Campus Design Tiger Team

President’s Forum Presentation

February 27, 2008

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Campus Design Tiger Team

• William Harper, Chair, Head of the Department of Health and Kinesiology

• Robin Bellinger, Co-chair, Associate Vice President for Advancement

• Peter Caldwell, Student in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

• John Collier, Director of Campus Planning• Jamie Hendershot, CSSAC Member, Clerk, University

Development Office• Kim Lehnen, Administrative Assistant• Paul Shepson, Professor of Chemistry, and Earth and

Atmospheric Sciences• Betty Suddarth, President of Purdue Retirees Association• Kim Wilson, Professor of Horticulture and Landscape

Architecture

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Campus Design Process

Living our land grant mission as a public university

Must signify and represent a thriving educational enterprise

Addresses the overall functional, aesthetic and environmental quality of the campus, including:

landscaping, outdoor features, furnishings, transportation systems, quality of housing and recreational areas

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Campus Design ProcessIncluded over 40 Information Clusters

• APSAC, CSSAC, Physical Facilities• Architecture, Landscape Design and Planning

Committee• BCC, LCC, Black Caucus• Boiler Green Initiative (student group)• Discovery Park – Energy, Climate, Environmental

Centers• Intercollegiate Athletics, Learning Spaces

Directors• L/WL Economic Development Committee• Retirees, Transportation Services, CityBus• Sustainability Council• WL Mayor and Staff

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Campus Design ProcessOpen Forum and Blog Questions • What do you like most about Purdue’s

existing campus design?

• What do you like least about Purdue’s existing campus design?

• What would you most like to change with regard to Purdue’s future campus design?

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Campus Design Feedback What like most about existing campus design?• Green/open space, tree paths• Tradition of red brick• Different shops/vending in facilities,

new food courts• Proximity of classrooms (10 minute

rule)• Connectivity to city by bus system• International village• Fountains

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Campus Design FeedbackWhat like least about existing campus design?• State Street division• Transportation time to 65• Campus signage• Insufficient classroom space• Insufficient lab and programs space• Outdated recreation facilities• Limited campus student housing• Poor lighting in parking areas

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Campus Design FeedbackMost like to change in future campus design?• Become more pedestrian friendly• Access for handicap and aging

population• More open areas and LEED certified

buildings• Better signage and mapping• Additional parking• Better lighting, particularly in remote

parking areas• Improved recreational facilities• Provide a welcoming entrance• Transportation options• Consistency in technology across

campus

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Sample BenchmarkingBrown UniversityCornell UniversityIowa State UniversityMichigan State UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversityNotre DamePenn State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversitySmith College of Liberal ArtsUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of Wisconsin: Madison and Green BayUniversity of California at Santa CruzUniversity of California at DavisVirginia Commonwealth University

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First Core Vision A Living Laboratory

• Embodies what the university stands for: learning, discovery and engagement

• Creates well-functioning and thriving community

• Pledge to a vision of balance and harmony• Cultivates organic relationship of living parts

“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”

--Aldo Leopold, environmentalist

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Second Core VisionSustainability

Sustainability is the ability to meet “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”--1987 UN Word Commission on Environment and Development

Ecological and environmental survival• energy production, energy use and

resource use

Social equity• employee diversity, fair compensation,

respect, health, safety and security

Economic vitality• cost reduction, sustainable systems

research funding, industrial partnerships, development and charitable contributions and investments

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Four Primary Initiatives1. Campus Living and Learning

Initiative2. Accessibility Initiative3. Environmental Initiative4. Community Partnership

Initiative

“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children”

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian

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1. Campus Living and Learning InitiativeCampus structure

• Vibrant learning community• Connectedness between north and

south campuses• Compact and dense campus• Renovations of existing buildings• Signature buildings

Open spaces• Culturally diverse• Green space• Gathering spaces• Safe and universally accessible

walking paths

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1. Campus Living and Learning Initiative

Art and culture• More and a greater variety of public

art• Policy development, decision process• Promote and expand museum art on

campus• Commissioned art from both well-

known and lesser known artists

Living and learning laboratory spaces• Additional and well-designed

classroom spaces• Utilize residential and libraries spaces

for learning needs

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2. Accessibility InitiativeSignage and Wayfinding

• Purdue website as a navigational portal• Implement the proposed wayfinding

system

Transportation Network• Convenience and efficiency of public

transit system • Supplemental, two-way, campus transit

loop or shuttle system• Reduce traffic congestion• Encourage alternative-vehicle usage• Create a safe, interconnected, and

efficient street system• Safe, efficient, and easily accessible

service to buildings• Safe, convenient, universally accessible

pedestrian paths.

