A Framework for the Future: Planning at Ayers Saint Gross

A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE Planning at Ayers Saint Gross

INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRM 4 PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE 6 AN ENGAGED PROCESS 8 CONTEXT MATTERS 12 A CONTINUUM OF PLANNING & DESIGN 14 CONSENSUS BUILDING 16 RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH 18 FEATURED PROJECTS 21

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Introduction to the Firm Ayers Saint Gross is an employee-owned design firm with expertise in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, space analytics, interiors, and graphic design. We are unique in that all of our work is for mission-driven clients such as colleges, universities, and cultural institutions. Since the founding of our practice in 1912, Ayers Saint Gross has built a reputation for designing environments of enduring value. Our design is driven by a critical and analytical discourse, a respect for past wisdom, a mind to future potential, and a belief that we have an obligation to leave places better than we found them.

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All of our work is for mission-driven clients.

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“ We engage people and places to create designs that enrich the world.”

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80% 10% 10% Higher Education

Cultural Institutions

K-12 and Private Sector

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PLANNING ARCHITECTURE GRAPHIC DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS SPACE ANALYTICS

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Planning for the Future Planning is an ongoing process. Great campuses translate a mission into built form over many years. Institutions are evolving as society changes, and their physical spaces must adapt in response. Effective plans pair visionary goals with practical implementation. They tell a story about the past, present, and future of a place and create a roadmap for how it can grow more beautiful and useful over time.

Ayers Saint Gross has unparalleled experience in creating plans and designs for a broad range of public and private institutions. Our expertise comes from the completion of more than 250 master plans in the last 25 years. We specialize in college and university campuses, innovative new models for development at the edges of campuses, cultural facilities, and health sciences precincts.

Collaboration with our firm’s space analytics, architecture, landscape design, and graphic design experts completes our holistic approach to planning.

WE DEVELOP PLANNING PROCESSES AND STRATEGIES TO RESPOND TO EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

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SUPPORT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION

MAKE DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS DESIGN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

REINVEST AND RENEW

LEVERAGE THE ARTS, INNOVATION, & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

A SHARED VISION FOR THE FUTURE ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT

INCREASE UTILIZATION & EFFICIENCY

ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION & CONNECTIONS

ENHANCE NATURAL RESOURCES

SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SEEK OUT PARTNERSHIPS

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An Engaged Process Engagement is the core of the firm’s mission and our planning practice.

We strongly believe in the collective wisdom of a facilitated, inclusive process. As institutions become more closely intertwined with surrounding communities, campus planning involves more stakeholders. We work with leadership, faculty, students, staff, elected officials, neighbors, and development partners to generate creative ideas that respect local culture, climate, and setting.

The process involves overlapping activities that bring together the people and information needed to create a plan for the future. Effective implementation is a master plan’s best measure of success. This result is possible only through a carefully designed and implemented process that engages stakeholders to reflect the mission and heritage of the client.

A FLEXIBLE AND TAILORED PROCESS ALLOWS TIME TO LISTEN AND EXPLORE IDEAS BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS

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LISTEN

Discover consistent themes through walking tours, interviews with stakeholders, online engagement tools, and study of current conditions.

ASSESS

Create an illuminating new portrait of the place by analyzing physical and programmatic planning drivers and comparing to peer institutions.

ENVISION

Draft guiding principles and create a conceptual plan that illustrates relationships among precincts, buildings, open spaces, and circulation systems.

TEST

Explore key areas or issues with constituents so the feasibility of planning concepts can be tested, evaluated, and refined. Building massing, renovation opportunities, circulation, treatment of open spaces and entrances, and landscape architecture drive the plan’s direction.

ACT

Deliver a final master plan, including the most compelling ideas from all previous phases, as a holistic set of recommendations. This phase can include implementation scenarios, design guidelines, and communication plans for a wide audience.

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Ayers Saint Gross brings together stakeholders in a variety of venues and mediums to gather input, spark new thinking and ideas, communicate concepts, and build consensus. Listening to the client — and the community — is an essential part of our planning process.

