PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN The Next 10 Years and Beyond
Supplement to the Princeton Alumni Weekly January 2008 Prepared by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP Princeton Campus Plan The Next 10 Years and Beyond
INTRODUCTION 4
THE CAMPUS PLAN 6
NEIGHBORHOODS 8 Arts and Transit 8 Natural Sciences 10 Ivy Lane and Western Way 12 Prospect Avenue and William Street 13
LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN 14
IMPROVING A SENSE OF CAMPUS COMMUNITY 16 Campus Life Housing Athletics and Recreation
CONNECTING AND SUPPORTING THE CAMPUS 17 Wayfinding Parking and Shuttles Traffic
TEN-YEAR PROJECTS 18
A SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS 20
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 21
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The University is one of the region’s top employers, and it was estimated in 2005 to have generated $1.38 billion in THE EVOLUTION OF A CAMPUS economic activity in Mercer County alone. It is the largest taxpayer in both the borough and the township, and it In 1753, the Borough of Prince-Town persuaded the College of contributes signifi cantly to local organizations as well as to open New Jersey to move from Newark to a four-acre lot donated space and affordable housing. Members of the neighboring by the FitzRandolph family. The then-remote site was chosen pace than ever. Intense competition for students requires better communities enjoy the beauty of the campus and take part in the because it was, as described by Princeton University President Introduction facilities to support academic, residential, and recreational intellectual, artistic, and athletic opportunities that the University Aaron Burr Sr., “more sequestered from the various temptations life. With growth comes a need to address issues related to offers to them. attending a promiscuous converse with the world, that theater Why is a campus plan for Princeton University traffi c, parking, and other forms of infrastructure, as well as a With community relations established early as a priority for of folly and dissipation.” The move was completed in 1756. needed, and what kind of plan should it be? heightened commitment to environmental sustainability. the planning process, the University and its consultants engaged The front green of Nassau Hall was the inspiration for Facing these complex challenges while embarking on in numerous public discussions and workshops over the past two the fi rst use of the word “campus” to refer to the grounds an ambitious building program, the University retained Beyer years, including a public open house called “Plans in Progress” of an American college or university. In the late 1800s, Blinder Belle to develop a comprehensive campus master plan. that was attended by nearly 900 people from on and off campus President James McCosh established the overall park-like setting of the campus and commissioned new buildings in a THE CAMPUS AS A To guide the work, President Tilghman articulated fi ve Guiding who provided signifi cant input at the midpoint of the process. Principles which defi ne the basic framework for the plan. This input helped to shape the plan’s approach to major variety of architectural styles. WORK IN PROGRESS Princeton today is a dynamic university of great diversity issues. Discussions particularly focused on the proposed Between 1906 and 1929, Ralph Adams Cram transformed The Princeton Campus Plan offers a sweeping view of the and scholarly distinction, with a strong sense of history. The relocation of the Dinky railroad station as part of the Arts the campus to refl ect President Woodrow Wilson’s admiration campus as a web of interconnected systems and makes Campus Plan envisions a campus of 2016 that will have greater and Transit Neighborhood; pedestrian safety on area roads; for the cloistered spaces of Oxford and Cambridge. In recommendations regarding policy, architecture, infrastructure, defi nition at its edges; more opportunities for interdisciplinary the potential impact of campus growth along the northern, collaboration with Beatrix Farrand, who established a distinctive landscape, and the environment. It is one of the most collaboration; improved facilities for students, faculty, staff, eastern, and western campus edges; the need for better overall approach to campus landscape, Cram’s collegiate gothic comprehensive plans ever developed by Princeton University, and