Higher Education

HIGHER EDUCATION

WELCOMEAt BVH Architects, we believe in elevating the human experience through rigorous exploration, responsible design and an intentional investment in our community. This means that as architectural designers we make connections, imagine possibilities and believe in a greater good that reaches beyond the scope of any one individual to benefit all of society. We actively engage with our world while working diligently to change it. We believe it’s our duty to respond to our environment, its history and materials, but it’s also our responsibility as artists to thoughtfully cultivate its future.

Students are that future. As our soon-to-be teachers, architects and industry leaders, today’s students are best taught by colleges that respond rightly to both the changing trends in technology and building practices, and the traditions that have cemented the university in students’ hearts. We believe in learning alongside our clients and their communities to create better architectural design that is both beautiful and responsive to the student community.

The need for architectural design that knows and responds to the unique challenges faced by campuses is a great one, and one that we are committed to meeting. Our aim, whether as architects, students or teachers, is the same: to affect a great change in the world by changing how we engage with it.

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”

– Maya Angelou

HOME For students living on campus, home can be a tricky thing. They are, in a very real sense, in two places at once: simultaneously at home and away. Removed from what’s familiar, they’re surrounded by the unfamiliar. Their home no longer feels like home.

German philosopher Martin Heidegger referred to this sense of displacement as das Unheimlich, the uncanny—literally, “not at home.” It’s the feeling of being in but not belonging, a peculiar indefiniteness founded in a strange lack of foundation. We all long for mooring, something to anchor us, a place to which we can return and feel safe. We long for respite, a harbor, a private space. We long for home.

And that’s where we come in.

We know the dangers and pitfalls inherent in designing for campus residency, yet we continue to challenge ourselves and seek innovative solutions. We use familiar forms and materials to establish a strong connection between students, the land and their community. We explore context, how a structure relates to site and the environment. Most of all, we create beautifully responsive designs—real homes in which students are free to foster those meaningful experiences and relationships which will come to define their time on campus.

Every student is in the midst of transition, between where they came from and where they’re going. Their home during this season should nurture that transformation, grounding them where they are and equipping them for where they’ll go next. Their home should feel like home.

EAGLE RIDGE HOUSINGCHADRON STATE COLLEGE

AUGUST 201427,099 SF$5.9 MILLION

Emerging from the rolling hills of northwestern Nebraska, seven structures rest along the eastern edge of Chadron State College, separating the campus from the expansive short-grass prairie. Utilizing forms reminiscent of local homes and typical agrarian architecture, the small-scale units draw heavily on the established visual language of the region.

Students are welcomed into interior public spaces with distant views of the Pine Ridge, the expansive sky, and the adjacent campus mall. Natural daylight fl oods the living spaces, yet is controlled throughout the seasons by generous overhangs and windows recessed within the walls. The continuous roof rising from the ground visually anchors each building to the earth, and landscaping indigenous to the region surrounds the complex to situate the homes in a recognizable setting.

Intentionally situated between campus and the Pine Ridge, these student homes act as a threshold to the prairie capturing the uniqueness of the landscape and providing a vital connection between campus and the nearby Rangeland Laboratory Center.

In the evening interior light permeates at specifi c intervals, illuminating the countryside like a beacon—a ‘light on a hill.’ The treatment of student housing as a neighborhood creates an atmosphere of protection and safety that is not only aesthetically charged and beautifully set into the surrounding landscape, but is also vital in fostering strong, lasting relationships between students and the community.

ST. JOHN PAUL II NEWMAN CENTEROMAHA ARCHDIOCESE

JUNE 201675,000 SF$20.5 MILLION

Tucked away within the tree-lined historic Aksarben-Elmwood Park neighborhood, the St. John Paul II Newman Center is the latest in a nearly 130-year-long tradition of establishing Catholic ministries at non-Catholic universities around the world. The Center is the culmination of a joint venture between the Omaha Archdiocese

and the University of Nebraska-Omaha to create a residence hall and worship center for students. The result is a simple, clearly defined space—a spiritual home in the educational world.

