Campus Master Plan

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Campus Master Plan Phase 1 Inventory and Analysis
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The Master Plan is Underway . . .
The purpose of todays open campus session is to

• present preliminary inventory and analysis

• confirm what we have heard

• share perspectives and,

• listen.

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Approach Overview
Phase 1 Inventory Analysis Phase 2 Master
Planning Phase 3 Campus Enhancements Phase
4 Final Documentation
West Campus
Main Campus
Transition

College of Business
Corporate Education Center (Eagle Crest Resort)

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Schedule
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
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The Project Team
University Facility Planning Committee

• Rita E. Abent, Executive Director Marketing
  Communications
• Anthony Catner, Associate VP Business
  Finance
• Margaret Cline, Chief Information Officer
  Executive Director
• Ellene Tratras Contis, Assistant VP Academic
  Affairs
• David L. Diles, Director Intercollegiate
  Athletics
• Patrick J. Doyle, VP Business Finance
• Sean Douglas Gray, Student Body President
• Steve Holda, Assistant to the VP Business
  Finance (Project Manager)
• Don Loppnow, Senior Executive Strategic
  Planning Cont.
• Sally R. McCracken, Professor, Communication
  Theater Arts
• Juanita M. Reid, VP University Relations
• Paul T. Schollaert, Provost VP Academic
  Affairs
• James F. Vick, VP University Marketing
  Student Affairs

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The Project Team
Focus Group Sessions

• Alumni Board
• Cross-Divisional Directors
• Deans Advisory Council
• Directors of Student Services
• Faculty Council
• Executive Committee
• Health and Safety
• Institutional Research Group
• Off-Campus/Neighborhood Groups
• Physical Plant
• Presidents Cabinet
• Strategic Planning Committee
• Student Leadership

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The Project Team
Consultants

• Pollack Design Associates
• Community Planning Campus Design
• Peter Pollack (Director)
• Christie Dunbar (Project Coordinator)
• Brian Barrick
• The Campus Studio
• Campus Planning and Design
• Dick Rigterink (Co-Director)
• Jim Christman

• Quinn Evans Architects
• Architectural Evaluation
• Michael Quinn
• Ilene Tyler
• Midwestern Consulting, LLC
• Traffic Planning Design
• Karl Kleitsch
• Susan Dickinson

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Eastern Michigan University Campus Master Plan
Pollack Design Associates
MIT
MIT
State Street, Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Pfizer, Ann Arbor
MIT
State Street, Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Pfizer, Ann Arbor
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Eastern Michigan University Campus Master Plan
The Campus Studio
University of Wisconsin Madison
Louisiana State University
Penn State University
University of Connecticut
University of North Alabama
University of Michigan
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Eastern Michigan University Campus Master Plan
Quinn Evans Architects
University of Michigan Dana Building
Stanford University Washington D.C.
WSU Freer House
College of William and Mary Wren Building
Cranbrook Art Museum Library
UM Dearborn Henry Ford Estate
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Eastern Michigan University Campus Master Plan
Midwestern Consulting LLC
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Point of Beginning . . .
EMUs mission speaks to excellence in teaching,
furthering knowledge and creativity and to
providing a learning environment which positively
impacts the University community and those beyond
campus physical borders. Furthering the impact
of campus buildings and open spaces as the
setting for the pursuit of excellence is the
foundation task of this master planning effort.
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EMUs Strategic Directions
1. To be recognized for its strong undergraduate
programs and to provide research opportunities,
excellent co-curricular programs, and supports
systems that enhance the success of a talented
and diverse student population. 2. To be
recognized for the synergy of theory and practice
in its graduate programs. 3. To become a model
for public engagement and linkages with local,
regional and state-wide communities, to address
mutual concerns. 4. To become a model for the
principles of diversity and inclusion. 5. To
become a university with global and
multi-cultural perspectives. 6. To improve
institutional effectiveness.
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Project Goals

