Robert K. Root, dean of the faculty in the early improving a 20th century, remarked that Princeton evolved sense of campus into a major university without ever losing “the character of a college.” What makes a community campus truly livable is not just the physical Housing beauty of its landscape or superb academic and research facilities, but also more personal Campus Life spaces and opportunities to make friendships Athletics and Recreation and pursue interests of many kinds. Even with a population of several thousand and properties that now spread far beyond the original college core, Princeton can sustain a strong sense of community by providing quality housing and a lively calendar of events and activities for students, faculty, and staff alike, whether they live on campus or nearby.
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Gi`eZ\kfeKfnej_`g Le`m\ij`kpGc% The Campus Plan proposes a number of initiatives to The clustering of faculty and staff housing just to the @mpCe% N\jk\ieNXp address residential needs of undergraduate and graduate east of campus is part of the effort by the Campus Plan to :fcc\^\I[% students, faculty, and staff. Almost all undergraduates live use available land east of FitzRandolph Road for uses that on campus, and Princeton prides itself on providing an are compatible with the existing character of this area (see 1 2 environment in which learning and intellectual dialogue that also Chapter 5: Ivy Lane and Western Way Neighborhood 9ifX[d\X[ =`kqIXe[fcg_I[% begins in the classroom can continue in student residences and Chapter 7: Looking to the Future). The redevelopment 5 located nearby. Princeton also houses an unusually high of the Butler Tract site and construction of new apartments percentage of its graduate students. It provides both rental at Dean Mathey Court will create faculty and staff housing and for-purchase housing for faculty and staff, and offers that is compatible with the area’s residential scale and assistance to faculty and staff who seek to rent or buy in character, while simultaneously providing quick access to 4
local markets. The housing master plan focuses on the campus as well as to existing and new daycare facilities at ?Xii`jfeJk% Jgi`e^[Xc\I[% The need to upgrade housing led to a comprehensive for a transition of most Stanworth apartments from faculty Gi`eZ\kfeKfnej_`g planning approach both on campus and off campus. and staff to graduate student use. In time, the Merwick site N\jkN`e[jfiKfnej_`g Housing types will be generally organized within concentric adjacent to Stanworth is likely to be developed for faculty, rings: undergraduate residential colleges will form the inner staff, and potentially additional graduate student housing. 3 ring, graduate student housing will lie within the second The plan seeks to maintain the capacity to house approxi- NXj_`e^kfeI[% ring, and faculty and staff housing will comprise the outer mately 70 percent of eligible graduate students in each of ring. Graduate student housing will be concentrated on the the next ten years. In addition to expanding the existing Undergraduate housing west side of campus in a loosely defined neighborhood with faculty and staff residential neighborhood east of campus, Graduate student housing shared services. Faculty and staff housing will continue to the housing master plan also recommends programs to help Faculty and staff housing be concentrated on the east side of campus. faculty and staff rent and purchase housing in the private * hatched areas are new and housing market. improved facilities Housing Master Plan Currently, over 70 percent of graduate students live in the aPProacH and analysis areas immediately surrounding the campus. Improvements, To gather data for the planning process, surveys of faculty, Housing initiatiVes renovations, and new construction are planned to convert staff, and graduate students were conducted. Graduate 1 Whitman College the Hibben and Magie apartments to graduate student students also participated in facilitated discussion groups. In 2 Reconstructed Butler College housing, while creating new staff and faculty housing on the addition to contributing to the planning process, the survey 3 Hibben and Magie renovation current Butler Tract site and next to Dean Mathey Court. data led the University to develop a web site and a services 4 New apartments at Renovations of the Hibben and Magie apartments and program to better inform students, faculty, and staff about Dean Mathey Court their reassignment for graduate student use will create a housing options and to provide more assistance to those 5 Redevelopment of Butler Tract for new faculty and staff housing mid-rise graduate student housing neighborhood in the seeking housing in the private market. 