Master Planning Experience

Master Planning Experience VMDO Architects

Master Planning An Engaging + Inclusive Process

Campus Planning Campus planning gives form and definition to the full spectrum of forces – cultural, ecological, political, social, and aesthetic – that shape the built environment and the public realm. A comprehensive master planning process synthesizes these factors into plans, guidelines, and design strategies that shape a campus to be resonant with a school, college, or university’s highest ambitions.

Engaging Communities VMDO offers an innate understanding of “place,” combined with a highly collaborative process of engaging faculty, staff, and students in programming and design to produce a body of work of significant character. We believe that, beyond single buildings, it is the connections between sites and people, the integration of materiality and landscape in response to context, and the overall sensibility of “place” that contributes to making a memorable campus fabric. This attention to context, building traditions, and linkages within a campus landscape are elements the VMDO team will tease out in developing a clear concept for your campus.

Defining the Project Scope At the start of the Campus Master Planning process, we will work closely with you to define the goals of the process. Some key questions we’re interested in receiving feedback on include: •

Who are the key stakeholders?

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What are the core challenges you are facing – as an institution and as a campus?

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What broader social, economic, or environmental goals can be achieved?

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How can the master plan support and enhance your physical setting?

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How do the goals of your institution intersect with the needs of its surrounding communities?

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How should your campus be developed / renewed to support academic, athletics, student life, and recreation needs?

Clemson University Core Campus Precinct Study & Design

Shenandoah University Master Plan

Campus Analysis: Gathering Key Input + Information As architects specializing in designs for educational institutions, we are frequently engaged with public presentations, workshops, and meetings with the communities that we serve. Once we have established a mutual understanding of the project scope, we will work with you to identify and analyze key issues. Some key issues will be a matter of gathering research such as campus utility locations and parking capacity. Other issues will require the collaborative involvement of a variety of stakeholders. Collecting research and information may involve: • • • • •

Evaluation of existing buildings and campus features Research on existing utilities and infrastructure Data on classroom and office use Observations on existing pedestrian and vehicular traffic Collating data on existing and planned parking

Gathering input from stakeholders and community members will be a highly interactive process. As a team, we are prepared to gather input through: • • • •

Interview + focus groups Interactive workshops + programming sessions Surveys Peer institution analysis

We will work with you to identify the groups to target and the best vehicle for gathering input. As leaders in this process, we will help you best address the key questions and concerns for the planning process.

Master Planning An Engaging + Inclusive Process

Setting Meaningful Goal: Establishing Campus Design Principles With a robust collection of background information in hand, we will work with you to identify comprehensive goals for the project. Campus design principles should articulate shared values and express the essence of your campus experience. Through our contact with members of your community, we will have a strong sense of the needs, priorities, challenges, and opportunities for achieving your ambitions for your campus. A clear consensus on the goals of the project will create common ground among stakeholders and provide a framework for evaluating the program and architectural designs as they develop. At the start of master planning, we will work closely with you to define the goals of the process and receive feedback on design principles. Possible campus design principles include: • • • • • •

Establish a vision for growth that embraces and strengthens the goals of your strategic plan Capture the physical manifestation of you campus identity and spirit Create a sense of place, with integrity and authenticity, that supports student success Develop a recognizable campus identity Invest in infrastructural advances and best practices, including sustainable design principles Support pedestrian access and safety

Strategic Planning Goals Grounded in your mission, values, and strategic plan, the goals we develop together will also reflect your mission to build a better campus through the following priorities: • • • • • •

Strengthen your enrollment through strategic design and implementation of integrated enrollment management programs Foster the development of an enriching campus culture to support student success Achieve recognition for academic excellence through the development of high quality educational programs Invest in state-of-the-art IT infrastructure to support teaching, learning, research, and administration Extend intellectual, academic, cultural, and research resources to promote sustainable economic growth Institute an expanded branding and marketing program to create awareness and develop relationships

