Classroom Renovation

Project Oasis

Contact us

Campus Learning Environments
Home

Capital Programs

Give to Project Oasis

Office of Academic
Affairs

If you attended UIC, you probably remember how hard it was to find a quiet place to work on a paper, or just relax for a few minutes between classes. Until recently, little had been done to relieve the concrete walls and dim lighting that dominate many UIC buildings.

Now, Project Oasis has transformed more than a dozen grim spaces into cozy places to relax, read, or just hang out with friends. These "oases" offer comfortable sofas and chairs, study tables, good light for reading, carpetting, plants, and artwork by UIC Art and Design students.

Stevenson Hall Oasis	Before	After
(click on an image to see a larger view)

You will find the Oases dotted around East Campus: four in BSB, one in Stevenson Hall (designed by UIC architecture and industrial design students), one each in Taft, Lincoln, and Burnham Halls, three alcoves in SES East, and two on the fourth floor of Science and Engineering Labs East. And, in University Hall, the crown jewel of the Oasis program, the Rebecca Port Faculty Student Center and Cafe.

Soon the Daley library will house another Oasis and, on West Campus, you can relax and put your feet up in the Oasis at 1919 West Taylor St. in the College of Applied Health Sciences. This Oasis also has garden area for use in warm weather.

Read some comments on Project Oasis from students.

View some of the Oases:

• Behavioral Sciences Building
• Stevenson Hall
• Taft Hall
• Lincoln Hall
• Burnham Hall (2nd floor)
• Science and Engineering South(SES) Alcoves
• Science and Engineering South (East) Science Learning Center
• Science and Engineering Labs (SEL) East (fourth floor)
• Rebecca Port Faculty Student Center and Cafe