The site is focused around open, multi-functional spaces which are analogous to

the Newman Center itself. Connected but secluded, the site composition physically mirrors that of a traditional abbey, with residential and worship spaces arranged around a central cloister. The form and materiality respond to this historic and spiritual context by looking inward, enveloping the site and creating moments of intentional quiet and solitude.

41 apartments housed along the south and west wings overlook the rectory and broad green space below, and open out to rooftop terraces along the second floor. A commons area at the north end leads to a high-roofed, stained glass-clad chapel open to residents and non-residents alike.

Reaching out from the sanctuary and rising above the north entrance is the cross-bearing Sacred Entrance. The 30’ bell tower turns the call to worship into a true participatory act, engaging the user by removing them from the profane and inviting them into the spiritual.

The vision of the JPII Newman Center, like that of its namesake, is to foster the faith of a new generation of students. The Newman Center overlays faith life with home life, not only due to proximity to worship space, but as a result of students being in community with one another building gospel-centered relationships which form the cornerstone of the church’s ministry on campus.

UNIVERSITY & EASTSIDE SUITESUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA–LINCOLN

FALL 2014380,000 SF$58 MILLION

University Suites is the centerpiece of three recently constructed conjoined residence halls located on the southeastern edge of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Connecting Knoll and Eastside Suites, the building serves as the central hub for student interaction with premium lounge and pavilion space. At the core of the building is a glass connector with a reception lobby on the main level and lounge space stacked for four stories above. The core connects the two primary wings of 2- and 4-bedroom suite-style units, small study spaces, a laundry room and student lounges. The south-facing pavilion is extracted from the building, expressed as a space set apart and visible from the street as a two-story volume. Beneath the broad roof plane is a fi replace nook creating intimate reading and gathering spaces including the uniquely shaped wood-clad room.

University Suites works in concert with its sister, Eastside Suites, to enclose a courtyard open for student use and to allow passage between buildings. The courtyard is activated by landscape features as well as student lounges which protrude from the building facade. A one-and-a-half story pavilion overlooked by a game room projecting into the space anchors the northeast corner of the complex. The southeast corner, visible

from a distance, fi guratively reaches out to the community with an all glass corner highlighted by a Husker red wall.

As the university grows and responds to the changing needs of a new generation of students, the unique approach to student housing off ered by Knoll, University and Eastside Suites has set a precedent for the future of student life on campus. The emphasis on public spaces in which students can congregate, study, relax and play establishes the residence halls as a true community. Ample glass and large clerestory windows provide a strong connection back to campus, allowing the students to see and be seen. Siting the buildings so close to the edge of campus positions students on the cusp of future growth—they remain a part of life on campus while engaging with the larger context of the city beyond. Like the college experience as a whole, the suites have adopted the role of priming students for their next stage in life.

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

UNIVERSITY-EASTSIDE SUITES COURTYARD

Knoll University Suites Eastside Suites

EAST CAMPUS HOUSINGUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA–LINCOLN

SUMMER 2017116,000 SF$27.2 MILLION

Flanked by one hundred acres of research fi elds and surrounded by historic residential neighborhoods in the heart of the capital city sits University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s peaceful, unassuming East Campus, home to one of the nation’s top agricultural research and land management programs. The new residence hall to be located near the south end of campus is an important response to the character and quality of this community, engaging students through shared social spaces and connecting them to an existing and thriving ecosystem.

Single rooms and apartment suites are thoughtfully arranged around a central core, encouraging student interaction and reducing the building’s footprint and overall energy costs. The resulting C-shaped structure creates a uniquely human-scale environment, building strong relationships between the interior public spaces and the large central courtyard, and connecting the entire site to the adjacent Maxwell Arboretum and native tall grass prairie.

Punctuating the exterior along recessed windows and protected balconies, numerous study and lounge spaces open to the shared interior corridor, allowing abundant natural light to spill into interior public spaces through unobstructed views to the outside. A glass curtain wall and door separate the outer balcony

and internal lounge area. The smaller scale lounges which utilize a soft er, warmer material palette help create a more home-like atmosphere and allow for spontaneous and creative social interaction throughout the fl oor.

The main northwest entry is accentuated by large feature walls which mark the entry through a unique use of color, natural materials and texture, further enhancing the distinctive nature of the primary building entrance. Transparency at the ground level creates an open, distinctive and welcoming entry point while providing passersby with a high degree of visual access to the activity occurring within the main lobby space.

