kennedy hall and the ″new″ roberts hall are one large complex, joined together with access between each through the ground floor and the fourth floor. on the first floor of kennedy hall is the "david l. call alumni auditorium", also known as 116 kennedy hall. the call auditorium jets out from kennedy hall to the east. outside, to the north of the auditorium, is a small plaza, complete with seating and an area of shrubs and trees in a large planting bed directly abutting the building. the planting was designed and executed in the spring of 2011 by students in a cross-listed landscape architecture (la) and horticulture (hort) class as part of their curriculum. the class, la/hort 4910/20 — creating the urban eden: woody plant selection, design, and landscape establishment, was co-taught by peter j. trowbridge and nina bassuk.