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Context Matters No single issue can be considered in isolation. A campus is a complex entity that results from a unique combination of history, mission, climate, and culture. Our plans reflect a deep understanding of the interrelationship between programmatic and physical planning considerations. To envision a sustainable future, we consider buildings, infrastructure, open spaces, transit, site ecology, and stormwater management. When properly understood and evaluated, these factors create beautiful, functional spaces for students, leadership, faculty, patients, and the greater community.

We compare our planning approach to using a telescope and a microscope at the same time. We think globally in order to act locally, recognizing that successful implementation of big picture ideas often depends on the details.

Each scale includes the desire to have a positive impact on the people who use the spaces.

WE CONSIDER EACH ISSUE AT MULTIPLE SCALES, WITH AN EYE TOWARD EFFECTING POSITIVE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE

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A Continuum of Planning & Design

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Planning is an ongoing, iterative process involving a sophisticated matrix of people, places, and ideas. It exists at many different scales to solve varying problems in a comprehensive way. Often, different phases overlap and influence each other. Across all phases, consensus building is essential to ensure buy-in on the direction of the plan and support for implementation.

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Individual or small group discussions allow stakeholders to answer specific questions across several topics, themes, and scales.

Targeted group feedback sessions engage stakeholders with a specific perspective or expertise in a pointed dialogue about a key planning issue.

Large group forums allow individual stakeholders to ask questions and provide feedback in a more informal setting.

TOWN HALL AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS

VISIONING EXERCISES

WEB-BASED SURVEYS

Interactive activities are aimed toward building consensus through mapping and polling exercises or facilitated discussions.

Online questionnaires are a convenient and cost-effective means of soliciting anonymous feedback from a broad audience to garnish qualitative and quantitative datasets to inform decision-making.

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Online websites provide quickly accessible information including project overviews, diagrams, surveys and polls, and contact information for comments and questions.

Live videos of presentations and stakeholder meetings allow for virtual attendance and can also be shared via social media.

Various online platforms have the potential to reach a larger audience and to generate excitement around project goals.

More formal, large-format public meetings are effective to present key information, address questions, and solicit feedback from community stakeholders.

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Research-Based Approach Research is an important part of our team’s master planning and design process. Since 1998, Ayers Saint Gross has gathered broad data on trends in higher education and the physical characteristics of college and university campuses around the world. Each year, we distribute a Comparing Campuses poster with statistical data and analyses. The collection now exceeds 200 campuses and is available at the following website: http://asg-architects.com/comparing-campuses

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Featured Projects CAMPUS FRAMEWORK PLAN University of Denver

CAMPUS MASTER PLAN American University of Bahrain

MEDICAL CAMPUS FRAMEWORK PLAN Johns Hopkins University and Health System

16TECH MASTER PLAN AND DESIGN GUIDELINES Browning Investments, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI), Wexford Science and Technology, and 16Tech Community Corporation

XI’AN HOSPITAL MASTER PLAN China Northwest International Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Medicine International CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Texas A&M University

CAMPUS MASTER PLAN University of Pittsburgh CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Boise State University

MULTIPLE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS Washington University in St. Louis

EAST BALTIMORE REVITALIZATION PLAN Southern Baptist Church

DISTRICT-WIDE VISIONING CHARRETTES Tarrant County College District

CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Elon University

UNIVERSITY MASTER PLAN University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GIANT LEAPS MASTER PLAN Purdue University

ONE VCU MASTER PLAN Virginia Commonwealth University

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Campus Framework Plan University of Denver Denver, Colorado Developed through deep engagement and consensus building with students and the broader campus community, the plan is organized around a series of themes focused on developing a welcoming open space network, establishing clear connections across campus, enhancing the undergraduate residential life experience and graduate student needs, accommodating future growth to support academic programs over time, redeveloping strategic campus edges into a vibrant college town, defining a science quadrangle, and activating campus with landscape interventions.