• Campus Quality
• Provide students with an exceptional learning
  environment
• Enhance the sense of the University Community
• Achieve a unified campus, i.e., opportunities for
  interdisciplinary engagement
• Effective Use of Assets
• Assure the optimal land use of limited University
  Property
• Define optimum capacity and utilization
• Identify opportunities for accommodating growth
  and renewal
• Define patterns in the transition zone between
  main and west areas of campus
• Adjacent Community
• Be good neighbors to those who border campus
  without compromising the Universitys mission

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Regional Context
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University of Michigan
Concordia College
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
Washtenaw Community College
Main Campus
West Campus
College of Business
Corporate Education Center
I-94
Ford Lake
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Community Setting

• University within a city
• Campus grew from the water tower to the north and
  west
• Arrival is along city streets

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Community/Campus Connections

• Shared needs and common interests

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Community/Campus Edges
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Campus Edges
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Focus Group Findings
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Study Area
Photo Eastern Michigan University, 1937
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Campus Growth
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Land Uses
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Activity Areas
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Activity Areas

• Inside and outside places of note
• Few named places

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Vehicular Patterns

• Parking dominates the perimeter
• Campus drives look like typical city streets

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Vehicular Patterns

• Roads and parking impact the interior
• Drives and parking intermingle
• Car storage dominates, i.e., few pedestrian
  amenities

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Open Space Patterns

• Buildings in space vs. buildings forming space

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Movement Patterns

• Sub-divided open spaces

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Campus Continuity

• Grid pattern
• Consistency (materials and color)
• Towers (distinguishing elements)
• Concentrated

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Campus Distinctions

• Orientation similar patterns and design
• Places without names
• Major identity space inaccessible

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Campus Buildings
Buildings Define Space
Independently sited buildings Buildings that
define spaces
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National Historic Register Buildings
Pease
Protected Buildings
National Historic Register
Existing Buildings
McKenny
Sherzer
Welch
Starkweather
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Building Evaluation
Buildings to Remain
National Historic Register
Good Fair Poor
Existing Buildings
EMUs Facilities Evaluation
1. Historic Significance 2. Flexibility 3.
Site Efficiency 4. Spatial Definition
Recommendation
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Evaluations
Briggs
Brown-Munson
Ford
Jones-Goddard
Strong
King
Rackham
Roosevelt
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Tree Canopy
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Evolving Conditions
Major Destinations/Origins
Future Union Current Union Academic Recreation
Center Library
Future Union
The Rec Center
Deck
Academic
Library
Activity Concerns
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Evolving Conditions
Major Destinations/Origins
Future Union Current Union Academic Recreation
Center Library
Future Union
The Rec Center
Deck
Major Pedestrian Flows
Major Pedestrian Corridors
Academic
Historic Existing Anticipated
Library
Barrier
Activity Concerns
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Main Campus Patterns
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• Physiography
• Huron River
• North Facing Slopes
• Levels
• Connecting the ridges and open space
• Special area

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Transition Area

• Different conditions
• Level land
• Residential scale
• (different policies)
• Isolated parcels
• Transitional parcels
• What is the message?

School
Bike Path
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West Campus
Huron River Rd

• Isolated parcels confusing
• Pedestrian/vehicular conflicts
• Future facility needs

Intercollegiate Athletics
Westview
Indoor practice facility Softball stadium Expand
locker rooms
Housing
Convocation Center
Mature Woods
Hewitt Rd
Collegewood
University House
Belleuve
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Study Area
Main Campus
Transition
West Campus
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EMUs Master Planning in response to

• Changing trends in educational delivery systems,
• i.e., university as the place for learning vs.
• distance/electronic learning.

• Diverse needs of those in the academic community,
  
• i.e., traditional vs. non-traditional students,
  and the variation of those in the
  non-traditional category and,

• Improving campus quality,
• i.e., providing facilities that invite
  participation, instill pride and honor
  traditions.

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Next Steps
Summer 2003

• Prepare preliminary master plan alternatives

• Administration/staff workshop

• Prepare preliminary enhancement options

• Meetings with Facility Planning Team

Fall 2003

• Next Open Campus Meetings Thursday, 18
  September 2003
• 130-330 pm and 700-900 pm

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The Campus Today