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2. Accessibility InitiativeParking

• Redistribute facilities to better accommodate demands

• Establish financial incentives for carpooling, use of public transit and/or remote parking

Regional Access• Facilitate collaboration among local,

state and federal agencies for direct regional access

• Find new uses and/or research collaboration opportunities for the Purdue Airport

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3. Environmental Initiative

Organization• Facilitate

communication/collaboration among environmentally-related researchers

• Formalize the Sustainability Council’s role

• Position for university sustainability director

• Promote sustainable best management practices and research

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3. Environmental InitiativeEnvironmental Systems

• Expand energy inventories to establish a baseline for consumption

• Prioritize water conservation and reuse of captured water

• Manage storm water and wastewater discharge

• Increase reliance on production and use of renewable energy

• Support and use the ash recycling project

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3. Environmental Initiative

Environmental Systems, Continued

• Accelerate tree preservation and planting program

• Reduce campus-produced solid and hazardous waste

• Commit to green building practices

• Sustainable best management practices

• Recycling investment

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3. Environmental InitiativeDiscovery and Outreach

• Publish assessment and measurement statistics

• Inventory and study greenhouse gas emissions

• Encourage more industrial partnerships

• Promote sustainability• Maximize opportunities for

students for research• Reward personal

responsibility for environment

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4. Community Partnership Initiative

Sustainable economic development• New economic business, residents opportunities• Revitalize core residential and commercial areas• Cultivate community/Purdue partnerships

Public relations• Partner with cities on planning and renovation

efforts• Promote student participation in community efforts• Collaborate on marketing, branding, visitor

publications• Establish a campus/community marketing strategy• Integrate multi-culturalism into the entire

community• Sell Purdue and cities as destination site• Relax ticketing and towing policies during major

events

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4. Community Partnership Initiative

Good Neighbor Policies• Expand role of Purdue-WL

Community Partnership Team• Become active stakeholder in

Wabash River development• Create friendly and welcoming

campus environment• Provide recreation facilities for

students on weekends• Work with CityBus to establish free

service for major events.

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4. Community Partnership Initiative

Extension of Living Laboratories• Overcome physical, jurisdictional, social

barriers• Maximize partnerships that offer learning

opportunities• Extend physical facilities into the community• Youth development, education and support

programs• Partner with local schools to improve

graduation rates• Support collaborations between Purdue and

local mental health initiatives• Science/College Bound programs for local

youth

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Leadership Responsibility

Campus Community:• Trustees, President, Provost, Executive Vice President and

Treasurer• Office of Engagement• PRF• Office of University Architect• Discovery Park and Centers• Office of Advancement – Development, University Relations,

Marketing and Communications• Physical Facilities, Housing and Food Service• Intercollegiate Athletics• Employees, Students

Partners:• State and government• Municipal and community business leaders• Corporate and industry constituents• Community at large

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Resources• Capital building projects • R&R• Private support – fundraising: individuals,

corporations and foundations• Private partnerships and grants• Tuition and fees• Municipalities – TIFS• Federal and state money• Bonds• 21st Century Fund• INDOT and Federal Highway• Industrial partnerships – environmentally

friendly research, programs• Energy savings reinvestment

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Examples of Metrics• Cost reductions• Number of sustainability projects funded• Number of projects initiated by Purdue students and

employees• New project outcome measures• Number and kind of training and certificate projects

initiated• Kinds and number of internships created with

sustainability focus• Resource recovery measures• Carbon footprint changes• Sustainability national grading• LEED certifications earned• Emission reductions• Computer energy reductions• Performance of building utilities• Ecosystem preservation inventories• National acknowledgment of campus environment

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Sustainability Report CardSustainable Endowments Institute

2008Grade A: University of Washington,

Dartmouth, Middlebury College, Carleton College, University of Vermont, Harvard

Grade B: Oberlin, Stanford, Yale, Universities of Wisconsin, Michigan & Minnesota, Cornell, Penn State

Grade C: Boston College, Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue, Universities of Maryland & Massachusetts, Notre Dame

Grade D: Brown, Creighton, George Washington, Pepperdine, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Houston

Campus Design Tiger Team

Thank you