Project Video: https://vimeo.com/266939159

Plan development at the edge of campus creates a college town

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The plan provides a framework for development that supports the future academic, student life, and community needs of campus

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Medical Campus Framework Plan Johns Hopkins University and Health System Baltimore, Maryland The Johns Hopkins Medical Campus has been an integral part of Baltimore and worldwide medical innovation for over 125 years. The Framework Plan guides its development, which includes the land and facilities of The Johns Hopkins Hospital; The Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Nursing; Bloomberg School of Public Health; and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. The framework creates a flexible, forward-looking roadmap that supports the ongoing facility needs of the campus. To guide growth and development, the plan addresses recommended renovations, proposed new buildings, parking, open space, utility infrastructure, circulation, and overall campus experience. The plan examines the responsible carrying capacity of the land within

the Medical Campus and proposes possible implementation phasing with the goal of creating an ever more efficient, effective, safe, and beautiful campus. The plan also considers how the campus and neighboring developments can work together to continue building a stronger neighborhood. The major themes of the plan include developing a strategy to replace outdated space and accommodate growth; creating stronger connections between the tri-partite mission of patient care, research, and education; encouraging interdisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration to break down silos; creating a campus district identity and supporting connectivity to adjacent neighborhoods and real estate development projects; and investing in infrastructure.

Patient Care Research Teaching Support Collaboration Spine

Proposed collaboration spine connecting research, teaching, patient care, and support spaces

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Existing view of former clinic building

Proposed inter-departmental research building and new front door on the north side of campus

Proposed Framework Plan looking northeast at dusk

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The illustrative master plan conveys the concept of a building within a park, a result of the surrounding dense urban environment with very little open space

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The towers establish the primary gateway into the site, create an iconic presence in Xi’an, and are topped with the figural lotus flower, one opening and one closing, symbolic of the day and the night and a reference back to two historic sites in Xi’an

Xi’an Hospital Master Plan China Northwest International Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Medicine International Xi’an, China

The circle, providing primary inpatient access to the General Hospital and Oncology Center, is the heart of the campus and is enhanced by locating the primary staff and visitor amenities along the bridges connecting the hospital

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Looking to evolve medical care in Xi’an, the China Northwest International Medical Center establishes a living, learning, and healing environment focused on elevating the patient and visitor experience with education and research embedded within the campus.

Located close to the city center, the site provides an accessible and welcoming campus experience and incorporates cultural influences within an modern aesthetic. Incorporating amenity spaces through and around the hospital allows for visual and physical interaction with the natural environment, promoting health and wellness.

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Proposed Buildings Proposed Parking Structures Existing Buildings Existing Parking Structures Partnership Buildings Off Campus Buildings

Proposed campus development plan

Campus Master Plan Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Texas A&M University is home to one of the largest student bodies in the world and is distinguished as a place of learning, discovery, innovation, and impact. The Campus Master Plan re-imagines how the physical environment contributes to continuing intellectual advancement. Key objectives include enhancing the student experience, increasing spatial connectivity and interdisciplinary opportunities, and linking buildings via a cohesive landscape and common spaces.

Ayers Saint Gross regularly engaged with a diverse range of campus stakeholders, including students, throughout the planning process

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Aerial rendering of historic core with strategic infill respectful of sensitive sites

Conceptual rendering of proposed West Campus Pavilion providing student-centric amenities

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Multiple Planning and Implementation Projects Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Ayers Saint Gross has worked with Washington University in St. Louis over many years to plan and implement projects that meet priority needs and strengthen the campus setting.

Three interrelated college-level master plans — first for integrated sciences and subsequently for the McKelvey School of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences — have created a framework to expand the institution’s research and teaching capacity. As a result of these planning processes, the university has implemented several new building and renovation projects. Ayers Saint Gross designed the transformational renovation of Bryan Hall for chemistry, which includes associated

improvements to adjacent campus landscapes and a pedestrian bridge that enhance key campus and regional connections.