The proposed design harmonizes with the materiality and architectural language of existing UNL housing facilities, and introduces a strong element of transparency and connectivity to help build an identity unique to the character and culture of East Campus.

“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fi bers connect us with our fellow man.”

– Herman Melville

CONNECTION Our world, once unimaginably vast in size and disparate in population, has become for the new generation of students a single living community of seven billion citizens spread over a mere 190 million square miles. We are inexorably connected, affording us new and ever-expanding opportunities to learn from and educate one another.

In a world dominated by invisible connectors, however, there is a growing need for tangible ones—for a shared space, not just shared technology. How do we enable students to truly connect, not just with each other, but with their environment, their community, and their field of study?

The answer lies in our understanding of the role of context in building up a new generation. Regional environmental factors like land use, resources, and materials inform how students respond to the larger issues of scarcity of resources and responsible stewardship. Even the widening reach of constant communication has shaped a culture of collaboration, a burgeoning ‘Maker Generation’ geared towards completely transforming the way our world operates. Our aim as architects is to constantly learn from and leverage this greater context of the student’s life to build creative spaces in which they in turn can learn, grow, and remain more engaged in their communities.

We design classrooms and student centers, athletic complexes and dining halls, laboratories and field research centers. They are not just buildings on a campus—they are proving grounds for dangerous ideas. Incubators for innovation. They are connectors to a larger world.

RANGELAND COMPLEXCHADRON STATE COLLEGE

FALL 201638,872 SF$3.6 MILLION

The approach to the Rangeland Complex reveals buildings with a low profi le, rising eff ortlessly from the prairie and alive to the nuance of place. Remotely located to the southeast of campus atop a rolling hill of short-grass prairie, the new educational facility is founded on intrinsic design informants rooted in the pastoral landscape and vernacular of agrarian buildings.

Rangeland takes organizational cues from traditional ranching facilities, aligning its structures along two axes to form a natural windbreak and take advantage of seasonal sun and the site’s natural topography. Recognizing the eff ect humans and our built environment have on the larger ecosystem, the site utilizes a number of experiential and sustainable methods, including geothermal, solar and wind power, to demonstrate responsible practices for rangeland management that can be applied to a ranch.

The use of familiar materials such as rammed earth walls, cedar wood siding, board-formed concrete and the rhythm of the exposed wood structure lend life and cultural context to the facility’s roots in the ranching and agricultural tradition. Natural light fi lters across the main circulation corridor through corn-crib siding, terminating in a glass wall off ering a view out across the expanding terrain. The westward view from the Live Animals Facility features a covered arbor leading to the southern entrance of the Laboratory. Connecting lab

spaces and passageways to the landscape through materiality in this way allows the experience of the building to change nearly as frequently as the surrounding prairie.

Sitting on the high plains, removed from large cities, Rangeland keeps students connected to the land, and encourages the values, character and sense of place required to be successful in rural America.

NORTHEAST DINING HALLNORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE

MAY 201650,000 SF$18.8 MILLION

Located at the northwest edge of campus, the new Northeast Community College dining hall creates a relevant, contemporary and sustainable facility focused on connecting students through the building’s performance. Designed as both a dining center and a thoroughfare uniting two residence halls, the building’s design process allowed for a unique exploration into how the space will function.

Spanning the curved glass-fronted concourse is an undulating wall of stone and perforated steel which secures the dining area and allows for clear, connected passage through the space. The wave-like form seamlessly morphs from wall to bench to table while discreetly housing all necessary mechanical components. Crowning the dining center is a lace-work of thoughtfully situated beams and columns designed to create an optimally effi cient support system with minimal spatial interference. The exposed ceiling, balanced yet asymmetric steel grid and stripped-down structure help to formulate a space that is performative and aesthetic, useful and beautiful.

Outside, the pitched roof rises gently above the entrance in angled contrast to the rolling exterior. Oriented east towards the

rising sun, the low-slung roof allows light to fi lter through the broad glass front in the morning while providing shade throughout the day.

