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An updated master plan for North Campus presented to the Board of Regents May 15 preserves the themes of earlier visions for the area while providing a look at possible components that will make those themes reality.
By increasing the density, and through redevelopment of existing sites, an additional 10 million gross-square-feet of building space could be constructed on North Campus. The existing buildings comprise seven million gross-square-feet of space that has been built over the previous 50 years.
University Planner Sue Gott told regents the plan is guided by several themes, including creating strong connections between North Campus and Central Campus, promoting campus vitality, optimizing the capacity for additional development and respecting and incorporating environmental features. The themes echo the vision contained in a 2005 report on North Campus by former interim president Homer Neal, Gott said. She recognized the work of faculty, staff and students who participated in the process, and Sasaki Associates, who facilitated the work.
“The updated plan begins to add more specificity to the concepts that have guided our thinking about North Campus,” Gott said. “It starts to translate how you achieve the vision of creating vitality, collegiality and a sense of place.”
Possible components, she said, are directing infill development to the core of North Campus to achieve greater density and more pedestrian presence. Also being considered are development of public goods spaces that provide areas for the arts and performances, places for people to gather casually, retail opportunities, and student services — all intended to enrich campus life.
The goal also calls for making North Campus more walkable while preserving green space.
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