We approach each individual initiative within a broader context based on our work to assess capacity, character, and real estate strategy for the Danforth Campus, nearby university landholdings including the Delmar Loop, and the Cortex Innovation District.

The renovation of Bryan Hall is a transformational project for the campus, and was an outcome of the Integrated Science Plan

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30k size (nasf) Humanities Social Spaces Open Space Mathematics and Natural Sciences Music and Performing Arts* University College Administrative Centers *Music also occupies space at 560 Building on Delmar

The Arts & Sciences Master Plan includes a detailed assessment of the departmental organization

Planning for the McKelvey School of Engineering prioritizes departmental needs, adjacencies, and building connectivity

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Engagement formats, tools, and devices included dot analysis and needs prioritization

District-Wide Visioning Charrettes Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, Texas Focused around a series of charrettes, intensive, interactive, highly participatory, and collaborative workshops held on campus with leadership and key stakeholders, our planning team assisted Tarrant County College district staff in gathering and analyzing data to establish a baseline understanding of the District and of each campus to set the foundation for visioning and facilitate discussion of critical needs, both present and future.

Five Themes

The process challenged existing culture and assumptions

Strategy

Profile

Outcomes

Engagement

Implementation

Five themes simultaneously addressed multiple district components including Profile, Strategy, Engagement, Outcomes, and Implementation

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Engagement activities create a collective understanding of key concepts

Engagement included more than 100 collaborative sessions with more than 4,000 participants

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University Master Plan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Having completed the previous master planning efforts, and seeing growth fulfilled, Ayers Saint Gross was chosen to revisit the initial master plan in order to develop guiding principles for ongoing land use and a new development framework closely integrated with the university’s strategic plan. Ayers Saint Gross guided the university through a preplanning process to identify key programmatic and physical planning drivers. A broad crosssection of the campus community participated in interactive workshops to identify shared themes, trends, and values.

New Construction Major Renovation (Significant changes to building program or function)

The master plan supports the university’s strategic plan

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The proposed plan addresses deferred maintenance, quantitative needs, the quality of open space, connectivity, and parking in a coordinated and transformative way

ONE VCU Master Plan Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia Ayers Saint Gross worked closely with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to create a comprehensive roadmap for the campus to elevate its national standing as a premier urban, public research university and academic health center. The ONE VCU Master Plan was different from previous plans because of a deliberate holistic approach — the VCU and VCU Health System teams worked in close collaboration to coordinate planning activities and develop a physical plan that supports both strategic plans. Informed by many previous studies and advised through a higher level of engagement than in the past, the result is a community-involved, evidence-based VCU roadmap that is transformational. The plan addresses major challenges, aligned with VCU’s strategic goals, and met programmatic space needs. The plan’s six guiding principles and associated strategies provide the flexibility to ensure new projects align with the VCU and VCU Health System strategic mission and

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vision. The six principles are Student Success, Patient Experience, Program Synergies, Placemaking, Mobility and Safety, and Unify the Campus.

The plan calls for more than 5.2 million gross square feet of proposed renovation and new construction for the next 12-15 years and beyond. Recommendations include a combination of major facility and open space investments, targeted demolitions, and strategic enhancements to existing infrastructure that will help transform the physical campus and address deferred maintenance needs, quantitative space needs, open space quality, parking demand, and sustainability goals. The campus — enhanced, reimagined, transformed — will expand the boundaries of knowledge and creative expression and improve the quality of health care provided at VCU.

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Conceptual rendering of proposed Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Building, Library, and Innovation Center on the new central green

Conceptual rendering of the proposed student commons and wellness facility and future academic buildings on the new iconic green

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Proposed plan at full build-out

Campus Master Plan American University of Bahrain Riffa Views, Bahrain Designed to accommodate 3,700 students from the region and provide a co-educational, interdisciplinary education, the master plan envisions the general size, scale, and feel of a greenfield campus to create an environment to help students thrive. The vibrant pedestrianoriented campus is organized around a central open space that facilitates flow and interactions among the communities, while simultaneously creating a shared space for students, faculty, and staff to connect.