Looking out over the expansive green space to the south and commanding the north end of campus, the dining hall establishes a strong relationship between the current and future housing facilities, and with the Northeast campus at large, a relationship refl ected within the student community. In setting a standard of performance and effi ciency in design, the dining center will continue to lead the college in future improvements and student growth.

THE CONNECTOR BUILDING METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

AUGUST 2007 75,289 SF $15.7 MILLION

Standing sentry over the Metropolitan Community College’s historic South Omaha campus, the Connector Building, with its gleaming 80’ tower of stacked glass and steel cubes, presides over 40 acres of green space, walkways and bike paths. Red brick “ruin walls” flank the entrance, and two stories of glass spread like transparent arms across a 500’ span between campus buildings. The Connector is at the heart of campus activity, housing offices and learning centers which link the previously disconnected Training Center and Mahoney Hall, creating a functional and expressive system. Situated in a broad u-shape, the three structures together define a spacious landscaped quadrangle laced with tree-lined paths connecting the campus to its neighborhood.

The building acts as a bridge, a means of not only transferring students between classes but also as a space in which students can engage with one another, to learn, study, relax and pause. Movement is carefully managed along the length of its body, balancing open traffic areas with isolated yet accessible seating. Punctuating the clear glass front are small enclosed ‘pods’ which suspend the occupant, creating moments of quiet and focus amidst the bustle of student activity. Offices, classrooms, learning labs and a food court lead out into light-filled common spaces

fronted by expansive glass. A glass sky-walk extends south from the Connector to a new public branch library, providing a vital connection back to the community.

As a structure built for creating and fostering connections, the Connector Building is a link between the city’s history and its future, training new generations of students in the technical and communication fields within the heart of one of the Midwest’s oldest and most influential industrial districts.

“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?”

– John Steinbeck

TRADITIONAn important question faces today’s college campus. As we respond to the needs of a growing student population, how do we preserve the history and tradition on which these changes are built? How can we cast a vision for the future with our past in mind?

This dialogue between tradition and vision, old and new, the ‘already’ and the ‘not yet,’ informs how new structures respond to and shape the existing educational environment. Rather than view these as competing or conflicting values, we embrace this tension as the catalyst for great change. Innovative design leads to a revolutionary level of sustainability. Deep respect for tradition opens the door to radical transformation. Students become a part of a larger history, the future of which they’re now allowed to shape.

We approach preservation and adaptive reuse projects as we would any other: as a solution to future problems. By studying thoroughly the history of each building, campus and student body, and forecasting how a structure will be used by future generations, we’re able to design ingenious solutions which not only address the problems at hand but set a precedent for the future.

Architectural design is a process of continually responding to what is already there. Our aim is to do so in a way that not only utilizes and draws from the inspiration of the past, but looks forward to innovative solutions from which others will draw future inspiration. While cultural values continue to shift in a world of changing resources, it only solidifies our long-held belief in learning from and protecting what we already have.

SPARKS HALL CHADRON STATE COLLEGE

2006 16,511 SF $2.4 MILLION

Sparks Hall was built in 1914 as the primary residence hall for the Chadron State College campus. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Sparks Hall also served as the women’s dormitory, cafeteria, and student and faculty housing, causing many unsympathetic changes and alterations as uses changed throughout the building’s history.

The Sparks Hall renovation provided the College with efficient administrative office space in a central campus location convenient to students, staff and visitors. It also preserved one of Chadron State’s first of many historic structures. During the course of the project deficient and out-moded mechanical and electrical systems were replaced with state-of-the-art equipment, providing energy efficient solutions which integrate seamlessly with the existing central campus boiler and chiller systems.

The interior of Sparks was reconfigured to allow for flexibility as technology and operational methods change. The design of the new addition was carefully coordinated to harmonize with the original historic building to be compatible yet contemporary. The addition provided much-needed office and building space while exceeding the required circulation and egress specifications necessary to bring the building up to current codes and contemporary accessibility standards. As part of a larger plan to reinvigorate the historic college campus, Sparks Hall has become a vital center of campus once again.

