Campus planning:

Physical roadmap for the future

“As for the future, your task is not

to foresee it, but to enable it.”

--Antoine de Saint Exupery

Middlebury College master plan –

Andropogon Associates and

Michael Dennis & Associates

Long term: 20-50 years

Strategic plans at colleges:

SUSTAINABILITY

Three primary components

Each based on mission

Interdependent

At Lane: sustainability is the foundation.

The usual approach:

Hire professional

campus planning consultants

(None in Oregon.)

Cost: $100,000 and up

But no funds available.

So, you can. . .

Start where you are.

Use what you have.

Do what you can.

--Arthur Ashe

Where do we start?

What are the drivers?

What are the goals?

In what directions do these lead us?

What resources do we have already?

How can we work together?

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Drivers

Mission

Future

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Academic

planning

Demographics Climate Sustainability

Site

Forces shaping the future Drivers –

Mission

Future

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Academic

Physical

campus

reflects

academic

mission

Who are we?

Community

partnerships Transfer

programs

Job skills

egalitarian

sustainable

innovative

accessible

diverse

Future

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Demographics

2000

2025

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2000 2030:

25% more people

18% more high school grads

29% more ethnic diversity

46% more immigrants

75% of all college students - nontraditional

Millennial generation:

Ethnically diverse

Digital natives

Group oriented, collaborative

Boomer generation:

Active, living longer

Coming to campuses in growing numbers

More people

More diverse

Older

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Climate

Future

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Climate

Coupled with:

End of cheap fossil fuels

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Sustainability

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Sustainability

Future

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Site

Context

Views

Slope

Roads

Key buildings

Future

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Site

Sloping site

Surrounded by hills

Looking west N

Future

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Sloping site

Future

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Views:

#1 asset! Mt. Pisgah

South Ridgeline

Coryell hill/

Bloomberg

neighborhood

Future

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Views:

#1 asset! Mt. Pisgah

South Ridgeline

Coryell hill/

Bloomberg

neighborhood

Future

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Surrounded by water

Wetlands

Streams

Habitat

Potential recreation

Balzhiser, Seder, & Rhodes,

Architects

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Original campus master plan, 1966

Future

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Regional plans and potential partners

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Goals

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Sustainability

Carbon emissions

Water

Energy

Food production

Economic viability

Social equity

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Sustainability

Climate change adaptation

Hotter

Drier

Influx of people?

Architecture responds to climate

End of cheap fossil fuel

Transportation will change

Goods – local sourcing

People – alternate transport +

reduce need for driving

Food

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Transportation and Circulation

Parking

Stormwater, shade, aesthetics

Capacity

OMSI parking Portland Community

College parking

OHSU parking

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Transportation and Circulation

Roads

Campus roads/entries - simplify

30th Ave. – safety, aesthetics

I-81 redesign

New York Typical multi-way boulevard

redesign

original

Future

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Transportation and Circulation

Paths

Clarity, hierarchy, wayfinding

Accessible

Future

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Transportation and Circulation

Alternative transportation

Bicycles – partner with City

Public transit – long-term planning,

partner with LTD

Transportation Demand Management

(TDM)

E.g., carsharing

Future

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Habitat

Forests

Habitat corridors

Connect with future

Ridgeline Trail system

Future

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Habitat

Wetlands and streams

Former lagoons campus entrance / stormwater treatment /

habitat / community recreation

Russel Bottom Wetlands

Russel Creek stream corridor

Gilbert, Arizona

Water treatment

Recreation

Arcata, California

Water treatment

Recreation

Future

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Accessibility

Mobility

Visual impairment

Psychological challenges

Ramps

Delightful spaces

Water features

Manage stormwater

Visible processes

Audible landmarks

Simple, clear routes

Wayfinding

Aesthetics

Psychological sense of safety

EMU – U of O

Navigating with cane

Freeway Park,

Seattle

Future

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Sense of Place -- campus identity

Existing architecture

Regionalism

Unified whole

Planning = Placemaking

Clear structure

Grid? Radial? Core/periphery?

Entrances + landmarks + districts + paths + edges

Entry experience; circulation sequences

Yale University

Davidson College

Aarhus University

Future

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Sense of Place

Where are we?

Topography, water, forests

Mount Pisgah

South Ridgeline Park

Wetlands and Russel Creek

Connections with natural systems

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Environment for Learning

Spaces that support learning

Spaces for social interaction

Sense of community – feeling of belonging

Evidence-based

University of Buffalo – Andropogon Associates Health & Wellness Building

Future

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Accommodate all users

The public – this is the community’s college

Conference center

Community education

Open spaces, recreation

Nontraditional students

People rebuilding lives; maybe new to college

Clear, legible spaces

Delightful

Transfer students

Social spaces

Experiential learning opportunities; campus as curriculum

High school students

Diverse cultures

Older population

Clear, legible spaces

Accessible

Future

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Direction

Sustainability Action Plan

Climate Action Plan

Other great ideas

Future

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Oberlin College + City of Oberlin + utility + local businesses

Future

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One example – Oberlin Project

Mixed-use arts district

Carbon neutral green energy jobs

Food security + forestry

Education*

Greenbelt

Grow 70% of city’s food

Wood for furniture shops

Fiber Unstable climate

Post fossil fuels

Depleted resources

*Skills for living in a new world:

Sustainability Action Plan

Climate Action Plan

Food production

Commercial nodes, with jobs

Future

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Community connections –

Campus

Bloomberg neighborhood

Seavey Loop neighborhood

McVay Highway development

Eco-district? Oberlin: Full-Spectrum Sustainability

Food production

Nearby lands

Agricultural history of site

Future

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Commercial nodes, with jobs

Light manufacturing?

Healthcare?

Retirement housing, assisted living?

Future

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Community connections –

Campus

Bloomberg neighborhood

Seavey Loop neighborhood

McVay Highway development

Eco-district?

McVay Highway

redevelopment?

Bloomberg mixed-use

development?

Future Goshen

industrial zone?

Future

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Resources

We have a lot of material.

U of O student work

Some research, some analysis

LCC charrettes

(Limited participation)

Sustainability Action Plan

Planning retreat

Focus groups

Climate Action Plan

Research

Focus groups

Campus survey!

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We have experts.

Accessibility Jyoti Naik, Cathie Reschke

Architecture/landscape architecture Jyoti Naik, Bob Mention

Ann Godfrey, Margaret Robertson,

Sarah Whitney

Planning Jyoti Naik

Alen Bahret, Chris Hawken, Pat O’Connor,

Margaret Robertson, Craig Taylor

Sustainability Jennifer Hayward, Jyoti Naik, Russ

Pierson, Anna Scott, Mike Sims

Many faculty, staff, students

Habitat and ecosystems Barbara Dumbleton, Joe Russin,

science faculty, staff, students

Potential partners

Lane County

City of Eugene

City of Springfield

LTD

EWEB, NW Natural Gas

Bloomberg Neighbors

BRING?

Oak Hill School?

Future

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FMP

Drawings, data, people

In-house expertise:

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Working

Together

Working

Together

Survey

Focus groups, interviews

Online discussions

Butcher-paper conversations

Forums

Workshops

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Working

Together

Collaborate:

Website

Lane Weekly

Posters, fact sheets

Communicate: