Campus Master Plan Under Way for U of U
Article Written by FYI News for Faculty and Staff
-April 4, 2007 Edition
Making the Pieces Fit
In response to strategic business, education, and service initiatives, the U of U has initiated a comprehensive planning effort to develop a new campus master plan.
The project will be driven by the vision expressed in President Young’s inaugural address when he spoke of “engagement, preparation, and partnership.” The master plan will guide efficient development to give physical form to the University’s mission, vision, and academic programs.
It will provide an analysis of site locations for research and teaching facilities; broader campus land-use and landscape; formal and informal open space; and pedestrian and vehicular circulation. The analysis also will assess TRAX and public transportation, parking, predominant building use, utility infrastructure, land ownership, campus edges and community interaction, design features, and opportunities.
The master plan’s five phases include:
• Project start-up
• Discovery
• Development of campus concepts
• Plan alternatives
• Strategy refinement
• Documentation of the plan
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, (SOM) has been hired to assist in developing the master plan, which will be administered by the U’s Office of Facilities Planning. The plan will provide a clear vision to guide physical development of the campus over the next 20 years.
It will supersede the 1997 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP); the 1998 East Campus Plan (ECP); and the 2003 LRDP Supplement.
There will be a number of opportunities for campus and community involvement and input during this anticipated one-year process. Information on this planning effort will soon be available online. For more information contact the Office of Facilities Planning at 585-6751.
Note that the Office of Sustainability is a clearinghouse for information on sustainability initiatives being carried out by other departments and groups at the U of Utah. This article was created by the FYI News for Faculty and Staff. Please contact project leader Ann Floor directly to learn more details. (801) 585-3595. Contact by email.