Watch campus presentation by Bjarke Ingels Group project team


March 9 through 10, architects from BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group came to campus to begin working with School and University stakeholders to plan, design, and visualize the future of design education at KU. The team conducted workshops and toured campus with School faculty and staff. 

On March 10 in the Forum at Marvin Hall, BIG's team introduced themselves, the project, and the firm's approach to design.

Watch the presentation here – BIG presentation in The Forum at Marvin Hall.

Student holds microphone posing a question to presenters in full, glass-walled auditorium. Sunlight enters the space through vertical wood louvers.


After a decade of increasing enrollment and expanded program offerings, KU ArcD is working on a plan to transform academic, research, and resource spaces in the heart of KU’s main campus.   

Learn more and find project updates – Design For Next: Reimaging ArcD Spaces