Work Session #3 Analysis & Initial Concepts

Work Session #3Analysis & Initial Concepts

Van Woert Bigotti | Sabbatini | Corneil

University of Nevada Reno Master Plan Update10 June 2014

AGENDA work session #3• Background

• Project schedule• Engagement• Key themes from stakeholder meetings• Planning directives• Draft planning principles

• Strategic Goals• Analysis/Seven Big Ideas• Synthesis• Initial Concepts• Next Steps

VanWoertBigotti|Sabbatini|Corneil UNR Master Plan Update Work Session #3 10-11 June 2014

BACKGROUNDproject schedule


BACKGROUND engagement process

VanWoertBigotti|Sabbatini|Corneil

• University Leadership• Staff & Faculty• Students• City Representatives• TMCC and DRI• Business leaders

Adam Garcia UNR, Police ChiefAl Stavitsky UNR, Dean of JournalismAlan Gertler DRI, Vice Pres. for ResearchAmanda Evans UNR, Dir. Administrative ServicesAmy Cummings RTC Director of PlanningAmy Fitch UNR, Lecturer & Chair of Bicycle Friendly Univ.Amy Koeckes UNR, Assoc. Dir. of Student EngagementAndrew Clinger City of Reno, City ManagerAngela Bigotti VWB Architects, Design PrincipalAnn Larson UNR, Sr. Assoc A.D.Armando Ornelas City of Sparks, Senior PlannerAudrey M. Casey UNR, Dir. Academic AffairsBernie Carter Landowner/DeveloperBlake Smith Landowner/DeveloperBob Cashell City of Reno, MayorBrad Van Woert VWB Architects, PrincipalBrenda Blackburn Associate Athletic DirectorBrian Canepa Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, PrincipalBruce Shively UNR, Planning Budget & AnalysisChad Schmucker National Judicial CollegeCheryl Hug UNR, Director, Student Health CenterChris Partridge UNR, Coord. Student EngagementChuck Price UNR, Dir. Student Union, Faculty Senate Chair Cindy Marczynski, Ph.D. UNR, Counseling ServicesClaudene Wharton UNR, Communications SpecialistColin Robertson NV Museum of ArtDan Ruby UNR, Director of PlanetariumDave Croasdell UNR, IS Dept. Chair, *FARDavid Sanders Professor, Civil/Eng Faculty SenateDavid Stipech EM KUNRDenise Baclawski UNR, Sr. Dir. Facilities Maintenance ServicesDenise Hedrick Education Alliance, Exec. DirectorDick Bartholet *RAD, Education & Partnerships ChairDon Sibery Renown, CEO Doug Knuth UNR, AthleticsEllen Houston UNR, Faculty SenateFred Holman UNR, Faculty SenateFred Turnier City of Reno, Dir. Of Community DevelopmentGina Tempel Assoc. DeanGraham Kent UNR, Dir. NV Seismological LaboratoryHeidi Gansert UNR, Exec. Dir., External RelationsHuapei Chen UNR, Information TechnologyJake Pereira **ASUNJane Detweiler Assoc. Dean CLAJane Nichols TMCC, Vice Pres. Academic AffairsJane Tors UNR, Director of CommunicationsJanet Wright Nevada Volunteers