NEW PLANNING CONCEPTS - Key Landscape Spaces

NEW PLANNING CONCEPTS - Long-Term Campus Growth

The Campus Plan has identified key landscape spaces to be developed

In general, these property acquisitions are seen as enhancements to the

and preserved as Shenandoah University changes over time. This plan

Campus Plan, which has been designed to make the most of existing

builds from the Academic Quad, which currently organizes the core

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academic and administrative buildings of the existing campus. The East Green and the associated quad spaces extend the structure and

Acquiring the Beltone property would significantly improve options for

orientation established by the Academic Quad eastward. A new bridge

developing the site acquired by the Millwood Avenue closure. The

across Interstate-81 forges an important pedestrian link, providing a

Concept Plan for Performing Arts Building included in the Long-Term

walkable connection between two distinct campus spaces.

property is the single most important acquisition as it will allow the new building to realize the full potential of the program anticipated on its site.

Dell - a more naturalized landscape that weaves together the original Shenandoah campus with the more recent and planned buildings to the

Purchasing the property to the immediate west of Interstate-81,

west. This landscape will bridge across Abrams Creek to a new Arts

currently a Bob Evans restaurant, would significantly improve the

Quad with a series of landscape spaces and pathways. It will create

visual appearance of the Shenandoah campus. First, it would allow the

common ground between distinct programs, creating attractive spaces

Academic Quad

for students to gather and connect. The Dell will form a recognizable campus space that is uniquely “Shenandoah.” A prominent landscape

Arts Quad

University to remove the “Bob Evans” sign that is widely visible from East Green

campus and adjacent areas. Second, it would give the University private access to the eastern entrance to campus. And finally, it would allow

feature visible from Millwood Avenue, The Dell will project an image of a

University as a distinguished collegiate campus with low brick perimeter walls, fencing, plantings, and enhanced entrances. Meanwhile, a densely planted buffer zone will shelter the campus from the noise and visual obstruction of Interstate-81 and Highway 50, Millwood Avenue.

the University to create a vegetated buffer zone beside the interstate

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thriving, connected, natural, collegiate place to the public.

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owned by the University. This property, along with the land adjacent to Ralph Shockey Drive (currently used as a Citgo gas station), would allow the University to develop an attractive buffer to the heavy traffic

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along Highway 50 while creating a continuous campus edge that is recognizably Shenandoah.

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Campus Design Principles Equally important, campus design principles will begin to translate common goals into a vision for their physical implementation. These design principles will articulate shared values, express the essence of your campus experience, and serve as guideposts for the planning process. Potential campus design principles include: • • • • •

Create spaces that promote intellectual pursuits, social interaction, and professional development Address and enhance your campus’ unique features and other campus gateways Respect and encourage meaningful ties to the neighboring communities Develop a network of pathways and campus spaces to bolster the pedestrian experience Articulate the presence of your campus clearly, cohesively, and boldly in planning for future growth

Together, these goals and principles will guide the difficult trade-offs sure to emerge throughout the design process. They will become the standard for balancing programs and concepts developed in your master plan.

Physical Content: Developing Planning Concepts Your master plan should critically recognize the best of what your campus offers today, in order to envision how to move forward with confidence and vision. Campus analysis, project goals, and design principles will clarify project strengths as well as challenges found in your campus facilities. We will identify programmatic holes in your building stock and specify which areas of the campus need further study and visioning. As we start to develop planning concepts, we will begin to create conceptual site designs and define the scale and character of potential buildings and public spaces. We will propose specific strategies for key campus sites, gateways, pathways, and campus features.

As a document, the plan will likely include specific guidelines for campus improvements including campus signage and wayfinding, landscape and planting materials, consistent detailing, and building massing.