J.M. PILE HALL WAYNE STATE COLLEGE

DECEMBER 2012 40,000 SF $4.6 MILLION

Constructed in 1932 as the primary residence hall for women on the Wayne State College campus, J.M. Pile Hall has enjoyed a certain stature as a student favorite over the past 80 years. After 8 decades of continued use, however, the building and infrastructure had suffered, leading to concerns that the residence hall could no longer meet the needs and preferences of new student life.

Responding to the voice of the student population, the design provides a fresh balance of suite-style rooms, private restrooms and living areas, along with traditional rooms with improved restrooms, recreation and community spaces. Welcoming students is a new open reception area overlooking a spacious sun-lit lounge, replacing the formerly tight and obstructed space. A new recreation room, located in the once dungeon-like basement, provides ample lounge, gaming and community space, furnished with flat screen televisions, modular furniture and a full kitchen.

Reviving the beloved residence hall not only served to enhance the quality of life for students on campus, but resulted in a modern yet respectful response to the character and charm of the historic building which students have come to love. Pile Hall is attractive again, leading to growing numbers of upper classmen applying for residence, and more students living on campus longer. Looking towards the future of campus life, preserving the historic character of Pile Hall is indicative of what has become important to the Wayne State College community.

MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE CENTER CHADRON STATE COLLEGE

AUGUST 2002 9,500 SF $2.5 MILLION

A child of the harsh Midwestern landscape, Nebraska author Mari Sandoz (1898-1966) remains one of the most honest, unromantic and enduring historians of the wholly real and long-suffering nature of the plains pioneer. Efforts to establish a museum to celebrate her life and literature, as well as the culture of the plains, have culminated in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center. Housed within the renovated walls of the former Chadron State College library, the scope of the Center’s design aimed to maintain the character and voice of the historic site, and reflect the honest connection to the land which marked Sandoz’s writings.

Built in 1929 under a Carnegie grant, the building served as the campus library until the opening of the new Reta E. King library in 1967, after which it eventually fell vacant. Renovations restored the historic structure, keeping the classic exterior detailing from the Carnegie era while re-envisioning the interior space as a museum resource for current and future generations. The simple single-story layout was retained, with a new addition of a 2,432 sf atrium to the south to house exhibits, educational programs and honorary events.

Welcoming visitors at the east entrance is a life-size bronze sculpture of the late author, a book clasped behind her windswept skirt, at home among the native prairie grass of the Heritage Gardens. Inside, the large dominant reading room now houses the museum collection, composed of several permanent and traveling exhibits. Aesthetic elements of the original library, such as the elaborate crown molding, large mitered corners and wide archways, were carefully preserved and integrated into the museum design. The gallery opens to the south into the lush Chicoin Atrium. A large open room, the atrium makes extensive use of natural materials—exposed wood beams, hand-laid brick and stone—washed with natural light from the ceiling-height windows. The natural aesthetic of the atrium beautifully compliments the library’s history while looking out over the plains landscape, offering an important visual connection to the land which was so important to Sandoz.

The museum, as it carries on the legacy of Mari Sandoz, has become an iconic element on the Chadron State College campus, drawing in visitors to the region and educating students in the history and lore of the High Plains.

“It’s the little things that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

– John Wooden

VISIONAs campuses across the Midwest continue to grow, reshape and evolve with changing enrollment and shifting cultural needs, how colleges adapt is becoming an ever important question. A responsible use of land, building and creative resources is as necessary to powerful and sustained growth as a forward-looking response to shifting trends in demographics and the student marketplace. Having a sound master plan helps provide direction and perspective when forecasting the future of campus life. It gives insight into where you’ve been and where you’re headed. More importantly, it casts a vision for where you want to go.

Through a collaborative approach to campus master-planning, we help provide in-depth research and analysis of current academic programs, trends and potential problems to provide well-established recommendations for future projects, and articulate a shared vision for what the modern campus can be. By engaging and educating stakeholders and students alike, we’re able to craft a tangible statement of hope for the future which will in turn direct new opportunites. The result is often a long-lasting relationship with colleges based on a mutual desire to see their students and campuses flourish.

As architects we’re dedicated to equipping and fostering the next generation of master planners who will envision, engage and build our future. We have a responsibility to invest in that future, in their education, and in the small things that make big things happen.