visitors; more sustainable uses of infrastructure; fresh, traffi c management and improved parking; and support for architecture still defi nes much of the identity of the campus. at a moment when taking such an integrated view has never innovative architecture; and enhanced landscape—all well environmental sustainability initiatives. Since then, Princeton has more than tripled in size, adding over been more important. integrated to create a setting that is timeless in its beauty 100 buildings, but with varied success in maintaining quality of The University’s major planning challenge is to and capable of meeting the ever-evolving needs of a modern architecture, landscape, and open spaces as the campus grew, accommodate growth on the diminishing available land university. particularly during the postwar period. This plan aims to preserve and accentuate Princeton’s on campus in an integrated and holistic way that respects The plan is ambitious yet subtle: while it is likely to have THE FIVE GUIDING and reinforces Princeton’s defi ning characteristics as a a direct impact on nearly one-third of the 380-acre contiguous unique qualities and historic beauty while also selectively university and a community. Today, even a small intervention main campus, its goal is to weave modern development and a PRINCIPLES adding new qualities that help meet the needs of the next ten has long-range consequences. Signifi cant expansion in rejuvenated historic campus into an intergrated whole. Even as Following the University’s decision to grow within years and beyond. These include a reinvigorated commitment the historic core, a place of sublime beauty, is no longer the University adds more people and buildings, it must continue its main campus north of Lake Carnegie, President to environmental stewardship, the creation of an Arts and possible, while developments closer to the campus edges to feel intimate, maintaining its sense of coherence and purpose Tilghman articulated fi ve Guiding Principles to steer Transit Neighborhood that more fully integrates campus and can feel disconnected. Crossing Lake Carnegie to create a and preserving its park-like character. By concentrating growth the planning process. community, and an increased integration of sensitively designed modern architecture into a campus setting defi ned as much by satellite campus on Princeton’s West Windsor lands has so that no part of campus is more than a ten-minute walk • Maintain a pedestrian-oriented campus been considered in recent years, but such a signifi cant move from the Frist Campus Center, the plan honors Princeton’s its landscape and open space as by its buildings and walkways. was determined to be premature, based on President Shirley academic and residential culture and maintains the campus as • Preserve the park-like character of the campus M. Tilghman’s assessment that it would dilute the intimate a pedestrian-friendly environment. • Maintain campus neighborhoods while While the beauty of our campus character and collaborative spirit fostered by Princeton’s Over its history, despite the sense of timelessness and promoting a sense of community historically compact, walkable campus. permanence imparted by stone walls and majestic trees in the inspires and refreshes us, its intimacy • Build in an environmentally Princeton’s setting may be unique, but campuses across historic center, Princeton’s campus has always been a “work responsible manner the country face similar pressures. Most signifi cant, the rapidly in progress.” Although it is a historic site, Princeton’s campus advances our goal of integrating changing nature of the sciences renders older buildings obsolete houses a vibrant, forward-looking institution undergoing • Sustain strong community relations academic and extra-curricular life. for their current uses and creates new fi elds of study at a faster constant improvement and growing to pursue teaching and research in ever-changing and emerging fi elds of knowledge. Shirley M. Tilghman, President of the University 4 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 5 MX N`k_\i : e 9XebJki _ [ X \ d m\ jgffeJki Y e \ k ij \ \\k i J 8m\ k i \ e \ \\k l k \ THE CAMPUS PLAN Dlii EXjjXlJki\\k XpGcXZ < c d (/, ; i E8JJ8L ` \ CFK0 m \ FC; J 9C8@I =I@:B F and reused, the E-Quad is expanded, and this historic space while meeting modern functional k c i [ \ CFK/ \ \ e needs. Projects include reconstruction of