms, and study spaces are

• No clear welcome to the building or directory

• Sign hierarchy could be updated

• Overhead signs do not have room numbers

• Could be more colorful/ less muted

Volunteer Two Route

Start

End

Observations

CAMPUS MAPS & SIGNAGE COLFAX AT AURARIA TIVOLI STUDENT UNION ARTS/WEST/CENTRAL

• Street signs on pedestrian only areas are hard to see

• Building names are hard to find or do not have enough contrast between the building and text color

• Large Auraria Campus signs with institution names color makes them hard to spot

• Not very welcoming or appealing to interact with

• Does not look like a college campus

• Loud with the light rail, traffic, and construction

• Lots of signage in some areas, little signage in others

• Several different types of signage colors and styles

• Ramps are very steep and probably are challenging to navigate in a wheelchair

• Maps are not placed in visible areas near entrances

• Only found one location with wheelchair accessible entrances located at the bottom of a wheelchair inaccessible ramp

• Annex courtyard does not look like a “courtyard”

• Unwelcoming atmosphere

• Hard to tell where you are— everything looks the same

• Lighting in Central is darker and more yellow compared to other buildings

• Staircases in Central look like emergency exists; it is unclear if you can use them

• Central has two sets of entry doors which look like emergency doors that could set off the fire alarm

• Room numbers in all buildings could be larger

• Sign hierarchy needs to be updated