Campus system · Live prototype
HallKey
A smart hall key-access prototype designed to reduce queues and improve accountability.
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The original problem
Manual key collection can produce queues and weak operational visibility for students, porters and hall administrators.
Who experienced it
University hall residents, porters and hall administrators.
What was built
A prototype where a student requests a mapped room key, verifies their identity and gives staff a live operational record.
- Key requests
- Identity verification concept
- Room-to-key mapping
- Live staff record
Technical approach
Web prototype, Identity-aware workflow, Cloud-backed records. The implementation follows the needs of this product; the technology list is not treated as the outcome.
Difficult decisions
Physical access workflows need graceful fallbacks and careful privacy decisions before they can move beyond a prototype.
Result or current status
Live prototype. This case study intentionally avoids claims that cannot be verified from the project record.
Lessons
Digitising a queue is not enough; the design must make exceptions, accountability and staff reality visible.