6 Reallocation of Stanworth western area of campus near the Graduate College and apartments for graduate the Lawrence Apartments. Graduate students will benefit student use 7 Development of Olden Street site from this area’s proximity to the campus and the new for faculty and staff housing Arts and Transit Neighborhood, with its associated retail, including the Wawa; the Dinky and the campus shuttles; and the recreational pathways and woodlands along Lake Carnegie. In the future, there may be a bus rapid transit stop at the intersection of Faculty Road and Alexander Street near these apartments and there may be new retail and commercial developments along Alexander Street. Joline Hall, an undergraduate dormitory 108 The Plan: Improving a Sense of Campus Community PRINCETON Campus Plan 109 Housing Projects undergraduate Housing and renovation and reconfiguration of the Hibben and tHe residential college systeM Magie apartments A series of campus plans for the University created by The Hibben and Magie apartments are adjacent mid-rise Ralph Adams Cram between 1907 and 1925, initially under buildings that are currently occupied by graduate students, the leadership of University President Woodrow Wilson, faculty, and staff. Spacious and solidly built, their popularity defined the division between undergraduate residential is understandable. However, they were constructed in the and academic uses on campus that still exists today. 1960s and have outmoded building systems and interior Cram suggested that a grand north-south axis beginning layouts. Given their close location to campus, the University at Nassau Hall be the dividing line of campus uses—with will renovate the buildings and convert all units to graduate residential uses on the west and academic uses on the east. student housing. Residences in the Hibben building will As a result, the undergraduate residential colleges have be reconfigured as studio and one-bedroom apartments, been located in an almost contiguous swath of land in the Hibben apartments since student demand for these apartment types consis- western area, creating a distinct and intimate undergraduate Community Action Group pre-orientation meeting tently exceeds available supply. The Magie building will be residential neighborhood. New undergraduate housing dor- fully rehabilitated, retaining its relatively large two-level mitories, including Whitman College and the reconstructed residential colleges and student life apartments. Hibben and Magie will return to service with Butler College, extend this residential neighborhood modernized infrastructure, refreshed ambience, and a unit southward, creating the challenge of integrating the new I remember the first time I walked through the Princeton campus. It was mix that better serves the housing needs of the University’s buildings into the campus fabric while still ensuring that pre-frosh weekend 2004 and I couldn’t believe how large the campus was. graduate students. they have a physical relationship to the historic residential Completely overwhelmed by the numerous impressive (and some strange- reallocation of the stanworth apartments to core. In response to this challenge, the Campus Plan focuses looking) buildings all over campus, I wondered how I would fit into this new on outdoor spaces, pedestrian connections, and landscape graduate students environment. Everything was different from what I was used to. I shouldn’t features to make these new facilities connect to and blend Constructed in the late 1940s, the Stanworth apartments have worried. By the end of freshman year, I felt like I had always been a part in with the surrounding campus. consist of 154 rental units in low-rise buildings. These are of Princeton. Without a doubt, my residential college, Rocky, was instrumental currently designated as faculty and staff housing, but many In addition to new dormitories, the University intro- in this. For the most part, residential colleges form a central part of a student’s of these units will be gradually reallocated to graduate duced a new four-year residential college system in the fall Stanworth apartments experience during the underclass years. It’s hard to imagine what Princeton students over several years. Reusing these well-maintained of 2007. The four-year system builds on Princeton’s existing apartments offers the opportunity to upgrade the graduate residential college system that provides an immediate would be like without them. Residential colleges provide the first opportunities student apartment inventory in a cost-effective manner. sense of community for new students, while serving as a for new students to connect with the University. Through residential college Stanworth is adjacent to the Merwick Rehabilitation vehicle for a rich and varied intellectual, cultural, social, trips, study breaks, and meals in the dining halls, these colleges foster a sense Hospital site that is being acquired by the University, and recreational life on campus. Under the new system, all of community among students, a place to belong. In addition, the buildings, offering a future opportunity to coordinate an expansion freshmen and sophomores continue to live in residential landscape, and facilities combine to create a campus environment that is colleges. In addition, three four-year colleges will be paired of the Stanworth site, as permitted under existing zoning, aesthetically pleasing, yet very conducive to the pursuit of academic excellence. with three two-year colleges to give juniors and seniors the with the development of the Merwick site for faculty, staff, But perhaps the most interesting aspect of life at Princeton is how students and possibly graduate student housing. option to continue living in residential colleges. The new system sustains relationships for all juniors and seniors with from different backgrounds come together and, under the aegis of