Land Acknowledgment Confluence Room
A temporary art installation and redesign of an existing conference room on the eighth floor of MnDOT’s Central Office building. It will be available for use when a significant portion of the workforce returns to the site.
Retaining all of its current functionality while adding new functions to the space, the project aims to demonstrate how space can be re-imagined to encourage creativity, whole-self wellness, and open-hearted conversation.
New elements
- a transportation-themed art gallery wall
- a wall for rotating MnDOT employee art
- the Diversity and Inclusion collection of books from the MnDOT Library
- a display of items from the various offices, districts, and work groups representing MnDOT
- a work of visual art made out of the MnDOT sign shop on the theme of “freedom of movement”
- an interactive message board prompting challenging and innovative questioning
- a fruit bowl and water bar
- self-care supplies to support yoga, meditation, prayer, or quiet thought.
The design process will include hosting a conversation around wellness and creativity in the workplace.