campus k landscape improvements extend the sense of L$JKFI< Gi \ FI=< J k GX c\ `m k oX f \ and Hoyt Halls for humanities and social sciences across the entire area: Holder Court restoration CFK* e e ij [ 8 `k IF9 Gifjg\Zk8m\el\ writing; Operations Research and Financial ki\\k If jfeJ = `e ` b g Engineering building; School of Engineering ;`Z k q \ I i :8DGLJ X C e and Applied Science expansion; Landscape :CL9 X [ e f \ c g improvements; Carl A. Fields Center for Equality _ =I@JK I l^_ fX e9fif and Cultural Understanding relocation and :8DGLJ `eZ\kf [ Gi ;@CCFE : X :FCC<>< C J g =@ to be restored and enhanced, and will create a =@ < c major new campus green space: Neuroscience d ; i and Psychology buildings; Chemistry building; ` m Streicker Bridge; Restoration of Washington \ Road ravine, woodlands and stream; Lewis Library (opening in 2008); Sciences Green. 8 c \ CXb\:Xie\^`\ \k oX A Campus of Jki\ EXjjXl e [ GIFJG<:K8M k CFK)*8 The campus is made up of many :FI<:8DGLJ @MPC8E<8E;N (interior only); Reconstruction of the Butler Tract `g _ `g than piecemeal, approach to ej _ n ej for faculty and staff; New apartments at Dean Kf 8 e Kfn c\ campus development. The kf i oX \ jf e Mathey Court for faculty and staff. C8NI 6 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN Arts Plaza University Arts facilities 14 1 3 6 Arts and Transit 15 7 17 The Peter B. Lewis Center Neighborhood 12 4 for the Arts and 13 the University Creating a cultural and transportation hub that Art Museum’s is both a campus and community destination new galleries will 2 create a focal 8 9 point for the arts and fulfill 5 16 10 an edge-to-edge deployment of the Unlike the historic cloistered enclosures which separate 11 arts at Princeton. the University from its neighbors, the new Arts and Transit Existing Neighborhood will create a public space that is a nexus of destinations such as Richardson both campus and community life, complementing Princeton’s Auditorium, existing fabric of public spaces—Palmer Square, Scudder Plaza, Proposed facilities the Princeton and Hinds Plaza at the public library—with a new cultural University Art Museum, 185 focal point. New activities will build upon and strengthen two 1 Rocky/Mathey Theatre 8 Wilson Dance Studio 13 Frist Campus Center Nassau Street, 2 McCarter Theatre Center 9 Wilcox Theatre 14 185 Nassau Street longtime community anchors: the McCarter Theatre Center and as well as many 3 Richardson Auditorium 10 Butler College 15 Bernstein Gallery other theater, the New Jersey Transit Dinky railroad station. 4 Dillon Gym Dance Studio Memorial Court 16 Taplin Auditorium rehearsal, gallery, 5 Class of 1970 Theatre 11 Peter B. Lewis Rehearsal 17 New Carl A. Fields Center and studio spaces, Whitman College Space (Bloomberg) Transit Plaza 6 Theatre Intime 12 McAlpin Auditorium will continue to Woolworth Center of 7 Princeton University serve the campus Musical Studies Art Museum and regional arts communities. Enjoying the new Arts Plaza, patrons dine at a café in the former Dinky station Commuters building. Students and local residents walk along a generous, shaded walkway arrive at the connecting the historic campus and downtown with the new NJ Transit station Arts and Transit Neighborhood new NJ Transit just beyond. U n In addition to “green” building and site design, Station on foot iv e rs and by bus or car. i the primary environmental benefi t of the Arts ty P la Amenities include c e and Transit Neighborhood is the creation of a community jitney, These spaces will not be housed in a single, large transit hub to support multiple modes of public bus, and shuttle structure, but in a “village” of smaller buildings compatible McCARTER transportation, reducing the use of private vehicles. stops, an enclosed THEATRE air-conditioned in scale with their surroundings and designed by a variety WHITMAN At the heart of this transportation hub is a Transit COLLEGE waiting room, EXPERIMENTAL of architects. Buildings will be interspersed with plazas and BERLIND Plaza which features a new NJ Transit Dinky station, an international MEDIA STUDIO landscaped open spaces, following in the tradition of Princeton’s THEATRE newsstand, a gift stops for the community jitney and university shop, and bicycle historic campus and town planning. shut le, bike parking, and dedicated space for NEW parking. To realize this vision, many layers of transportation SOUTH a possible future bus rapid transit to Princeton