the resi- redevelopment of the Butler tract their residential colleges, regardless of whether they live dential college program and other extracurricular activities, build enduring The Butler Tract was constructed as temporary, barrack- there beyond two years, by transferring academic advis- relationships that enliven the college experience and promote a lifetime of style housing more than 60 years ago. This site has far ing from deans in West College to the residential college association with Princeton. exceeded its life expectancy, and it is now time to replace it. Butler Tract deans and directors of studies. Furthermore, all juniors When I’ve graduated from this place, I’ll remember chatting with friends It will be developed with rental and purchase plan hous- development of new apartments at dean Mathey court and seniors have the opportunity to eat two meals a week in various dorm rooms until three o’clock in the morning; walking down to ing for faculty and staff. The buildings will be compatible The townhouses and single level apartments at Dean at the residential colleges, and some juniors and seniors the football stadium and watching the football team have an amazing season. in character and scale with the surrounding Riverside Mathey Court are among the University’s most sought after have dining contracts at both a college and an eating club. I’ll remember descending into the depths of Firestone (otherwise known as the neighborhood (including the Gray Farm area that provides rental offerings. The vacant land on Faculty Road imme- The newly completed Whitman College, the reconstructed C Floor) to find essential books for the numerous papers I had to write; toiling for-purchase housing for faculty and staff) and the Dean diately west of Dean Mathey Court will be the site of new Butler College, and the existing Mathey College will serve on the third floor of Frist during countless reading periods, amid all the other Mathey Court apartments. New street configurations will faculty and staff residences that will be configured to reflect as four-year colleges. position homes facing outward along Hartley Avenue and the character, proportions, and outdoor open space that students working frantically beside me. I’ll remember going into Richardson Sycamore Street, better integrating the site into the fabric of give the original Dean Mathey Court its character. Together Auditorium or Theatre Intime and watching countless performances; walking the surrounding neighborhood. The community of graduate with the new rental and purchase plan housing on the Butler by Dillon Gym, promising myself that tomorrow, I will go work out and never students living at Butler will move to the Hibben, Magie, and Tract site, the new Dean Mathey apartments will replenish actually going. I’ll remember walking through campus and feeling a sense of Stanworth apartments. N?@KD8E the faculty and staff housing inventory. :FCC<>< camaraderie with the people walking around me, knowing that we were all part >F?< 9LKC< large and strange buildings I encountered pre-frosh weekend began to signify Misan Ikomi Princeton Undergraduate, The construction of Whitman and Butler colleges will add new Class of 2008 landscaped pathways 110 The Plan: Improving a Sense of Campus Community PRINCETON Campus Plan 111 planned project planned Whitman College Architect: Demitri Porphyrios Landscape architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Size: 250,000 square feet Completed: 2007 Key features The recently completed Whitman College is one of the University’s first four-year residential colleges, and it is the first residential college at Princeton designed from inception for that purpose. In keeping with Princeton’s collegiate gothic style, the complex is composed of courtyards, towers, and covered arcades and provides dormitory, social, dining, and recreation space for 500 undergraduates. Facilities at Whitman College include a library, digital photo lab, theater, and common rooms. Landscape features The landscape plan for Whitman College carefully integrates the college’s outdoor spaces into the campus landscape and pedestrian network. The grounds surrounding the college have been landscaped with 200 to 300 trees, including the installation of two 50-year-old, 55-foot-tall cedars in the north court. These large trees were planted at the outset in order to establish a strong landscape identity for the college that matches the scale and strength of the architecture. Much like the other iconic courtyards of the Core Campus, the north and south courts provide a shady and beautiful recreational place for Whitman College residents and the broader University community. planned project planned Butler College Aerial rendering of Butler College showing new campus walks and green roofs Architect: Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners Landscape architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Size: 112,000 square feet BUTLER COLLEGE Scheduled completion: 2009 Like the new ORFE building, the newly constructed Key features Many of the existing Butler College dormitories Butler College complex will have green roofs, consist- have been demolished, and the area will be rebuilt to serve ing of vegetation and soil, or a growing medium, planted as a four-year residential college. The complex