Janne Corneil Corneil Collaborative, PrincipalJean Regan Sr. Assoc. Dean-FinanceJed Hammer UNR, Sr. Planner, Planning Budget & AnalysisJeff Ceccarelli Retired – NV EnergyJerome Maese UNR, Director, Residential LifeJerry Marczynski UNR, Student ServicesJessica Younger UNR, Chief of Staff Division of Health Sciences Jim Fizsimmons UNR, Dir. of Campus Recreation and WellnessJim Kenyon *UNSOMJim McClenahan Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board Jim Rundle City of Sparks, Sen. PlannerJodi Herzik MPA, Faculty SenateJoe Cline UNR, Vice ProvostJohn Carothers UNR, VP for Development & Alumni RelationsJohn Sagebiel UNR, EH&S, Assistant Dir., Environmental Programs John Slaughter Washoe County, County ManagerJohn Trent UNR, Sr. Editor New Karsten Heise Governor’s Office of Econ. Dev., Kathy Ray Dean, Libraries & TLTKen Krater KKrater Consulting, PresidentKevin Carman UNR, ProvostKim Robinson TMRPA*, Executive DirectorKristen McNeill Washoe Co. School, Chief of StaffKristy Van Zant VWB Architects, Project ArchitectKurt Mische KNPB-TV, President/CEOLance Bowen TMCC, Assoc. Dean of Assessment & PlanningLarry Engstrom UNR, School of the Arts Dir.Lee Gibson RTC Executive DirectorLinda Kuchenbecker UNR, Class StaffLinda Platz 1055 Evans AveMarc Johnson UNR, PresidentMarcella Yeates UNR, Director of Planning & DesignMaria Sheehan TMCC, PresidentMarily Mora Airport Authority, President/CEOMarlene Rebori UNR, Service-Leaning & Civic EngagementMary Dugan UNR, General CounselMary Zabel UNR, Dir. Disability Resource CenterMat Sinclair Discovery Museum, Exec. DirectorMaureen McKissick City of Reno, Strategic Dev. AdministratorMaureen McKissick City of Reno, Strategic Dev. AdministratorMelissa Piasecki Sr. Assoc. Dean Academic AffairsMichelle Horton UNR, Assistant Director Parking AdministrationMicrea Nicolescu UNR, Computer Science & EngineeringMike Kasmierski EDAWN, Executive DirectorMike Nicks UNR, Information TechnologyMridul Gautam UNR, VP Research & Innovation Neil Krutz City of Sparks, Deputy City Manager

Nick Pavich Landowner/DeveloperNicole Casillas Graduate StudentPatricia Ellison UNR, Faculty SenatePatricia Richard UNR, Chief of StaffPaul Bible Lewis Roca Rothgerber, PartnerPedro Martinez Washoe Co. School, SuperintendentRaquel DePuy Grafton UNR, *JCSU, Assoc. Dir. OperationsRaymond Needham Scheduling ServicesReg Stewart UNR, Chief Diversity OfficerRJ Boyajian UNR, Grad. Student Assoc.Robert Sabbatini Robert Sabbatini AICP FASLARod Aeschlimann Exec. Dir. Res Life, Housing FoodRoger Hanson RTC, Sen. Transit PlannerRon Zurek UNR, VP Admin. & FinanceRonda Bennett UNR, Sr. Assoc. Athletics DirectorSam Males UNR, State Director Nevada SBDCSean McGoldrick UNR, Facilities Serge Herzog Inst. AnalysisShannon Ellis UNR, VP Student ServicesSheena Harvey UNR, Member Services CoordinatorSherry Waugh UNR, *CFRC DirectorSienna Reid TMRPA, Senior PlannerStacy Burton UNR, Vice ProvostStephanie Woolf UNR, EH&S DirectorSteve Anderson EDAWN, Chairman of the BoardSteve Driscoll Sparks, Interim City ManagerSteve Maples UNR, Director, AdmissionSteve Segal Landowner/DeveloperSteve Wells Desert Research Institute, PresidentSusan Dunt UNR, HR, Manager, BCN Risk MgmtSusan Hill UNR SoM, Dir. Of Marketing & CommunicationThomas White UNR, Exec. Dir. Marketing CommunicationsTim Heydon ENG Advisory Board/NeighborTim McFarling UNR, Human ResourcesTina Iftiger Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, V.P. of Airport Econ. Dev.Tina Ruff UNR, Associate Ad, Facilities & Event OperationsTom Kozel UNR, Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyTom Schwenk UNR, VP for the Division of Health SciencesTroy Miller UNR, Director of Real EstateTrudy Larson Director, Health SciencesVince Catalano Prof. Science UNRWilliam Jacques UNR, Director, Housing Facilities

BACKGROUND key themes• Densify the core campus and improve the landscape and pedestrian-friendly character of the campus and its’

edges • Make better connections from north to south, especially between the North Campus and Mid Campus • There is need for more and better research space as well as space for faculty and student informal study as well

as teaching labs and studio space – issues for recruiting high level faculty• Address challenges for visitors in accessing community events and resources on campus• Emphasis interdisciplinary collaboration and support the innovations in learning and research of the university,

especially in engineering, technology, and the arts• Create better connectivity between the University and the City by catalyzing projects and programs that nurture

partnership and collaboration – projects suggested are: business school, innovation center, student housing with retail, administrative offices, and other graduate level activities that do not need immediate proximity to the core of campus

