gateway visitors center a destination for information using infotainment as a welcome for everyone

Gateway Visitors Center

A destinationfor informationusing infotainmentas a welcome for everyone

•Welcome video wall using video cubes is programmable•Stained concrete with university logo inset, natural wood, and deep etched glass•Floor pattern directs you to enter center in either direction (self touring)•Arches reflect language of the building’s exterior architecture•Arches also help define individual areas

•The video cubes are programmable from any source in the center

•Eagle Ambassadors reception desk and work stations•“Friendly university” message•Seating with internet connections•Collateral material in literature racks •Flip book contains low-tech alternative to the high-tech visitor experience

•Interactive campus video map using video cubes•Denton City/County welcome information •Story of university support of region•General area literature

•Close up of campus interactive map•Voices of the past and present on plasma monitors•Athletic super graphic and domed object cases•Secret sound domes with voiceovers

•Graphics depicting important university events •Theater serves as a music listening room•Graphics transform into other images

•Touch the electrostatic graphic and change the music•Flexible seating and storage in benches•Digital countdown to show time•Lights dim, curtain closes, screen drops, music fades•“Pepper’s Ghost” illusion introduces individual anthologies•Featured film is an anthology consisting of 8 to 10 chapters

•What Scrappy wants to be when he grows up•Memorabilia in object cases, translights or graphics from the past•Secret sound voiceovers

•Interactive work stations•In-depth information on topics•Organized by subject•Published to World Wide Web

•Changing gallery/exhibit space•Visitor seating has Internet stations

•View of individual donor panels•Header over door is to recognize the visitors center’s namesake