will feature over a waterproofing membrane. They will have several improved room configurations and house approximately 290 functional and ecological benefits: the reduction of PRINCETON undergraduate students. The building’s façade will be light red stormwater runoff through rainwater collection, the brick, with horizontal limestone strips accentuating design ele- reduction of heating and cooling loads from higher insu- ments. Varying in height from two to four stories, the complex Wilcox-Wu renovation, Michael Graves and Associates lation value, and the reduction of wear and tear on roof will house communal facilities in the lower level commons GREEN structures. In addition to green roofs, the landscape connecting all buildings. These facilities, which will have large The new entrance pavilion A windows opening onto courtyards, include a café, study areas, design for the complex will employ a sustainable storm- and seminar rooms. The arrangement of the new buildings will for Wilcox-Wu will reinforce water harvesting and reuse system by reintroducing a create an accessible complex and will provide a direct visual modernized version of the Farrand-era cistern system connection to the ellipse. new pathway connections that passively directs surface water to tree roots. Other Landscape features The site features of the new Butler through Butler College. sustainability features incorporated into the project College will integrate the new building complex within the include an energy efficient building envelope that is 30 circulation and landscape of the University and create percent greater than code requirements, natural light to new internal landscapes that will give the college its own illuminate 90 percent of interior spaces, and the use of identity as a residential zone. New campus walks will traverse low volatile organic compound (VOC) content materials Butler College, and a new iconic landscape will create an and water-efficient plumbing fixtures. amphitheater nestled within the residence halls. New pathway connections will allow easy pedestrian movement between the Core Campus and Natural Sciences neighborhoods. 112 The Plan: Improving a Sense of Campus Community PRINCETON Campus Plan 113 Campus life plan MXe[\m\ek\i8m\% N`k_\ijgffeJk% :_XdY\ijJk% Dffi\Jk% 9XpXi[Ce% campus life 5 EXjjXlJk% Expanded and improved facilities will :_XickfeJk% Fc[\eJk% contribute to a rich and dynamic 8 N`cc`XdJk% environment for the campus community. DliiXpGc% 5 ( ' D\iZ\iJk% 3 $ Gifjg\Zk8m\% D ` Princeton believes that a well-rounded education requires e HealtH and wellness ;`Zb`ejfeJk% , l $ =I@JK:8DGLJ D k Gi`eZ\kfe9fifl^_ not only excellent academic facilities, but also social, \ : McCosh Health Center has provided health services to e N Le`m\ij`kpGc% Gi`eZ\kfeKfnej_`g cultural, athletic, and recreational facilities. Princeton also l X k \ Princeton students since 1925. University Health Services 1 c b N\jk\ieNXp N strives to provide members of the faculty and staff with a @mpCe% ( (UHS), located in McCosh Health Center, is a fully accre- 4 4 X 4 & c :fcc\^\I[% 8 b 6 campus environment that allows them to do their best work. ) dited health care facility that provides comprehensive health D ( & The Campus Plan recommends improving several exist- ` + c \ services to the University community. 5 D 8 ` ing campus life facilities, while proposing new resources c 8 \ The current location of UHS in a very central area of 8 9ifX[d\X[ that will benefit many members of the extended campus =`kqIXe[fcg_I[% the campus just south of the Frist Campus Center makes community. Among the new facilities are expanded space it easily accessible for students and staff. The need for for child care and a new off-campus administrative office 4 additional services has caused UHS to outgrow its existing neighborhood with a number of attractive features. facilities. Recognizing the desirability of maintaining its central location, the planning team has identified oppor- ?Xii`jfeJk% Frist as tHe new “center” tunities for UHS to maintain the majority of its services at Jgi`e^[Xc\I[% dining, social, cultural, and recreational facilities and serves the advantage of creating a natural relationship between Gi`eZ\kfeKfnej_`g as an interactive and vibrant hub for students, faculty, and health services and the existing recreation facilities at N\jkN`e[jfiKfnej_`g staff. The 185,000-square-foot facility is relatively new to Dillon Gymnasium, whereas a facility on Ivy Lane has greater vehicular access and development flexibility than a the historic campus, but in its short existence has become Daycare the new “center” of the campus, providing a proverbial site within the historic campus. Alternatively, the Campus Health care NXj_`e^kfeI[% bridge between historic buildings to the west and new build- Plan has identified a potential future site for the full health Retail ings to the east. The location of Frist at a key nexus of the services program at the existing MacMillan building site. Dining halls east and west areas of campus has made it an important Being close to residential, administrative, and recreational Café Mixed use benchmark for the Campus Plan. A key guiding principle facilities, this site provides convenient access to the campus population while introducing a campus life destination to a * hatched areas of