We recently completed an identity, wayfinding and educational graphic program for Washington State University’s Olympia Avenue student housing project. Olympia Avenue is the first new student housing development on the Pullman campus since 1972.

The project reflects WSU’s growing commitment to sustainability, featuring geothermal heating and cooling, natural day lighting, and reclaimed building materials along with other sustainable elements. Studio SC created a graphic system that highlights the building’s sustainable efforts at the site of each LEED feature.

Through integrated signage and graphics, Studio SC illustrated LEED concepts that often go unnoticed in the daily operations of public environments. Graphics at the site of each sustainable feature allow residents & visitors to engage with these important components and reveal the inner workings of the building. Our goal was to engage and educate the WSU community by visualizing how sustainable efforts positively effect their lives & the environments they occupy.