CHADRON STATE COLLEGE CHADRON, NEBRASKA

2012 281 ACRES

Chadron State College sits proudly on the northwestern frontier of Nebraska, surrounded by the rolling sandhills which countless ranchers and farmers call home. As a main proving ground for the next generation of agricultural professionals, Chadron State plays an important role in the future development of animal science, food production and responsible land management.

The new campus master plan initiated in 2012 identifies three key drivers of campus change: the advent of rapidly changing technology; rising expectations of students, government and tax-payers; and declining revenue from the state accompanied by escalating costs of education. Responding to these key factors, the new plan included criteria such as campus-wide space needs analysis, utilization plans, information and learning technology assessments, utility and infrastructure plans, transportation and parking, green space, and recreation and athletics. Plans were drawn for campus organization, phasing strategies, architectural guidelines, landscape guidelines, and a coordinated schedule for capital projects. The vision cast by the new Master Plan aims to see even more graduates actively engaged in the work of rural America by investing significant new resources into the expansion of the

college’s Rangeland, Agricultural and Wildlife programs.

The plan outlines several suggestions for revitalizing and expanding each area of campus, including providing structural reports and recommendations for a number of historically important buildings, and enhancements for campus-wide energy conservation and sustainability. New learning facilities like the Rangeland Laboratory and Live Animals Complex have become a lynch pin for connecting and expanding degree offerings in this field of study. Improved housing facilities like Eagle Ridge position the college to maintain forecasted growth as a top-tier agricultural school.

The final Master Plan concept provides a vision for the campus which can be implemented over the next decade as funding becomes available. Rather than dictate a prioritized list of projects or proposed implementation schedule, the new recommendations are responsive, allowing for Chadron State to implement new projects and strategies with flexibility, as they see fit, and within timelines and parameters that exist at the time. The result is a living campus which can grow organically and respond to the changing context of the land and its people.

Chadron State College campus with the Pine Ridge to the north and future sites of the Eagle Ridge housing project (1) and the Rangeland Complex (2).

1. Memorial Hall2. Brookes Hall (Removed)3. Crites Hall4. Amphitheater5. Kent Hall6. High Rise7. Andrews Hall8. West Court Apartments (Removed)9. Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage

Center10. Edna G. Work Hall11. Old Administration12. Sparks Hall13. Reta A. King Library14. Student Center15. NPPD Substation16. Hildreth Hall17. Heating Plant18. Practice Fields19. Miller Hall20. Math & Science Building21. Burkhiser Technology Complex22. Maintenance Service Building23. Nelson Physical Activity Center24. Elliot Field (Removed)25. Armstrong Gymnasium & Arena

Addition26. National Guard Armory27. Greenhouse (Removed)28. Softball Complex29. New Track Complex/Practice Field30. Rangeland Center31. Water Tower32. New Campus Edge/Entrance

Monuments33. New Entrance Road & Improvements34. Memorial Hall Addition35. New Entrance Plaza36. Mari Sandoz Phase II37. Wood Chip Cover Structure38. New Grounds/Maintenance Building39. Natatorium Addition40. Expanded Parking/New Parking41. Renovated Central Campus Walkway42. Student Commons43. Student Services44. Student Programming45. Math/Science Lab Addition46. Eagle Ridge Student Housing47. Trail Extensions48. New/Expanded Student Lounges/

Activity49. New Elliot Field/Bebbe Stadium50. New Green Houses51. Storage Building52. Stock Pens53. Outdoor Arena & Pens54. Edna G. Work Hall Renovation

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WAYNE STATE COLLEGE WAYNE, NEBRASKA

2012 128 ACRES

Established in 1891 as the Nebraska Normal College, a school initially built to train teachers to meet the state’s growing educational needs, Wayne State College has since grown its reach and impact on the students of the Midwest while remaining steadfast in its focus on educating our future educators. The college rests on 128 acres of beautiful softly rolling hills amidst the quiet neighborhoods of rural Wayne, Nebraska. In an effort to provide a clearer vision of the school’s background, the key issues presently facing it, and a list of potential projects to be implemented over the next decade, an updated campus Master Plan was drafted during the 2011-12 school year. The new plan, developed with significant input from faculty, staff, students and community members, seeks to address still relevant projects that were not completed under the previous ‘02 Master Plan, and proposes new ideas.