the plan is that no main campus uses should be more 7 new or improved than a ten-minute walk from Frist (see the map in Chapter 1, new neighborhood. In the event that the maintenance and facilities page 11). facilities offices in the MacMillan building are relocated, The plan’s strategy for campus life facilities is centered the site would be highly desirable as an extension of the on the premise that recreational, health, and social facili- surrounding Core Campus uses. ties are important contributors to a vibrant and dynamic caMPus liFe initiatiVes campus environment. These facilities are used by students, ProsPect aVenue 1 Improvements to 5 Increased campus-oriented retail Frist Campus Center faculty, and staff and are generators of indoor and outdoor 6 Daycare expansion The location of eating clubs on Prospect Avenue east of 2 Campus Club renovation 7 Off-campus administrative activity throughout the day. Washington Road dates back to the late 19th century. 3 Relocation and expansion of neighborhood at Canal Pointe Frist is undergoing a series of improvements that will Their presence makes Prospect a major location for Carl A. Fields Center 8 Revitalized undergraduate increase its usage and importance as a campus hub. Plans 4 University Health Services dining options undergraduate social life. With the reopening of Cannon expansion options (location TBD) include additional food service options, a renovated conve- Club, the development of the new Carl A. Fields Center, nience store, mailboxes for all students, a package handling and the renovation of Campus Club, there will be an area, and the relocation of several student group offices expansion of student life destinations on the avenue. The to the building. In addition, the Frist south green is slated new facilities proposed along this corridor will increase the to be improved and transformed into a central campus diversity of student life offerings and help create stronger gathering space. connections between this area and the campus west of Washington Road. Students grab a snack at Café Vivian in the Frist Campus Center 114 The Plan: Improving a Sense of Campus Community PRINCETON Campus Plan 115 Campus Club, a former eating club that was donated Campus Plan recommends that these functions be clus- to the University, will be renovated into a social and recre- tered. It also recommends that these locations be made Athletics and ational space for Princeton undergraduate and graduate as attractive as possible to those who work there, and students. It will be a place where students can gather that easy access be provided between these locations Recreation informally between classes as well as a place that they can and the campus. reserve for dinners, receptions, musical and other cultural The University is implementing this recommendation in Existing and new athletic fields will be events, social events, meetings, precepts, and other uses. an off-campus administrative neighborhood under creation optimized through the introduction of modern Its location on the corner of Prospect Avenue and Washing- in West Windsor on Canal Pointe Boulevard near its inter- surfaces and technologies. ton Road will provide a bridge of student-centered activity section with Alexander Road. Instead of being conceived as between Frist Campus Center and the eating clubs. an isolated office building, this new facility is being designed Football game at Powers Field as a complete neighborhood with amenities. Currently Daycare Expansion scattered at various locations across the main campus, the Princeton is an NCAA Division I school that offers 38 Practice fields Office of Information Technology (OIT) will be consolidated varsity sports and nearly 40 club teams. Varsity and club The new practice fields in the eastern area of campus will Currently, daycare for the campus community is offered by at this new facility, although some OIT support functions sports play an important role in the undergraduate student have a flexible configuration and will be lit for night play, two outside providers that are located in a former private will remain on the main campus. The Treasurer’s Office will experience, with nearly 1,200 students participating in which will increase their year-round utilization. The fields day school facility at 171 Broadmead. In 2004, a University also move to this site, thereby freeing space in New South these activities each year. In contrast to several peer insti- will have a combination of natural and artificial surfaces, Task Force on Health and Well-Being determined that there for academic use. tutions, the Princeton campus is unique in that most of allowing athletes to practice for various competition is a need for additional daycare capacity. The Campus Plan Canal Pointe Boulevard was chosen as the site of the its major athletic facilities are located on the main campus, settings. Additionally, the area underneath the fields will studied several locations for a new third daycare facility, new off-campus neighborhood for a variety of reasons. in walking distance from academic and residential areas. serve as a stormwater retention area. including sites on and off campus. All sites were thoroughly Proximity to the Route 1 interchange makes it convenient This proximity assists students in balancing their academic evaluated, taking