• Coordination of the City’s Downtown Strategic Plan and Regional Center Plan, RTC’s infrastructure planning for North Virginia and the University’s Master Plan Update and Gateway District Development Plan will create tremendous momentum from all parties

• Align the University’s research, innovation, and entrepreneurship programs with State and City economic development strategies, and the strengths of the business community


BACKGROUNDplanning directives• Integral to the Strategic Plan• Focus on the next 7 to 10

years• 22,000 Student FTE• Determine Carrying capacity

and identify framework for beyond

• Identify opportunities between 9th and 8th

• Identify opportunities and strategies south of I-80 to 4th



BACKGROUNDplanning principles : DRAFT FOR REVIEW• Build new space and renovate existing space to support the learning and research goals of

the University• Embrace and improve the “small college experience” within a large research university by

improving the residential experience both on and off campus• Densify the main campus and embrace the unique attributes of the campus: the historic

core, the topography and landscape, the culture and character of place• Create comfortable, robust pedestrian connections within and off campus, especially north

to the medical district and south to the I-80 district on both sides of the freeway• Address wayfinding and access issues for visitors to campus• Reinforce “gateways” at the edges of the campus• Create a seamless transition from the campus to the Downtown across I-80 with physical

improvements and program catalysts

STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS framing the master plan


STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS framing the master planLEARNING• Access and affordability• Innovations in teaching & learning• Retention and completion


STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS framing the master planLEARNING• Access and affordability• Innovations in teaching & learning• Retention and completionDISCOVERY• Interdisciplinary research & collaboration• Commercialization & entrepreneurship• Industry partnerships


STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS framing the master planLEARNING• Access and affordability• Innovations in teaching & learning• Retention and completionDISCOVERY• Interdisciplinary research & collaboration• Commercialization & entrepreneurship• Industry partnershipsENGAGEMENT• Economic development engine • Civic engagement• City as a learning lab


STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS framing the master planLEARNING• Access and affordability• Innovations in teaching & learning• Retention and completionDISCOVERY• Interdisciplinary research & collaboration• Commercialization & entrepreneurship• Industry partnershipsENGAGEMENT• Economic development engine • Civic engagement• City as a learning lab STEWARDSHIP• Increase funding from all sources• Support culture of competition and

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STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS framing the master planLEARNING• Access and affordability• Innovations in teaching & learning• Retention and completionDISCOVERY• Interdisciplinary research & collaboration• Commercialization & entrepreneurship• Industry partnershipsENGAGEMENT• Economic development engine • Civic engagement• City as a learning lab STEWARDSHIP• Increase funding from all sources• Support culture of competition and

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• Learning Landscape – access and innovation in teaching & learning

ANALYSIS seven big ideas/drivers

• Small College Experience – small college feel within a large university context

• Innovation Platform – research, collaboration & entrepreneurship

• Campus Character- unique identity and sense of place

• Connectivity – integrated, multi-modal mobility

• Growth & Change – short and long term development opportunities

• Campus in the City – integration of the University and the City


• Support innovations in learning and teaching by creating the “right” kind of space for collaboration, experimentation and exploration, and creative use of technology

• Consider the learning that happens inside and outside of the classroom in all kinds of spaces across campus and beyond

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ANALYSISlearning landscape


• Uses are generally “zoned” across campus

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ANALYSISacademic landscape


• Academic Neighborhoods


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ANALYSIS learning landscape

• Formal learning occurs in most academic buildings, but where are the places for informal learning indoors and outdoors?


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ANALYSISlearning landscape

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ANALYSISsmall college experience


• Nurture an intimate “small college” experience for students by creating places for residential and commuter students within a large research university and all the opportunities it has to offer

• Acknowledge the importance of the student experience, on and off campus, in attracting and retaining students and improving completion rates

• Formal student activities need to be supported by interconnected network of informal study, hangout and social spaces with food and coffee


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ANALYSIS small college experience

• University student housing clustered on North Virginia

• Close by private student housing is concentrated in remote locations northeast of campus


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ANALYSISsmall college experience

• Athletic & recreation facilities centrally located but land locked

• Band of parking structure, stadium, and playfields create a barrier to North Campus


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ANALYSIS small college experience

• Support an emerging culture of innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship both on and off campus

• Build state-of-the-art facilities in locations that will create centers of innovation and catalyze economic development

• Consider the eco-system of collaboration spaces – one size does not fit all

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ANALYSISinnovation platform


• Research happens across campus and is concentrated in some buildings

• How can we support collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship in other ways?


