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CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2002 DOBER, LIDSKY, CRAIG & ASSOCIATES, INC. * CRAIG, GAULDEN & DAVIS * SEAMON, WHITESIDE & ASSOCIATES, INC. * MCCRACKEN & LOPEZ, P.A. CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2002 DOBER, LIDSKY, CRAIG & ASSOCIATES, INC. * CRAIG, GAULDEN & DAVIS * SEAMON, WHITESIDE & ASSOCIATES, INC. * MCCRACKEN & LOPEZ, P.A. CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2002 SECTION ONE: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SECTION FOUR: PROGRAM, SPACE, AND FACILITY STUDY Mission and Purpose . .1 Programmatic Analysis . .49 Planning Context . .3 Space Utilization Study . .50 Planning Process . .3 Existing Facilities Survey . .50 Diagram 1 Campus Planning Process . .3 Diagram 2 Survey Building Locations . .51 Campus Master Plan Overview . .4 Drawing 1 Central Campus Plan . .5 SECTION FIVE: CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Drawing 2 Ravenel Site Plan . .7 Campus Design Issues . .54 Campus Master Plan Phasing - Areas of Emphasis . .8 Drawing 17 Campus Design Framework . .55 Table 1 Phasing . .9 Johnstone Redevelopment . .56 Drawing 18 Site Context . .57 SECTION TWO: TERMS OF REFERENCE Drawing 19 Issues and Opportunities . .59 Agenda for Planning . .11 Drawing 20 Johnstone Development Concept . .61 Survey of Faculty, Staff, and Students . .12 Center of Centers . .62 Facility Requirements . .13 Drawing 21 Centers Development Concept . .63 Landscapes and Open Space . .64 SECTION THREE: CAMPUS ANALYSIS Drawing 22 Landscapes and Open Space . .65 Campus and Environs Analysis . .15 Circulation Routes . .66 Drawing 3 Context/Environs . .17 Table 2 Parking Space Comparison . .66 Drawing 4 University Property . .19 Drawing 23 Circulation Routes . .67 Drawing 5 Land Use . .21 Campus Design Alternatives . .68 Drawing 6 Topography . .23 Drawing 24 Campus Development Alternative . .69 Drawing 7A Predominant Use Main Campus . .25 Drawing 25 Parking Deck Alternatives . .71 Drawing 7B Predominant Use Campus Area . .27 Drawing 26 Ravenel Development Alternative . .73 Drawing 8 Existing Campus Zones . .29 Infrastructure . .74 Drawing 9 Budget Center Use . .31 Table 3 Summary of Water, Sanitary Sewer, Drawing 10 Vehicular Circulation . .33 and Storm Water Infrastructure Costs.76 Drawing 11 Parking Use . .35 Illustrative Campus Master Plan . .80 Drawing 12 Pedestrian Circulation . .37 Drawing 27 Central Campus Plan . .81 Drawing 13 Contact Hours . .39 Drawing 28 Ravenel Site Plan . .83 Drawing 14 Students in Residence . .41 Drawing 15 Potential Building Sites . .43 SECTION SIX: DESIGN PRINCIPLES, GUIDELINES, AND STANDARDS Drawing 16 Ravenel Site Capacity . .45 Design Principles, Guidelines, and Standards . .85 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . .87 DOBER, LIDSKY, CRAIG & ASSOCIATES, INC. * CRAIG, GAULDEN & DAVIS * SEAMON, WHITESIDE & ASSOCIATES, INC. * MCCRACKEN & LOPEZ, P.A. i CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2002 MISSION AND PURPOSE Clemson's mission is to excel in its core service areas and to emphasize the role of research in the life of the institution. These goals are expanded in the Mission Statement excerpted below. The mission of Clemson University is to fulfill the covenant SECTION ONE: Clemson University was founded by Thomas Green Clemson, a between its founder and the people of South Carolina to establish a "high seminary of learning" through its historical land-grant champion of formal scientific education with a lifelong interest in responsibilities of teaching, research, and extended public agricultural affairs and farming. In the days following the Civil War, Mr. service. Clemson looked upon a South that lay in economic ruin, once remarking "…this country is in wretched condition, no money and nothing to sell. Clemson University is a selective, public, land-grant university in Everyone is ruined, and those that can are leaving." When he died in a college-town setting along a dynamic Southeastern corridor. 1888, he left most of his estate to be used to establish a college that The University is committed to world-class teaching, research, would teach scientific agriculture and the mechanical arts to the young and public service in the context of general education, student EXECUTIVE SUMMARY people of South Carolina. development, and continuing education. Clemson's desire is to attract a capable, dedicated, and diverse student body of approximately 12,000 to 14,000 undergraduate and 4,000 to Subsequently the State of South Carolina introduced a measure that 5,000 graduate students, with priority to students from South established the Clemson Agricultural College. Clemson College formally Carolina. opened in July 1893, with an enrollment of 446 students. The college was an all-male military school and remained that way until 1955 when it The University emphasizes agriculture, architecture, business, became "civilian" and coeducational. In 1964 the college was renamed education, engineering, natural resources, science, and Clemson University as the state legislature formally recognized the technology. The University also promotes excellence in school's expanded academic offerings and research pursuits. education and scholarship in selected areas of the creative arts, health, human development, the humanities, and social sciences. Today approximately 17,500 students, including 3,400 graduate students, In all areas, the goal is to develop students' communication and critical-thinking skills, ethical judgment, global awareness, and are enrolled at Clemson. The University is comprised of five scientific and technological knowledge. Students remain the colleges–Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts, and primary focus of the University. Humanities; Business and Behavioral Science; Engineering and Science; and Health, Education, and Human Development. Programs leading to Just as Clemson values its students, the University also values its baccalaureate and graduate degrees in over seventy fields of study are faculty and staff who have committed their talents and careers to offered. advance its mission. Clemson pledges to support their work, to encourage their professional development, to evaluate their professional performance and to compensate them at nationally competitive levels. DOBER, LIDSKY, CRAIG & ASSOCIATES, INC. * CRAIG, GAULDEN & DAVIS * SEAMON, WHITESIDE & ASSOCIATES, INC. * MCCRACKEN & LOPEZ, P.A. 1 CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2002 The University vision is to "…be one of the nation's top-20 public STUDENT PERFORMANCE As Clemson's mission is advanced, there will be curricular, pedagogical, universities." In January of 2001, the Board of Trustees adopted the 1. Attract more students who are ranked in the top 10 percent of their high staffing, and financial implications that will require creative and Mission and Vision statements. The Board also endorsed a set of 10-year school classes and who perform exceptionally well on the SAT/ACT. forthright actions. Many objectives, to be fully realized, will also require goals that had been shaped, under the guidance of President Barker, by 2. Promote high graduation rates through increasing freshman retention, changes in the University's building inventory and site development the Clemson faculty, staff, students, and administrators. meeting expectations of high achievers and providing support systems strategy. The Campus Plan describes the physical resources that exist, the for all students. additional facilities that are required to meet current goals, and how the 3. Promote excellence in advising. The goals are grouped into five categories. Some of the goals are general 4. Increase the annual number of doctoral graduates to the level of a top-20 University foresees addressing the projected needs. and some are very specific. public research university. 5. Improve the national competitiveness of graduate student admissions and "By establishing an approach to decision making based upon ACADEMICS, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE financial aid. clearly articulated principles, you have set the stage for …a 1. Excel in teaching, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. seamless system that blends the overlapping aspirations of the 2. Increase research and sponsored programs to exceed $100 million a year EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES [University's] Plan, the Academic Plan and the Campus Plan in research support. 1. Campaign goal surpassed by 40 percent. into a cohesive unit by intelligently applying your working 3. Set the standard in public service for land-grant universities by engaging 2. Rededicate our energy and resources to improving the library. principles as a measure of what is good within the plan. Constant the whole campus in service and outreach, including a focus on strategic 3. Increase faculty compensation to a level competitive with top-20 public reference to principle may frustrate the individual bent on action emphasis areas. universities. at any cost, it is a process that requires some reflection after all. 4. Foster Clemson's academic reputation through strong academic 4. Increase academic expenditures per student to a level competitive with In a similar way, constant pressure for action may frustrate the programs, mission-oriented research and academic centers of excellence, top-20 public universities. individual wishing to seek a higher ideal. Striving for balance relevant public service, and highly regarded faculty and staff. 5. Manage enrollment to ensure the highest quality classroom experiences. requires a modicum of patience, it seems…. 5. Seek and cultivate areas where teaching, research, and service overlap. CLEMSON'S NATIONAL REPUTATION In our discussions we were…able to hold