Rooms over Ramps

The Beta Beta Beta Biology Society was in this room built over a ramp, with raised sections of floor

Due to the unusual origins of Kell Hall as a parking garage, the university had the difficult task of fitting rooms into spaces that formerly help ramps. In some cases, carpenters build raised floors to lift the rooms over the sloped concrete ramp. In less important areas, rooms were left with the sloped floors and mechanical equipment was installed. As a result, many rooms in Kell Hall have sloped floors, odd stairs, or strange slanted sections of wall.

This mechanical room has two levels, one raised where the floor slopes upward

This mechanical room has a sloped floor and was primarily used to move air through the building

This room has a level floor, but the sloped ramp is visible as part of the wall

This archaeology lab is raised over the ramp, and is known colloquially as the "John Malkovich" lab