ARTS infrastructure must be reconfi gured into a single, coherent LEWIS PLAZA Junction. In addition, direct access to Lot 7 garage system. The project will not generate new traffi c—in fact, it will CENTER will reduce vehicular mileage traveled by University FOR THE A GREEN PRINCETON PRINCETON The neighborhood will be the home to the new Peter B. ARTS reduce peak-hour traffi c by replacing administrative offi ces with UNIVERSITY staff and visitors arriving from the north by at least Lewis Center for the Arts, offering expanded academic cultural uses. One of its greatest impacts will be to improve ART MUSEUM three-quarters of a mile in each direction, thereby SATELLITE programs in theater, dance, and music, and shared performance the congested conditions that exist today in the Alexander reducing associated carbon emissions. venues including a black box theater, a fi lm theater, an A l FORBES e Street/University Place corridor, which was not designed to x a COLLEGE n experimental media studio, and a performance hall. A new d handle the volume of modern, regional through-traffi c and e r DINKY S annex for the Princeton University Art Museum will provide t transit commuters that it now supports. . STATION LOT 7 space for contemporary and rotating exhibits. Together with the TRANSIT GARAGE The redevelopment will include reconfi gured roadways PLAZA existing McCarter and Berlind theaters, the neighborhood will and a new roundabout to relieve traffi c congestion, and a become a vibrant cultural destination. Retail spaces including a multi-modal transportation hub or “Transit Plaza,” to provide restaurant, café, and other public amenities will support visitors convenient access to the Dinky and adequate space for and attract faculty, staff, and students as well as Dinky riders connecting cars, taxis, buses, campus shuttles, bicyclists, and View looking northward up Alexander Street and University Place. and local residents. a new community jitney service. A new Dinky station including retail space and other passenger amenities will face the Transit Plaza along with the relocated 24-hour Wawa store. The design also provides access from Alexander Street to the University’s existing 700-car Lot 7 garage for University staff and visitors to the campus and the new arts facilities. 8 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 9 Chemistry nature path Natural Sciences Neighborhood Fostering scientifi c collaboration in a natural setting The natural sciences represent one of the most dynamic areas of growth and change at Princeton, requiring buildings of ever- increasing technological sophistication. New interdisciplinary programs have been created, including the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and longstanding scientifi c disciplines such as chemistry can no longer accommodate modern laboratory- based research in the aging buildings that house them. People jog and A signifi cant expansion and consolidation of departments stroll along into a cohesive Natural Sciences Neighborhood at the south the nature end of Washington Road will include new buildings for path leading to Streicker Bridge. chemistry, neuroscience, and psychology. The neighborhood Newly restored already includes facilities for math, physics, biology, and the woodland and geosciences, and will soon include the Lewis Library. New biofiltration landscapes pathways will connect to adjacent neighborhoods, especially frame a pastoral engineering, humanities, and social sciences. setting around the Chemistry building and Sciences Green along Washington Road, where the Armory building and a parking lot were previously Students relax in located. the sun and shade of the Sciences Green outside Natural Sciences Neighborhood Jadwin Hall and The planning strategy locates these buildings at the the new Lewis In addition to landscape and stormwater strategies Library. Enabled southern edge of campus, where the natural landscape of that will restore, enhance, and expand the natural by the removal robust woodlands and ravines will provide an appropriate buffer areas, the new Chemistry building will incorporate of the vehicular to their mass. A modern architectural vocabulary emphasizing sustainable building technologies. A series of roadways, this major new lightness and transparency will relate the buildings to their proposed features will reduce energy demand and outdoor space scenic surroundings. conserve water. GUYOT