into consideration issues such as access Clarke Field relocation to commuters who arrive using this artery. The connection pursuits with participation in athletic programs and rein- to parking and major transportation routes, proximity to The new baseball facility will take advantage of its location to Alexander Street keeps it within five minutes of the rest forces Princeton’s long-held belief that athletics should be campus, the surrounding community context, and opportu- in the southern edge of the campus to provide attractive of the campus via a planned shuttle route and a proposed integrated into, not separated from, the overall life of nities for future expansion. views of the lake valley. Grassy berms with paved footpaths bicycle route. In the future, this location could also be a stop the campus. The corner of Broadmead and Western Way, across will surround the playing field to recreate the informal in a potential bus rapid transit system under study by New The Campus Plan strategy for the athletics program is the street from 171 Broadmead, was determined to be the seating that currently overlooks Clarke Field. Jersey Transit for the Alexander Street corridor. to augment its facilities by introducing improvements such ideal location for a new daycare facility for several reasons. as artificial turf and lighting to increase the utilization and Rugby field For parents commuting from off campus, the new facility The new facility will bring club sports events from south of On-Campus Retail efficiency of existing facilities. This approach allows varsity will be located in close proximity to the proposed Western athletics programs to remain on sites north of Lake Carnegie Lake Carnegie to the main campus. The artificial surface Way parking garage, making parking convenient. The facility As an amenity to both the University population and the at a time when demand for new land for academic and field will be the site for practice and competitions and will would also be located close to the expanding faculty and community at large, new retail facilities will introduce a residential space is very high. The plan also includes feature lighting and seating. The location of this new facility staff residential neighborhoods east of Broadmead, where vibrant mixed-use quality to some campus neighborhoods enhancement of campus recreation. on the main campus will ease access for athletes and at least some parents using the daycare facility might live. and surrounding streets. The independently owned and spectators. The scale and use of the daycare facility would be compat- operated Princeton University Store has already transferred Athletic fields ible with the surrounding residential area and in keeping its apparel and insignia business to Nassau Street next West Windsor fields with the University’s desire to locate only non-academic to the new Labyrinth bookstore. In its University Place Bedford Field Princeton maintains additional athletic fields in West uses east of FitzRandolph Road. (See also Chapter 7: location, the U-Store will continue to provide a broad On the west side of campus, Bedford Field will be converted Windsor, south of Lake Carnegie, for club and intramural Looking to the Future.) The clustering of daycare facilities range of products and services, including its convenience to an artificial turf field. The area underneath the renovated sports. The Campus Plan recommends that lighting and provides convenience for parents with more than one child store, pharmacy, dorm furnishings, and school supplies. field will serve as the stormwater retention basin for the restroom facilities be considered for the West Windsor in the system. Career Services will move to the upper level of the existing Neuroscience and Psychology buildings. fields. U-Store building. Eastern athletic fields Passive recreation space Off-campus administrative As part of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood plan, the As described in the Ivy Lane and Western Way Neighbor- In addition to formal athletic facilities, the Campus Plan neighborhood Wawa convenience store will be maintained and relocated hood plan, the Campus Plan includes a reconfiguration recommends sustaining and creating open spaces for to be adjacent to the new Dinky station. Other potential informal recreational use. For instance, the newly completed Certain functions of the University, such as the Forrestal of the athletic facilities in the eastern areas of campus. retail uses—such as a restaurant, a café, and a bicycle Whitman College has two large courtyards that are Research Center and a number of administrative uses, have The new complex, to be located south of the new parking center—will line the pedestrian plazas and pathways that available for socializing or informal recreation, and the been located in off-campus neighborhoods since the 1950s. facility, will consist of practice fields, a new baseball field, connect the performance arts venues to the Dinky station. future New South Green, to be located in the Arts and As the University seeks to adhere to its guiding principles and club sports facilities. These retail amenities will serve the campus, the commu- Transit Neighborhood, is being designed to encourage and locate new academic and residential buildings within nity, and arts visitors who may be arriving by train, by car, informal recreation and outdoor socializing. Landscape a ten-minute walk of the Frist Campus Center, it has had or on foot. They will also serve current and future residents improvements along the edge of the Ellipse will make that to develop a more thoughtful strategy for increasing the along the Alexander Street corridor. area a more attractive space for students to play sports use of offsite locations for administrative functions. The informally or through the intramural sports program. 