Aerial of Liberty University’s Master Plan

Methodology Solid Foundation for Planning Concepts

Planning Concepts VMDO’s higher education concentration has made campus planning a core priority in developing work of all scales for a diverse collection of educational clients. We begin every design effort with a careful analysis of the existing campus fabric and advance confidently only once we’ve identified the unique character of a place. We strive to honor the legacy of the clients we serve through our efforts to understand and fortify the distinct qualities of their built and natural environments. Our planning concepts will include specific recommendations for: Image and Campus Identity As the guide for all new planning and construction on your campus, a new master plan will shape how campus facilities embody, represent, and facilitate a unified identity for your campus. The master plan will articulate how a campus identity, unique to you, will be expressed through the size and character of interior and exterior campus spaces, the massing of new buildings, material choices selected throughout campus, the quality and arrangement of outdoor furniture, and a consistency to campus signage. A design strategy for campus identity should also apply to your campus' presence as it reaches beyond traditional boundaries.

Existing Conditions and Size Our initial campus analysis will involve an inventory of campus spaces. This document will provide a thorough analysis of classroom, administrative, and learning spaces available on campus. We will use our assessment of existing conditions as well as other resources to influence recommendations for the size and scale of any new facilities anticipated.

Parking, Roads, Traffic, and Campus Access Parking and vehicular circulation have a tremendous impact on any campus. Planning carefully for both ensures that the automobile is not a singular driving force shaping the character of your campus – but still recognizes the incredible importance of getting parking right.

Based on research, we will recommend how modifications to current parking resources can strengthen the character of the campus while meeting current and future parking needs. Similarly, roads can become a strong dividing line as they pass through a campus. We will develop planning concepts that strengthen campus spaces and minimize unnecessary divisions while still providing the access necessary for appropriate vehicular movement.

Campus Entrance We will consider the scale, siting, and character of each of the individual entries to the campus. As a group, we will develop design strategies for clearly announcing the character of your institution and welcoming visitors and community members alike to the campus.

Sustainable Development and Environmental Impact We are prepared to help you anticipate campus-scale improvements that could lead to large-scale conservation efforts. Similarly, we are prepared to evaluate sustainable site development plans to handle stormwater, building siting, landscape surfacing, and planting on campus in an environmentally responsible manner.

Landscape Planning / Guidelines for Landscape Design Elements Planting, particularly tree planting, will define the character of the campus into the future. Working with a landscape architect, we will develop a thoughtful strategy regarding landscape planting and incorporate it into the master plan. We will also develop clear, consistent strategies for landscape furnishings including street furniture, bicycle racks, street lights, emergency phones, signs, and kiosks, among others. Guidelines for locating and even concealing service objects like loading docks and trash dumpsters will allow these elements to recede into the background.

Utilities and Infrastructure Infrastructural support for campus improvements and expansion must be provided. This will include water, sewer, power, technology, and stormwater initiatives. We will rely again on a civil engineer to help us anticipate the space and access needed for campus growth as we recommend new development.

Signage and Wayfinding The signs on campus should represent a branded, recognizable institutional identity while delivering clear, concise information to the campus community and its visitors. As we develop standards for signage and wayfinding systems, we will ensure that the strategy embodies the campus identity and provides a coordinated system for identifying buildings, spaces, and directions around campus.

Campus Development Vision for Future Growth

As your campus master plan develops, we will work with you to evaluate needs and possibilities for new construction projects. By providing site analysis, programming, and design options, we will help you solidify design strategies that best embody the goals developed for your master plan.

Campus Growth – Evaluating Proposed Building Sites In selecting sites for new buildings, we will look closely at the location, campus pathways, topography, and adjacencies of possible sites in conjunction with their suitability for construction. We will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of building on each site, judging each based on the benefits for the new building itself as well as its contribution to your campus.

Programming With careful programming in place, the spaces allotted for new construction will support the right balance of activities and academic pursuits for your campus community. As new construction projects are identified, architectural programming will identify the right balance of spaces and amenities to achieve the goals articulated by the first phases of the Master Plan.