Several key themes emerged during the research and development of the new Master Plan. In response to an exponential growth in prospective student visitors, significant advancements to the delineation of campus boundaries, entrances and signage will create a beautiful and consistent welcoming presence throughout campus. The plan also identifies the need for improved social spaces across campus. The Campus Commons project, developed as a result of the previous master planning effort, dramatically improved the center of campus; the new plan seeks to extend the Commons concept to the north side

of campus, leading to improved parking and creating an attractive and pedestrian-friendly area.

As the college continues to grow and respond to the changing needs of the student body, it has recognized the need to greatly improve its residential and classroom facilities. Renovations and additions to resilient historic structures like Pile Residence Hall and Neihardt Hall, as well as the renovation and repurposing of the Benthack Applied Sciences Lab, will seek to retain the pride and historic nature of the campus while modernizing the facilities for extended future use. Modifications to campus vehicle and foot traffic, as seen in the creation of a curved boulevard along Lindahl Drive and the addition of several pedestrian pathways, will greatly improve pedestrian safety, relieve congestion in high traffic areas, and beautify well-used areas of campus. New facilities, such as decked parking, a new academic building site near the southeast edge of campus, and a new suite style residence hall located adjacent to the historic Willow Bowl will serve to maintain the college’s steady growth.

The Wayne State College Campus Master Plan positions the school to respond rightly to the important historic character of its campus and traditions. Just as importantly, it allows freedom and flexibility as the college grows in its desire to provide better education opportunities.

1. Recreation Center2. Rice Auditorium3. Memorial Stadium4. Energy Plant5. Quonset6. Campus Services7. Anderson Hall8. Fine Arts9. Student Center10. Lutheran Ministries (Removed)11. Multicultural Center12. Neihardt Hall13. Connel Hall14. Studio Arts15. Conn Library & Addition16. Pile Hall17. Bowen Hall18. Hahn Administration19. Carhart Science20. Humanities21. Brandenburg Education22. Benthak Hall23. Gardner Hall24. Berry Hall25. Terrace Hall26. Morey Hall27. Alumni House28. Old School House29. Campus Markers/Entrance Signs30. New/Expanded/Renovated Parking31. Field Turf & Fencing32. New Fieldhouse33. Intramural Field Lighting/Field &

Turf Fencing34. New Service & Emergency Access Road35. Expanded Soccer Field36. Renovated Trail37. New Plaza & Open Entrance Colonade38. New Entrance Road39. New Parking Deck40. Student Center Addition41. Residence Hall Addition42. New Sidewalk/Pedestrian Amenities/Service

Access & Landscape Screens43. New Volleyball/Basketball Courts44. New Suite Style Residence Hall45. New Academic Building Site46. New Service Access & Dock47. Recreation Center Link48. Public Plaza49. Willow Bowl Improvements50. Applied Sciences & Technology Building51. Natatorium Renovations52. Food Service Venue53. Baseball & Softball Field Lighting54. Revised Stairways & Bridge to Stadium

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HOUSINGStudent Housing, Bismarck State CollegeStudent Housing, Coffeyville Community

CollegeHousing Study, Peru State CollegeResidential Village, Sierra Nevada CollegeDe Neve Plaza, UCLAAbel/Sandoz Residence Hall RenovationProgram Statement, University of Nebraska-

Lincoln (UNL)Alpha Chi Omega Sorority House Renovation,

UNLCather/Pound Halls Renovation, UNLChi Phi Fraternity Restoration, UNLEast Campus Residence Hall, UNLGamma Phi Beta, UNLHousing Village & Courtyard Renovations, UNLKauffman Academic Residential Center, UNLKnoll Residential Center, UNLSigma Chi Fraternity Renovation, UNLStudent Life Complex, UNLUniversity & Eastside Suites, UNLSt. John Paul II Newman Center, University of

Nebraska-Omaha (UNO)Eagle Ridge Housing, Chadron State College

(CSC)Student Housing & Dining Facility, Northeast

Community College (NECC)Student Housing, Western Nebraska

Community College (WNCC)Neihardt Hall, Wayne State College (WSC)Pile Residence Hall, WSC

