AESTHETICS, LIGHT, AND GLARE
Windows – Window opening configurations and scale are important elements for the rectilinear building forms of CSULB campus. Individually set windows and storefront installations are acceptable systems. Glass surfaces will add depth, shadow and dimension to the building façade. Future flexibility of interspaces will be considered when the façade and window penetrations are being designed. Service – Service areas, including access for campus vehicles, trash collection and pickup, and building deliveries will be located in a manner to minimize pedestrian and vehicular paths from conflicting. Pedestrians will always have the priority in the circulation planning of buildings. Service access and areas will be shielded from view and will be located adjacent to parking and driveways.
Campus Character The Master Plan will result in placement of new structures within campus according to the architectural guidelines, as follows.
The “buildings in a park” campus configuration creates a pedestrian-oriented environment with automobile and public transportation circulation routes remaining outside the central campus and the major open spaces. The campus core will continue to be a pedestrian domain, and service vehicles will continue to use designated service routes. Most academic, academic support, and housing facilities will continue to be clustered within ½ mile walking distance. At conflict points with other modes of travel, pedestrian will be given the right-ofway, especially at key crossing of heavily traveled streets. Visual cues will be incorporated into new and redesigned facilities to direct pedestrians toward the most desirable path.
The “spaces between” that knit together CSULB campus are critical to its character and quality. The open spaces include lawns, pedestrian malls and plazas, active and passive spaces, shady landscaped areas and smaller intimate yards. The interior orientation of the academic campus toward the open space is a unique form and character-giving attribute that will be retained and enhanced by the Master Plan. New buildings will largely be within interior of the campus, minimizing changes from the exterior. These new elements will mostly replace existing facilities or provide for appropriate infill campus development.
The new classroom buildings will replace existing structures that have outlived their useful life, and will result in beneficial aesthetic changes. The new parking structures will replace surface parking and eliminate open asphalt and concrete areas. The new residence halls are designed to compliment the existing dormitory buildings and related uses nearby. The proposed administrative and athletic facilities are consistent with existing onsite and nearby uses.
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT CAMPUS MASTER PLAN