Inspired by the culture of the region, the buildings are welcoming, human-scaled, and define a variety of open outdoor rooms that encourage interaction and recreation.

The campus landscape creates a learning oasis with lush green colors in the middle of the desert.

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The campus provides new opportunities for co-educational, interdisciplinary education in the region

Featuring both academic and student life facilities, the campus is a vibrant destination

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The former brownfield site is re-envisioned as a vibrant mixed-use innovation district reconnecting the city and the natural environment

16Tech Master Plan and Design Guidelines Browning Investments, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI), Wexford Science and Technology, and 16Tech Community Corporation Indianapolis, Indiana The culmination of long-held desires to turn the former home of the water agency for the City of Indianapolis into a mixeduse development, Ayers Saint Gross’s plan for 16Tech provides a clear vision for this Innovation District. The plan calls for adaptive re-use and new construction centered around a main plaza and park space, pedestrian-friendly streets, and a riverfront park. Currently being implemented, Ayers Saint Gross developed a set of design guidelines for the district to establish architectural and landscape standards for new streets and buildings, and continues to perform design reviews and updates as the district takes shape.

16Tech Master Plan

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New streetscapes and multi-purpose trail elevate the pedestrian experience

The heart of the 16Tech District, the central park and plaza is a flexible, public space for a full range of activities, events, and programming

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Proposed plan showing new construction, renovations, and opportunities by campus partners

Proposed view of campus improvements looking west toward downtown Pittsburgh

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Campus Master Plan University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pitt’s Campus Master Plan serves as a strategic roadmap for campus-wide renewal and growth while balancing visionary goals with what can be realistically achieved and implemented.

The plan concepts can be summarized into five overarching core ideas.

A Distinctive, Welcoming, and Attractive Urban Campus The plan proposes improvements in open space, streetscape, and wayfinding to strengthen Pitt’s identity, support accessibility, and enhance sustainability.

A Place of Academic Excellence Pitt is unique because of the proximity of its programs and institutional partners. The plan proposes stronger east-west connections to capitalize on adjacencies, multidisciplinary synergies, and campus renewal and stewardship initiatives.

A More Connected, Outward-Looking, Engaged University The concepts proposed in the plan help attract talent, improve accessibility, develop a multimodal transportation network, and enhance the quality of life across the campus and in the neighborhood of Oakland.

An Enriching Student Experience Pitt’s topography is a distinguishing campus element but makes connectivity a challenge.

The plan proposes a north-south network of student life facilities that links living and learning to transform the student experience.

A Place that Seeks Synergy and Efficiency The plan improves aging facilities, reinforces shared facilities, promotes affordability and resiliency, and provides new facilities that are more agile and efficient.

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Stronger east-west connections create better synergies among teaching, research, and clinical uses through redevelopment, improved streetscape, and bridge connections

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Proposed plan at full build-out

Campus Master Plan Boise State University Boise, Idaho Responding to goals outlined in Boise State’s strategic plan, the Campus Master Plan examines campus expansion east and south, focusing on the connectivity of this urban campus with a unique relationship to the river and downtown Boise.

Our team led the university through a series of workshops testing various expansion scenarios to align the plan with enrollment trends and campus growth. The planning precinct studies proposed a live-learn community and first-year housing development.

Addressing University Drive was a distinct challenge. A main circulation route wraps around the perimeter of the original campus and divides the campus from the developing expansion zones.

Transforming this drive into University Mall required new strategies for circulation and changes to the residential street grid to accommodate larger institutional buildings.

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Proposed improvements to the athletics gateway create a welcoming space for visitors and celebration

Rendered view at full build-out of proposed western edge of campus with a new arts district

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Community residents participated in visioning exercises to articulate opportunities and challenges facing the community

Through community charrettes, residents worked with Ayers Saint Gross planners and designers to craft their plan for the community

East Baltimore Revitalization Plan Southern Baptist Church Baltimore, Maryland The East Baltimore Revitalization Plan presents big ideas for better connecting and building on assets across East Baltimore.