FACILITIESStudent Union, Bismarck State CollegeAdministration Building Remodel, CSCAgricultural Lab & Arena, CSCAndrews Hall Parking Improvements, CSCBurkhiser Program Update, CSCCrites Hall, CSCFootball Stadium/Track Facility & Improvements,

CSCKline Campus Center Remodel, CSC

Library Interior Renovation, CSCMaintenance Building, CSCMath & Science Building Renovation, CSCMemorial Hall, CSCMiller Hall, CSCParking Improvements, CSCPerimeter ADA Improvements, CSCRangeland Center, CSCStudent Center, CSCBrommer Hall Renovation, Concordia UniversityCampus Center, Concordia UniversityKiewit Fitness Center, Concordia UniversityMadsen Center, Doane CollegeOsborne Legacy Project, Hastings CollegeFine Arts Building, Inver Hills Community

CollegeEvents Center, McCook Community CollegeConnector Building, Metropolitan Community

College (MCC)Elkhorn Campus Arts Building Programming,

MCCMahoney Hall, MCCDonor Tower, Nebraska Wesleyan University

(NWU)Weary Center for Recreation, NWUCentennial Hall, Peru State CollegeStudent Center Renovation, Peru State CollegeThe Career Academy, Southeast Community

College (SCC)17th & R Parking Garage, UNL17th & R Police Station, UNL19th & Vine Parking Garage, UNLArchitecture Hall, UNLArchitecture Hall Link Glazing, UNLBancroft Hall Program Statement, UNLBessey Hall ADA Improvements, UNLFoundation Gallery & Office Complex, UNLHewit Place Mezzanine Remodel, UNLHixson Lied Monument, UNLJohnny Carson Theater Renovation, UNLLentz Center Casework, UNLLied Center Reception Hall, UNLLife Sciences/IAB, UNL

PROJECT HISTORY

Love Library Program Statement, UNLMadden Garden & Torn Notebook Sculpture,

UNLMemorial Mall Sector Study, UNLMemorial Stadium Model/Study, UNLNanoscience Building, UNLNorth Stadium Program Statement, UNLPhysical Sciences Building, UNLRichards Hall Renovation, UNLRoss Film Theater & Visitor Center Pre-Design,

UNLSouth Stadium Improvements, UNLStudent Union Ballroom Restoration, UNLStudent Union Program Statement, UNLTemple Building Renovation/Addition, UNLVan Brundt Visitor Center Media Room

Remodel, UNLWest Stadium Lobby Columns, UNLWestbrook Commons Remodel, UNLWick Alumni Holling Garden Renovation, UNLWoods Hall Kiln Studio, UNLAllwine Hall Program Statement, UNOHamilton Academic Excellence Center, UNOPress Box, UNOSapp Fieldhouse Renovation & Addition, UNOConnell Hall Renovation, WSCLindahl Drive Improvements, WSCRice Auditorium, WSCWillow Bowl, WSC

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONAdministration Building Renovation, CSCEdna G. Work Hall Renovation, CSCMari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, CSCSparks Hall, CSCWhitcomb Conservatory HSR & Restoration,

Doane CollegeAdministration Building Renovation,

Peru State CollegeGeorge W. Frank House, University of

Nebraska-Kearney (UNK)Burr & Fedde Hall Renovation Study, UNL

Chi Phi Fraternity Restoration, UNLOld Main Rehabilitation, University of South

DakotaPile Hall, WSC

MASTER PLANNINGMaster Plan, Central Community CollegeCampus Master Plan, Central CollegeMaster Plan and Updates, CSCStudent Housing Master Plan, CSCCampus Master Plan, Kirkwood Community

CollegeCampus Master Plan, Iowa Central Community

CollegeMaster Site & Facilities Plan, NECCMaster Plans & Design Guidelines, Nebraska

State College SystemsMaster Plan, NWUMaster Plan, Sierra Nevada College2025 Design & Master Plan, South Dakota State

UniversityMaster Plan and Update, UNKUniversity Village Program Statement, UNKMaster Plan Update, UNLStudent Housing Master Plan, UNLMaster Plan & Renovations, WNCCMaster Plan and Update, WSC

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