serves as the LEWIS Site planning will improve rather than degrade the Extensive high-performance glazing will provide LIBRARY centerpiece of the SCIENCES Natural Sciences natural ecology of the area. New buildings will be located ambient daylighting of interior spaces, linked with THOMAS GREEN Neighborhood. on existing parking lots, resulting in a net increase in green sensors for control of dimmable electric lighting space. Surrounding woodlands will be restored and expanded, systems. Architectural shading elements will decrease ICAHN JADWIN PHYSICS improving the area’s ecology by reconnecting fragmented solar heat gain in summer. One such element will be Streicker Bridge, a footbridge across Washington Road natural areas. Stormwater runoff, currently directed to an a roof canopy over the atrium interior, with solar STREICKER A GREEN PRINCETON BRIDGE designed by the distinguished Swiss engineer Christian Menn, overstressed stream along Washington Road, will be recaptured photovoltaic panels designed to generate electricity. CHEMISTRY NEUROSCIENCE W will reinforce these connections and collaborations by linking Integrated mechanical systems will enable optimal as for use within buildings or directed to biofi ltration areas. & PSYCHOLOGY hing multiple buildings previously separated by this major roadway. Landscapes will also be designed to be both aesthetically transfer of cooled and heated air from offi ces through ton Rd. The bridge also serves athletes and others going from the pleasing and functional. These measures will allow the the atrium and incorporate displacement heating and dorms to athletic facilities. ecological balance of the stream and valley to be restored. cooling in the auditorium. High-effi ciency laboratory A particular challenge is the need to integrate the Combined with advanced sustainability measures planned fume hoods with automatic sash closers will reduce increasing bulk of modern research buildings into the human for the Chemistry and Neuroscience and Psychology buildings, both air supply and exhaust requirements, and heat scale of the campus. The size of these structures is due not only these techniques will make the Natural Sciences Neighborhood recovery systems will capture energy from lab to their high-technology systems and equipment, but also to the one of the most environmentally sustainable areas of campus. exhaust. A gray water system will collect and recycle fact that teaching continues to be emphasized at Princeton as Scientists and students will be able to experience and stormwater for non-potable uses. Landscaped rain gardens and biofi ltration areas will retain and fi lter much as research. As a result, the new Chemistry building will appreciate the implementation of environmental principles in additional building and site stormwater. include more fume hoods and lab benches than would normally their daily surroundings. be required for a pure research space. View looking northward up Washington Road . 10 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 11 LEWIS LIBRARY Ivy Ivy Lane and Western Way Neighborhood Lane Frick, Hoyt, and Green halls will be vacated as the departments of chemistry and psychology relocate to the Natural Ivy Lane and Western Sciences Neighborhood. With renovations, the buildings can be well confi gured to consolidate and strengthen the presence PRINCETON Wes Way Neighborhood STADIUM tern W of the humanities and social sciences in the area, focused ay around the Scudder Plaza fountain. 185 Nassau Street, a former Integrating a once-remote area into the life of the elementary school, will continue to serve as a center for the arts, WEAVER campus and strengthening the athletics neighborhood TRACK & FIELD NEW PARKING with expanded space for visual arts and creative writing. FACILITY To the east is the E-Quad, an inward-facing 1962 complex housing the School of Engineering and Applied Science. A CALDWELL planned addition between the original buildings and the more FIELD HOUSE recently constructed Bowen Hall will allow the engineering Ivy Lane and Western Way are two names for one continuous ATHLETIC PRACTICE school to meet urgent needs for expansion and modernization. road that crosses the borough and township border as it FIELDS In addition, a few dilapidated buildings on Olden Street will be extends east of campus. Encompassing lands on both sides replaced with facilities for housing or mixed-use. of the road, the