Specifically, we will work with you and your community to clarify the number, types, and sizes of spaces to be housed in anticipated building projects. This list of spaces, sizes, relationships, and key descriptions will provide a format for discussing the new buildings while becoming a road map for the beginning of the design process.

Design Options With a preliminary program and site in hand, we will begin the process of concept design. We will test how the program is tangibly applied as a series of building and site designs that we can compare on a number of different levels. This program will serve as a living document that will undergo further analysis. By proposing several options for building design, we will develop an understanding of how the imagined program spaces will intersect to form a dynamic new building. By pairing each proposed building design with a site plan, we will investigate options for the site’s pedestrian pathways, connections with its campus precinct, vehicular access, and service entries, and find the best way for the new construction to feel like a natural addition to the campus.

Setting Priorities – Initial Cost Budget In creating a budget for design options, we will determine the relative cost of proposed schemes. Based on cost per square foot figures of similar recently constructed projects and an estimate of site costs, this initial budget can become an important “reality check” that will clarify the spaces you can afford to include in a final building program.

Supporting Fundraising – Developing Momentum for Building Projects Renderings, developed when appropriate, will articulate how new construction will influence the character, scale, and feel of your campus.

Compelling renderings will help bring a project to life and support a higher level of understanding, clarity, and enthusiasm needed to garner necessary approvals, as well as potentially spark a successful fundraising campaign. By identifying the right project(s), creating a responsible budget, and developing dynamic fundraising materials, your campus will be poised to develop momentum for future building projects.

Project Management As the master plan is developed, we will place the identified projects on a master schedule. This schedule will identify milestones that will enable you to follow its progress, anticipate construction that will disrupt campus activities, and identify design efforts that will require coordination between projects. Project budgets for new projects on a master schedule will help your monitor the funds required to accomplish the work.

VMDO’s Master Plan Experience

Averett University Master Plan Size: 19 Acres Completion: 2011

Clemson University Core Campus Plan Size: 306,110 SF Completion: 2008

Hampden-Sydney College Master Plan Size: 14.15 Acres Completion: 1999

Liberty University Master Plan

Mary Washington College Master Plan

Richard Bland College Master Plan

Size: 7,000 Acres

Size: 150 Acres

Size: 750 Acres

Completion: 2011

Shenandoah University Master Plan Size: 315 Acres

Completion: 2013

Completion: 1986

Sweet Briar College Campus Plan

TCC Chesapeake Campus Precinct Plan

Size: 3,250 Acres

Size: 69 Acres

Completion: 1991

Univ. of South Carolina Housing Master Plan

University of Virginia Precinct Planning

Size: 1.9M SF

Size: 1,682 Acres

Completion: 2011

Completion: 1984

Completion: Ongoing

Completion: 2009

UVA’s College at Wise Design Guidelines Size: 396 Acres

Completion: 2000

“ The Core Campus Master Plan is a remarkable achievement … Through an in-depth participatory process, VMDO has charted a challenging but viable course for development … The program was very challenging, but through innovative problem solving and tireless interaction, the team has taken the complex goals of the University and has fashioned a vision that has taken root.”

Ge rald Van D e r M e y Dire c t o r o f Ca mp u s P la n n i n g Clems o n U n i v ers i ty

Programming Space Utilization Analysis

Spaces for education are evolving in dynamic and exciting ways. Whereas classrooms of the past have been designed for the static transmission of knowledge from the teacher to a passive array of students, education spaces of the future are embracing opportunities for collaboration and movement.

Classrooms and Offices Modern classrooms and offices come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and configurations, and with a broad array of amenities. If desired, a space utilization analysis will analyze the usage patterns of existing resources to: • • • •

Confirm needs for academic classrooms, labs, support spaces, and offices Determine the availability of existing classrooms and offices (noting size, occupancy, and type of space for each) Clarify usage rates appropriate for your campus Identify needs for additional spaces

Circulation and Gathering Spaces Not just a means to get “from here to there,” circulation spaces also serve as social areas for interaction between students, faculty, and staff. Student commons areas and faculty lounges that are centrally located and easily accessible to all will encourage a natural blending of sociability and learning. A broader analysis of learning spaces beyond the classroom – in the “spaces between” formal academic settings – will help you evaluate further opportunities for learning to flow naturally on campus. These spaces will facilitate continuing conversations, first sparked in the classroom, and produce energy and meaning in the support of education.

