Simon Fraser University Residence Master Plan

ALI G NI NG WITH THE CA M PU S DE VE L OP ME N T P L AN SFU’s original Burnaby Mountain Campus Plan was designed by prestigious architect, Arthur Erickson in 1963. In 2007, Endall Elliot Associates conducted a Residential Precinct Study (RPS) as part of their Burnaby Mountain Campus Development Plan (CDP). The CDP analyzed the existing organization of the Burnaby Mountain Campus: its dramatic topography, landscape character, circulation, building type, massing and spectacular views. The RPS envisioned a residential precinct that punctuates the west end of Burnaby’s long pedestrian spine with a raised common lawn anchored by a new “Amenity Building” at the axis terminus. This Housing Master Plan builds upon the Endall Elliot RPS, integrating with Burnaby’s wonderfully unique campus conditions and developing a specific housing system model that enhances the student residential experience on the west end of Burnaby Mountain. While taking into account bed count and unit type, this plan looks at ways to strengthen the axis hierarchy and improve the sequence of arrival. This Plan provides a common green, smaller courtyards, and landscaping opportunities for the underutilized parking lot north of the Towers. With a growing residential population, the Housing Master Plan also addresses the need for additional dining and a new parking strategy, as the precinct study also recommends.

Campus View, Endall Elliot Associates

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Simon Fraser University Residence Master Plan

Published on Mar 20, 2019

Hanbury

Hanbury was asked to help create a unified vision for housing that would not only meet the University’s recruitment and retention goals but that would be financially sustainable in the long term. The final plan shows growth in student housing from six percent in 2015 to eighteen percent by 2030. The process included a series of visioning sessions with campus stakeholders, focus groups with students from all class years, a web-based student survey to assess demand for housing on campus, the development of an alignment paper presented to University executive staff showing how housing’s goals aligned with the University’s strategic plan, and two site planning charettes to explore new housing opportunities. A phased implementation plan and financial plan were then created that outlined demolition of two existing residence halls, quality of life renovations of all remaining halls, and the construction of 1,700 new beds and a new dining center.