116 The Plan: Improving a Sense of Campus Community PRINCETON Campus Plan 117 planned project planned project planned project planned Roberts Stadium Architect: Anderson Architects Landscape architects: Quennell Rothschild and Partners LLP Athletics plan MXe[\m\ek\i8m\% N`k_\ijgffeJk% Scheduled completion: Fall 2008 :_XdY\ijJk% Dffi\Jk% 9XpXi[Ce% Key features An improved soccer facility, including the new Roberts Stadium for soccer, is planned for the area just south of the Ellipse. It will feature a three-sided stadium, a playing field EXjjXlJk% :_XickfeJk% with a natural grass surface, and an adjacent practice field with an artificial surface. Myslik Field DliiXpGc% will be a competition field, and the practice field, to be called Plummer Field, has been separately Fc[\eJk% funded by an anonymous donor. Three free-standing pavilions will house a ticket office, press N`cc`XdJk% box, concession stand, team rooms, restrooms, and other facilities. The stadium will have a 4 3,000-person capacity, and the playing field will be lighted for night games. D\iZ\iJk% Gifjg\Zk8m\% ;`Zb`ejfeJk% Gi`eZ\kfe9fifl^_ 3 Le`m\ij`kpGc% Gi`eZ\kfeKfnej_`g 5 @mpCe% :fcc\^\I[% 24 N\jk\ieNXp 25 26 Lenz Tennis Center 14 9ifX[d\X[ Architect: Dattner Architects 2 20 =`kqIXe[fcg_I[% Landscape architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates 6 Scheduled completion: 2010 15 Key features The existing Lenz Tennis Center, which was constructed about 30 years ago by 7 18 22 9 21 Princeton’s own maintenance shops, is to be replaced with a new 3,500-square-foot varsity 19 16 tennis facility. The program under consideration for this new building includes separate varsity 1 8 locker rooms for men and women, four coaches’ offices, a large room for team meetings and 10 ?Xii`jfeJk% 12 other tennis functions, public restrooms, storage, and support spaces. The intent is to provide Jgi`e^[Xc\I[% 13 Gi`eZ\kfeKfnej_`g N\jkN`e[jfiKfnej_`g Fitness and recreation NXj_`e^kfeI[% Athletics buildings Built in the 1940s, Dillon Gymnasium and its subsequent One opportunity is to incorporate a fitness center in the 23 Playing courts addition, now the Stephens Fitness Center, are located vicinity of the new parking facility east of Washington Road. Athletics fields in the western area of campus in close proximity to the This location has the advantage of being near the arrival Fitness and recreation undergraduate residential neighborhood. Even when the and departure point of commuters who are likely to use * hatched areas are new and Stephens Center opened in 2000, it was unable to meet the the fitness center either before or after work. The facility improved facilities full demand for its facilities, and the growth in the campus would be a natural extension of the athletics neighborhood population creates further need for expansion. The Campus and, at the same time, it would provide a social anchor Plan has studied several sites for expanded fitness and for future development in the Ivy Lane and Western Way atHletics Facilities Fitness exPansion oPtions recreation facilities, including options where health and Neighborhood. 1 Springdale Golf Course 12 Class of 1952 Stadium 24 Dillon Pit fitness could be located in the same building. Another potential satellite location is within the 2 Baker Rink 13 Shea Rowing Center 25 Princeton Stadium Recognizing that fitness and recreation facilities Sciences Green. As a narrow multi-level structure along the 3 Dillon Gymnasium and 14 Princeton Stadium 26 New parking facility are actively used throughout the day, the Campus Plan western edge of Princeton Stadium, a fitness center would Stephens Fitness Center 15 Weaver Track and Field recommends that fitness facilities be easily accessible to bring vitality to the Natural Sciences Neighborhood where 4 Holder volleyball court 16 Jadwin Gymnasium undergraduates living on campus, while still being at a many of the existing buildings, such as Jadwin Hall and Fine 5 Wilson volleyball court 17 Lake field 6 Poe-Pardee Field 18 Caldwell Fieldhouse convenient location for graduate students, faculty, and staff. Hall, face inward and do not directly engage the adjacent (Ellipse) 19 DeNunzio Pool Dillon remains an ideal location, but in addition to proposing open spaces. The fitness center would be easily accessible 7 Class of 1895 Field 20 New practice fields an expansion of the Stephens Center on-site at the Dillon to the rest of campus via the new Streicker Bridge and a 8 Lenz Tennis Center 21 Clarke Field Pit, the Campus Plan has also identified potential satellite short walk away from the new parking facility. 9 Roberts Stadium 22 Rugby field sites for fitness and recreation. 10 Tennis courts 23 West Windsor fields 11 Bedford Field 118 The Plan: Improving a Sense of Campus Community PRINCETON Campus Plan 119