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• Startups and businesses emerging across the City


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• Collaboration can be supported in a range of spaces, from informal to formal

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Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Research ComplexBoston, MA (planned)

University of Calgary EEEL BuildingCalgary, Alberta

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ANALYSIS – interdisciplinary research


University of Wisconsin Institute for DiscoveryMadison, WI

Stanford University Design SchoolStanford, CA

ANALYSIS – formal collaboration


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UW Mercer Student LoungeSeattle, WA

ANALYSIS – student collaboration


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Artisan’s AsylumSomerville, MA

MakerhausSeattle, WA


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ANALYSIS – maker spaces

MassChallenge Y-CombinatorBoston, MA Silicon Valley, CA

Cambridge Innovation CenterCambridge, MA


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ANALYSIS – accelerators/startup halls

Novartis HeadquartersCambridge, MA

Genzyme BuildingCambridge, MA


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ANALYSIS – research partnerships

• Place matters – for first impressions, and for creating memories that last

• Reinforce the unique character of the UNR Campus, it’s history, it’s geography and climate, and it’s landscape and culture

• Improve existing and build new unique and special places across campus

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ANALYSIScampus character & identity


• Significant topography across campus creates several distinct zones and demands careful attention to pedestrian connections up the hill


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• UNR has a special history and identity


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• Sense of place strongest in south campus – decreases south to north

• Identity uneven on campus boundaries• Quality of the pedestrian experience

strongest in the south – decreases south to north


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ANALYSIS - campus character & identity


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ANALYSIS - campus character & identity


• Creating efficient and comfortable transportation opportunities is essential to maintaining access to all Nevada citizens

• Improving the pedestrian experience in and around campus is essential to improving the overall learning, discovery, and engagement experience of students

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ANALYSISconnectivity

• Most of campus core is within a short walking radius

• Railroad tracks make walking routes to areas east of Evans Avenue longer, more circuitous


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• Most buildings in campus core are accessible by pedestrian walkways

• Weaker pedestrian connections to northern campus, east of Evans Avenue


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• Private-vehicle restrictions on portions of central-campus roads strengthen core connectivity

• Pedestrian enhancements in northern and eastern parts of campus fill gaps in network

• New pedestrian connection over railroad tracks


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• Most existing bike connections between UNR and rest of city are via unofficial routes on neighborhood streets

• Planned RTC bike network enhancements will start to enhance bike connectivity, safety to the south


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• The potential: Much of Central Reno and Midtown are accessible via a short bike ride from campus


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• No official bike routes through campus

• Campus bike community has created a set of unofficial routes through campus


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• Creates strong east-west, north-south connections within campus

• Enhances connections between campus and Downtown Reno

• Proposes dismount zone on central-campus pathways


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• Rapid extension would significantly strengthen transit connectivity between campus and Downtown Reno, Midtown


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• Shuttles create strong north-south connectivity

• Highest ridership stations: Central campus and northern-campus parking facilities

• Lower ridership today on Green line, likely to increase with new residential facilities


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• Conceptual network focuses on integrating Rapid extension with campus core

• RTC-proposed roundabouts create campus gateways, simplify transit operations


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• Existing plan for rapid network: Most of campus is within a short walk of a rapid station


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• Conceptual station locations: Increase share of campus within a 5-minute walk of a Rapid station


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• According to most recent counts: Most parking-lot vacancy is in northern part of campus


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• Existing: Southern Virginia Street creates most direct vehicle connections to major campus parking facilities


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• Future: Southern Virginia Street continues to be main vehicle access route

• Road closures have no effect on access to major parking facilities

• Traffic calming on S. Stadium Way enhances that route as a bike/ped connection while maintaining some private-vehicle access


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• Creating a seamless transition from Campus to the Downtown will create opportunities for partnership, collaboration, and engagement with a broad range of stakeholders

• Connections need to be physical, programmatic, and psychological

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ANALYSIScampus in the city


• Current planning areas

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• Redevelopment districts


• Student population by zip code

• A majority of students live in the neighborhoods west of campus

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• As the university continues to grow enrollment, faculty, staff, and research, maximizing learning per square foot should be a priority