Variety of gathering and learning spaces at Georgia Tech, George Mason University, Liberty University, Sweet Briar College, and Virginia Tech.

Site Connections Valuing Campus Green Space

Liberty University’s Montview Student Union

James Madison University’s Wayland Hall

Washington & Lee University’s Elrod Student Center

TCC Chesapeake Student Center

University of Virginia’s Graduate Center for Jefferson Fellows

Site Connections Campus Connections, Pathways, + Access

University of Virginia’s Graduate Center for Jefferson Fellows

By pulling in prominent campus pathways and connecting circulation areas to active, programmed outdoor spaces, each building can reach out to its surroundings, provide a clear center of gravity for campus activities, and be representative of your unique identity and individual character.

VMDO will carefully evaluate the pathways and roads through campus, ensuring that the campus maintains a seamless, pedestrian campus edge while still gaining access to the loading docks and service drives needed to supply the buildings.

Longwood University’s Wheeler Hall

Washington & Lee University: View of Boardwalk, Dining Terrace, and new Lawn in front of the Student Gym

Relevant Experience Campus Planning

Clemson University’s Core Campus Honors College The following collection of work represents our ability to successfully collaborate with clients, to help them imagine and plan for campus development that realizes their best ambitions. For each of these projects, our team packaged findings, ideas, and concepts through graphic, written, and presentation formats. Our work captures both the spirit and the key information of each campus planning project.

Washington & Lee University’s Law School Study

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Washington & Lee University’s Housing Study

UVA’s College at Wise Design Guidelines

James Madison University’s Spotswood Hall Study

University of Virginia’s Arts Gateway Study

James Madison University’s Spotswood Hall Study

Relevant Experience Shenandoah University Master Plan

Shenadoah University’s Master Plan

The Shenandoah University Campus Plan provides a new vision for the campus. Based on broad campus input, developed into concepts, and articulated as a clear plan forward, the Shenandoah Campus Plan aligns with the University’s goals and planning targets. It has been developed to guide campus growth + develop Shenandoah’s strengths, and to project a consistent image through the campus experience.

While the Campus Plan addresses Shenandoah’s long-range goals, it also lays out a strategy to improve the Shenandoah campus in fiveyear increments. The five-year planning strategy identifies modest developments that will create palpable changes immediately. Progress planned at the 10- and 15-year marks build upon these initial steps, ultimately achieving a larger vision for Shenandoah University.

New strategies for organizing spaces on campus include: • Shifting the new Concert Hall and Arts Quad to the south, taking advantage of land acquired during the Millwood Avenue closure • Consolidating Athletics on East Campus, creating a central zone for Athletics • Consolidating student housing onto the main campus west of I-81, responding to student desires in the heart of campus • Distributing administrative spaces throughout the campus.

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Relevant Experience Liberty University Master Plan

Liberty University’s Master Plan seeks to create a campus-wide identity of excellence by re-envisioning the entirety of its physical environment in a comprehensive way that creates a memorable campus experience for students. The plan organizes the many previously fractured aspects of campus life into a cogent assembly of quads, academic facilities, and student amenities, all connected by a new 1.5-mile-long accessible campus walk. Designed by VMDO, the Master Plan establishes approximately 1 million square feet of new building over the course of 10 years.

The projects that have come out of the Master Plan (also designed by VMDO) are highlighted in the photographs to the right.