neighborhood forms the southeast edge of DENUNZIO Prospect Avenue, known as “the Street,” is a vital, mixed- campus, and is home to Princeton Stadium, Clarke baseball fi eld POOL FITZRANDOLPH use corridor that features the independently owned and operated and other athletics facilities. OBSERVATORY eating clubs. Two previous club buildings will be reused. The The neighborhood seems farther away from the center of former Campus Club will become a gathering and social space campus than it really is due to limited pathways and relatively NEW CLARKE for undergraduate and graduate students. The Carl A. Fields low activity levels. However, following the completion of the FIELD . Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding will move from new Lewis Library and with the growth in the adjacent Natural d R h its current location on Olden Street into the former Elm Club lp o Sciences and Prospect/William Neighborhoods it will be more d RUGBY FIELD n a building, which will be renovated and expanded. R z proximate to centers of campus activity. it F While there are no current plans for new academic buildings in this area, it is a crucial location for future academic Shapiro Walk development. The plan establishes principles to support this View looking northwest toward Princeton Stadium and the historic campus beyond. long-term growth so that, over time, the neighborhood will The new ORFE become a fully integrated part of the future campus. building and surrounding A new parking facility south of Western Way will meet reduce dependence on shuttle buses and avoid informal parking campus landscapes critical demand for new spaces, based on the anticipated on nearby streets. New pathways will connect north and west Prospect Avenue will enliven Shapiro growth of faculty and staff and loss of other parking spots on to the E-Quad, Natural Sciences Neighborhood, and Core Walk. Used by students, faculty, campus to development. A low-profi le garage and landscaped Campus, while traffi c access will be provided from Faculty Road. and William Street and staff, this surface parking lot will be set into the hillside. This site was The athletics fi elds will be rebuilt farther south, defi ning major pathway runs selected over other options since it is within a close walking a strengthened athletics neighborhood around the Caldwell Neighborhood through the heart distance of the majority of academic and administrative of this academic Fieldhouse. Improvements will include new practice and club neighborhood, buildings where commuters work. Emphasizing walkability will sports fi elds, better lighting, and artifi cial turf to increase fi eld Extending the sense of campus to a mixed area connecting the utilization. New stormwater detention basins will be located E-Quad with Scudder Plaza and Parking within walking distance beneath the athletic fi elds to treat and store runoff from the site McCosh Walk in the :_XdY\ijJk% 9X as well as from adjacent watersheds to reduce the impacts on historic campus. p (' Xi[Ce% $D `el k\N Xcb the Washington Road stream and east basin. ( This area east of Washington Road and south of Nassau Street EXjjXlJk% & :_X ) D D l iiX ` i c\ The Data Center currently located at 87 Prospect Avenue c k was one of the fi rst expansions of the campus beyond the original f p eJ G Prospect Avenue and William Street Neighborhood Jk% c N`cc`Xd % k % will be relocated near the University’s cogeneration plant or Fc[ historic core. Development there began with the University’s \e k% J J ,$D off campus since its planned expansion, including a backup Z\i k% `el fi rst two science buildings, Frick and Green halls. Later, growth k\ D\i N Gifjg\Zk8m\% X jfeJk% c power and cooling plant, was deemed incompatible with this ;`Zb`e b continued without a unifi ed plan, resulting in a haphazard ( & + Gi`eZ\kfe9fifl^_ D nej_`g neighborhood and a poor use of space in this increasingly Le`m\ij`kpGc% f neighborhood interspersed with streets, parking lots, and utilities. ` c Gi`eZ\kfeK \ [% Ce% \I @mp p \^ \ieNX campus-like area. fcc N\jk Recent planning has strengthened this neighborhood’s identity. : CAMPUS Washing ton Rd. =FID;8C< Campus daycare facilities, located at 171 Broadmead, GREEN >FC=:CL9G8IB@E>CFK Shapiro Walk now directs most pedestrian movement, and new CLUB ROBERTSON FRICK = E [` e[fcg_ ldI[% 9 i f convenient for employees using the new parking facility as well X[ In 1990, the area was designated as