• Every new building and major renovation should provide opportunity for innovation and learning and should give back to the overall campus

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ANALYSISgrowth & change


ANALYSIS program - enrollment• Growth to 22,000 Student

HC by 2022


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• Projected space demand reflects increase in faculty student ratios


ANALYSIS program - space demand

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• Current & Planned Projects


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ANALYSIS development opportunities

ANALYSIS program - planned and studied projects


• “Waterfall” list• Additional projects under

consideration• Does not include projects

from forthcoming capital campaign

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ANALYSIS program - demand vs supply


• Deficit in Academic Space• Deficit in Research Space• Increase in traditional residential

from 16% to 20% of student FTE

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• Comparative FAR’s


7Building Area 4,478,230 SFCampus Area 233 AcresDENSITY= 0.44 Floor Area Ratio

University of Florida, Tampa

ANALYSIS campus density comparisons

Building Area 2,816,000 SFCampus Area 208 AcresDENSITY= 0.30 Floor Area Ratio

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University of Virginia


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ANALYSIS campus density comparisons Virginia Tech

Building Area 5,724,432 SFCampus Area 206 AcresDENSITY= 0.72 FAR - 10 year plan


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Rice University




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University of Texas, Austin

Building Area: 25,067,625 SFCampus Area: 286 AcresDENSITY= 2.0 Floor Area Ratio



0’ 750’

• Development sites• w/ site areas listed


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ANALYSIS development opportunities

SYNTHESIS planning considerations

• Increase pedestrian amenities throughout the campus

• Create a gracious gesture to neighbors on all boundaries of campus

• Resolve the circulation conflicts• Create a focus to sub-areas of the campus• Determine the uses and strategy of

implementation between 8th & 9th and south of I-80


SYNTHESIS – planning context


SYNTHESIS – planning context


SYNTHESIS urban design framework

• UNR districts with central open spaces• Each of the four campus districts will be

distinct:• University District with mixed use development,

urban street life, and city square• Main Campus Core with historic buildings and

landscape features, is the heart of academic life on campus

• Student Life Center defined by state-of-the art campus facilities including student center, knowledge center, and recreational facilities

• Bio-medical District with a connected, pedestrian-oriented academic research district

• Gateways along North Virginia and Evans Road


academiccore

student lifecenter

universitydistrict

gate

gate

gate

gatebio-medicaldistrict


INITIAL CONCEPTS “districts”

bio-scienceresearch

campuslife

academiccore

collegetown

• Major UNR campus districts with unique landscape identity, arrival experience, and cluster of uses.

• Core campus spaces are linked by a shady, pedestrian-oriented north-south system of pathways.

• Center Street becomes the main “connector” street across I-80 with housing for students, graduates, faculty, retail and amenities

INITIAL CONCEPTS “frame”


• Virginia Streets, Evans Road, 6th Street, and Enterprise Road define the campus edges with distinctive landscape and streetscape treatment.

• Virginia Street becomes the “Student Life” corridor with student housing, retail, and student amenities

• Evans Road becomes the “Innovation” corridor with academic, research, and innovation businesses evans road –

innovation corridor

virginia street–

student life corridor

gate

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INITIAL CONCEPTS “corridor”


• North Virginia is improved as a pedestrian-oriented/transit corridor that provides access to the campus along its’ entire length.

• A series of gateways provide multiple “front doors” to campus for students, staff, faculty, and visitors.

maingate

towngate

artsgate

midgate

northgate

maingate

towngate

artsgate

midgate

northgate

INITIAL CONCEPTS – comparison


bio-scienceresearch

campuslife

academiccore

collegetown

evans road –

innovation corridor

virginia street–

student life corridor

gate

gate

gate

gate

gategate

districts frame corridor

NEXT STEPS

• August 11th and 12th Work Session focused on developing initial concept alternatives into a preferred master plan direction

• Coordination with RTC plans for North Virginia and Gateway area

• Coordination with Gateway District Development Plan process


Work Session #3 Analysis & Initial Concepts

Documents

casey unr

principalbruce shively

athleticsellen houston

deangraham kent unr

researchamanda evans

amy koeckes unr

faculty senatefred holman

faculty senatejoe cline