CAMPUS COMPARATIVES (NOLLI MAPS)

Comparative Mapping Analysis

Our precedent research began with creating and assessing Nolli maps of similarly sized university campuses. Nolli Maps are two-dimensional plan diagrams that represent figure-round relationships. These drawings use black and white to distinguish between negative space and mass, clearly identifying the boundaries between public and private realms. We researched several campuses to understand successful program adjacency relationships that would aid us in the design of our own campus master plan. Out of many studies, we narrowed our focus onto the four campuses we found to be most “ideal”.

• Barnard College: This campus has a successful navigation of the public and private realms. The campus circulation is pedestrian dominant, although protected from the surrounding cityscape as the campus buildings are oriented along the perimeter of the city-to-campus threshold.

• Harvard Medical School: While the university programs are broken up into different campus locations, they all connect back to a central lawn. The circulation is primarily pedestrian with parking on the edges of campus.

• Fordham University School of Law: The campus is close in proximity to the highdensity city as well as Central Park. There is a central lawn and multiple pockets of green space scattered across the small campus, connecting the community through outdoor gathering spaces.

• Roeterseiland Campus: Located in the city center, we recognized this school for its connection to the city through pedestrian and bike routes that run through the campus. The campus also has a main student hub as well as ample green space that successfully tie all the university programs together.