what is known as an E3 . I e d\X HOYT CFK. [% v >8I8>< A [ as for faculty and staff who live nearby. Eventually, daycare t c zone to place limits on new development and to create expanded e WALLACE p 185 NXj_ s o facilities may be expanded in this location creating a daycare r . NASSAU buffers, especially behind private residences to the east. 2005 P k ` e^kfe l a CFK)* < W m St I[% cd 8c\o “village” designed as a set of small-scale buildings compatible amendments to the ordinance allow for more development in the o lia ; ir X i % e[\iJk% ORFE p a Wil =XZlckpI[% with the residential surroundings. h CXb\:Xie\^`\ Engineering Quadrangle, but also mandate an effective shuttle S To provide for campus growth while respecting the CARL A. FIELDS FRIEND CFK)*8 system, more effective buffering, better overall site design, and CENTER CENTER Graduate Students MUDD adjacent residential neighborhoods, the Campus Plan the implementation of a comprehensive landscape plan. LIBRARY Faculty & Dean of Faculty designates FitzRandolph Road as the eastern limit of academic `g The planning strategy is completely consistent with the _ `g Appointments j j_ e e fn n K f e iK f f uses. Only non-academic uses compatible with the residential Old \k j Staff ordinance. Robust plantings will enhance Shapiro Walk, evoking en OLDEN STREET Z [ St e e . i` G N` HOUSES N\jk neighborhoods, such as daycare and housing, will be located favorite campus walkways designed by Beatrix Farrand. New ENGINEERING ENGINEERING EXPANSION east of FitzRandolph Road. trees and ground treatments will improve the neighborhood’s QUADRANGLE The new parking facility lies within a ten-minute walk of major green spaces, and the new Operations Research and the buildings where the majority of commuters work. Financial Engineering (ORFE) building will create activity and View looking westward toward Washington Road. strengthen the adjacent quadrangle. 12 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 13 N MXe[ :_Xd ` Dff 9Xp k _ \ijgffeJ \m\e X i\Jk Y i[ \ Ce% ijJ k \i8m\% % Ten-year landscape plan k % EXjjXlJk% k% : DliiX _Xic Fc[\eJk% k f p eJk% Gc% Landscape Master Plan N`cc`XdJk% Landscape improvements will touch nearly half the campus and will further enhance, restore, and green, the already D\iZ\iJk% verdant campus. Gifjg\Zk8m\% ;`Zb`ejfeJk% ifl^_ kfe9f Gi`eZ\ ej_`g kfeKfn Gi`eZ\ Holder Court reconstruction [% @mpCe% ^\I NXp fcc\ N\jk\ie 9 Over the next ten years, Princeton will transform nearly 40 : i f X [ percent of its campus for more extensive academic, cultural, d \ X and recreational use. Reinstating the position of campus [ landscape architect and developing a specifi c landscape = ` k q master plan are two measures that the University has taken to I X e control the inevitable impact that such rapid growth will have [ f c g on the campus. _ I [ % The master plan envisions a campus landscape that will be experientially rich and simultaneously more sustainable, versatile, and functional. The core campus, for instance, which ? contains one of the most signifi cant groupings of historic X i i ` jf architecture and landscapes in the United States, will remain the d; e J heart of the University’s character and identity even as buildings k i % The reconstruction of Holder Court has prepared this historic space for modern % are added in other neighborhoods. Landscape plans for this area [\iJk% CXb\:Xie\^`\ purposes and increased use. It includes wider pathways for bicycle parking and =XZlckpI[% Existing woodland emphasize stewardship of Princeton’s design legacies through snow removal equipment. Large trees, some of which predate the courtyard, Jgi` Constructed woodland Gi will be treated for root compaction and other soil conditions through organic `eZ\ an integrative strategy that includes restoring historic gardens, e kfeK Existing campus greens ^[Xc\I[% fn maintenance methods. N\jkN ej_`g `e[j Proposed campus greens improving grand processional spaces such as McCosh Walk, fi Kfn ej_`g and replanting and soil restoration throughout. This is intended Proposed connective landscape to yield more resilient historic landscapes that are ecologically New Butler Walk Garden restorations stable and require less maintenance, even with increased usage. Whether implemented in conjunction with building NXj_ ` development or as individual projects, the master plan’s e landscape initiatives refl ect a comprehensive design approach that considers land