Out of the sites that I had originally proposed, this area is Hospital Hill was by far the most complicated in terms of topography, water, and connectivity. The site that I chose was 5 parcels of land that is currently owned by University of Missouri – Kansas City and Kansas City. This site required the least amount of demolition that I could find compared to the other sites I was considering, and it is nestled in between existing infrastructure such as the Hospital Hill Apartments.

Hospital Hill is the smaller campus of UMKC, and it is primarily consisted of health and science departments such as the School of Dentistry, School of Pharmacy, and the School of Medicine. My program is centered around the research on this campus completed for the master plan update of UMKC, and the deficits that they found. The Hospital Hill campus is severally deprived of several amenities such as dining, housing, study space, and gathering space.