Liberty University’s 2010 Campus Master Plan

Liberty University’s 2030 Campus Master Plan

Jerry Falwell Library

Montview Student Union

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Academic + Performance Center

Basketball Practice Facility

Indoor Practice Facility

Science Building

School of Music

Concert Hall

View from Liberty University - Montview Student Union’s Steps

Relevant Experience Tidewater Community College Chesapeak Precinct Plan + Student Center

Precinct Plan This precinct master plan was a follow-up to a 2007 master plan with a focus on the area which would become the first phase of build-out.

Phase one design projects included a new Student Center, an Academic building, and parking upgrades.

The precinct master plan studied the appropriateness of the new building locations relative to the current campus buildings, analyzed the parking upgrades and campus infrastructure, and investigated the build-out sequence. While two design teams would work independently on the buildings and site, a single CM would deliver the construction project. The precinct plan served to test whether the key goals of the master plan – concentrating parking within structures along the perimeter and organizing future buildings around an open green – could be successfully achieved given the chosen delivery method.

Phase one construction concentrated on the west side of the campus parking lot and successfully connected new buildings to the old over the vast ocean of cars and engaged the campus' unique wetland landscape. The precinct plan accounted for phased interim parking, pedestrian connections, consolidated stormwater management strategies, and a revised service access strategy. To achieve the greatest success of a pedestrian-connected campus, the precinct plan proposed an alternate location for the academic building and a restructuring of service roads that would reinforce, rather than isolate, the campus from the wetland environment on the north side of campus.

Site work was concentrated together, with combined frontage on a new green space that extended from the new building entries to the existing campus buildings – overall creating a safe, pleasant, collegiate landscape connection.

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Student Center The Student Center's siting takes advantage of a new campus green space on the south and the tidal wetland environment on the north.

Energized spaces – recreation and café – spill out onto green space and terrace edge on the wetlands. A shaded court acts as an outdoor atrium for the new building and frames a wide portal that extends views and access out to the landscape beyond. The building contains student activity, recreation, lounge and study areas, meeting rooms, multi-purpose rooms, digital gaming, a fitness center, student organization offices, child minding and a café / food service venue. Program components find useful expression on the exterior and project the lively activity within the building that attracts and welcome students. LEED Gold certified, the Student Center received the 2016 Facility Design Award of Excellence from the Association of College Unions International.

Relevant Experience Clemson University Core Campus Study

VMDO's comprehensive vision for the Core Campus of Clemson University – including programming and concept design for a combined union, housing, and dining project – highlights our team’s approach to fruitful student engagement, intensive professional collaboration, and strategic success in large, multi-phased planning. Working in concert with local architects Stevens & Wilkinson (Architect of Record) and Sasaki Associates (Dining Design), VMDO guided the university in an open, engaging programming effort, starting in 2006 with campus-wide planning and design workshops, to the final completion of three residence halls, a residential and retail dining facility, and strategic doses of academic space in 2016.

Aerial of Core Campus

Core Campus

Core Campus Site Plan (2009)

Axon Highlighting Residence Hall (2009)

Axon Highlighting All New Construction (2009)

Axon Highlighting the Entire Core Campus Plan (2009)

Relevant Experience Averett University Master Plan

Averett University: Aerial Axonometric Drawing of Building + Landscape Concepts

Photographs of Buildings Analyzed for the Averett University Master Plan

Averett University Proposed Athletics Precinct Master Plan

Relevant Experience University of South Carolina Housing Master Plan Assembly Street

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Relevant Experience University of Virginia’s College at Wise Campus Plan Design Guidelines + Key Campus Projects

Renovated Entrance to Science Building

Rendering of New Multi-purpose Arena

New Residence Hall Exterior

Student Center Exterior

Landscape Connections to the New Student Center

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Landscape Connections to the New Student Center

VMDO Architects 200 E Market St Charlottesville, Va 22902 434.296.5684 vmdo.com

For more information on Master Planning work please contact: David Oakland kovach@vmdo.com Jim Kovach kovach@vmdo.com