The plan recommends strategic infill, public realm improvements, and programmatic opportunities to rebuild social capital and provide opportunities for people of all walks of life. By focusing new development along corridors with the highest lot and building vacancy rates, the plan not only supports keeping existing residents in the neighborhood, but also recommends new housing typologies to bring people and amenities back to the area.

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The public outreach for this project was comprehensive and focused on empowering residents by teaching them about planning practices, terminology, and process. With a foundation of community input, the overall engagement extended across the city, through both the public and private sectors, building consensus, support, and resources for future development. With corporate partners, city leaders, and community members on board, development is beginning to take off.

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Street-level rendering of proposed changes

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Aerial rendering of proposed strategic infill, public realm investment, and new construction

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Precinct study of campus core

Campus Master Plan Elon University Elon, North Carolina The Campus Master Plan for Elon University envisions a bold framework for future development, guiding campus growth through new academic and residential quads, expanded business and science facilities, new residential facilities, and a renewed historic core.

The plan clarifies vehicular and pedestrian circulation to improve student safety along major thoroughfares and better integrate the campus with the adjacent town center.

Land-use decisions prioritized redevelopment and the preservation of riparian systems, woodlands, meadows, and farmland. Analysis of the campus demonstrated the near-term need for expanded academic and housing facilities to support enrollment growth and to better support a living-learning environment for first-year students.

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Proposed master plan

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Streetscape improvements bisects the main campus quad enhancing views of the iconic open space and the safety of pedestrians and cyclists moving across campus

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Proposed plan highlighting building renovations, new development sites, and a connected open space network

Giant Leaps Master Plan Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana The 2018 Giant Leaps Master Plan builds upon Purdue’s rich 150-year history, ambitious strategic direction, and historic tradition of planning, setting a vision for future development and capacity of the campus. Consistent engagement with a wide array of stakeholders and the West Lafayette community during the 20-month process ensured the plan reflects current priorities and introduces transformative new ideas.

includes strategies to increase economic development in West Lafayette. The result is a shared vision to guide development and rapid implementation that will elevate the image of the campus, maintain affordability, provide consistency and thoughtful organization, unveil opportunities within existing buildings, and allow for flexible decision making.

Project Video: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=p7IMVA7Rgf8

The plan provides a framework for open space, circulation, and connectivity and identifies potential buildings and sites for renovation, new construction, and future capacity to ensure development aligns with the long-term vision for a connected campus. The plan not only reflects the goals of Purdue, but also

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Conceptual rendering of the final plan

The plan recommends establishing a student success corridor by closing Third Street to vehicular traffic and providing pedestrian-oriented and bicycle-oriented spaces

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Select Planning Clients

Arizona State University

Salisbury University

Boise State University

Smithsonian Institution

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

St. Mary’s College of Maryland

California State University Channel Islands

Swarthmore College

California State University, Los Angeles

Tarrant County College

Calvin College

Texas A&M University

Carnegie Mellon University

The Ohio State University

Catholic University of America

Towson University

Duke University

University of Arizona

Elmhurst College

University of Cincinnati

Elon University

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Harvard University

University of Denver

Hawaii Pacific University

University of Illinois, Chicago

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Howard Community College

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Iowa State University

University of Maryland, College Park

Johns Hopkins Health System

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Johns Hopkins University

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Lafayette College

University of New Mexico

Lebanon Valley College

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Maryland Institute College of Art

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Marymount University

University of North Florida

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

University of North Texas

Medical University of South Carolina

University of Notre Dame

North Carolina State University

University of Pittsburgh

Northern Arizona University

University of Richmond

Ohio University

University of Rochester

Oklahoma State University

University of Southern California

Pennsylvania State University

University of the Pacific

Purdue University

University of Virginia

Quinnipiac University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Ringling College of Art + Design

Wake Forest University

Roger Williams University

Washington University in St. Louis

Rush University

Westminster Theological Seminary

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