planning, construction techniques and Prospect Garden renovation materials, and maintenance. Work is already under way at the Sustainable Stormwater Management new Butler College, which includes a new courtyard space As the town and campus of Princeton have grown with amphitheater seating for informal studying and small over time, the watershed’s natural resources and gatherings, and on the site of the new Chemistry building, which lake valley ecology have been slowly degraded. will include a nature path to the west and a new campus green The plan identifi es a two-pronged approach to to the east. Planning for these projects addressed sustainability restore the watershed and enhance the campus principles and modern campus needs while also considering environment while enabling the next era of growth. the overlapping landscape systems of plants, soils, paving, The New Butler Walk will establish a connection between the Ellipse and Wilcox First, campus-wide strategies include enhancing and stormwater. Similarly, projects that have already been Hall through Butler College. Inspired by the distinctive yew-lined pathway existing systems, constructing new local systems, completed—such as the new Elm Drive plantings, the pathway Beatrix Farrand designed near Pyne Hall, the bluestone path is lined with and implementing landscape-based restoration connecting Prospect Avenue and Ivy Lane, and the Whitman fastigiate beech. The walk introduces a system of rain cistern technologies which reduce runoff and allow for stormwater reuse. projects. Major projects include stream restorations College landscape—demonstrate how traditional approaches along Washington Road, new underground A GREEN PRINCETON A GREEN to campus design can be modifi ed to address contemporary stormwater facilities below the Bedford and other problems resulting from growth such as increased building scale Elm Drive replanting new athletic fi elds, and enhancements to the and walking distances. existing east basin facility. The many activities hosted on greens, courtyards, and smaller spaces place Second, future development projects will demands on staff and maintenance budgets. The plan proposes a series of implement sustainable design principles to garden renovations throughout the historic campus, such as a new planting minimize adverse eff ects. Sites selected for new design for Prospect Garden, to make landscapes more resilient to weather Buildings define the historic campus alongside and usage. development projects will respect the environment Nassau Street, while the wooded landscape by protecting sensitive natural resources, buff er shapes areas adjacent to Lake Carnegie. The plan reestablishes a rich juxtaposition of zones, forests, and other ecologically sensitive academic campus and woodland, following the areas. Whenever possible, new projects will be built original model of McCosh Walk. The goal is to on sites that are already developed and make them reduce mid-campus areas that reflect neither “greener” by creating new green space. All projects the architectural attractiveness of the core campus nor the verdancy of the lake valley. The replanting of Elm Drive is part of a larger initiative to relink the campus to will demonstrate innovative site design techniques, the native natural setting of the lake and associated woodlands. Landscape such as integrating stormwater within the master plan projects for Whitman College, Chemistry, Neuroscience and Psychology, Frist Campus Center, Washington Road, and athletics and parking landscape for treatment, and promoting infi ltration facilities will all serve to reinvigorate these woodland thresholds. and rainwater reuse. 14 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 15 Campus life Pedestrian wayfi nding strategy M N Xe[\m\ek\i :_ ` D 9X k_\ij X f p d fi Xi Y\i \Jk% g [C f f j e eJk% Improving a Sense of Jk% Connecting and % 8m\% EXjjXlJk% : _X Fc [ ic \ k feJk% eJk N`cc`XdJk% % Campus Community DliiX Supporting the p k% Gc% J Z\i ( \i ' D $ Supporting a rich and varied campus life D Gifjg\Zk8m\% Campus Jk% `ejfe ` e ;`Zb , l $ =I@JK:8DGLJ D k \ : e N Le`m\ l X k \ c Improving pedestrian and vehicular circulation b ij N @mpCe% `kpGc% [% ( X cc\^\I & f c NXp : b jk\ie N\ ) D to preserve the walkable campus for a growing ( & ` + c \ = D ` k ` qI c CAMPUS LIFE \ 9if X population _ e ifl^ [fc kfe9f X Gi`eZ\ [d _`g g_ Kfnej kfe \ `eZ\ I[% With Frist Campus Center as the physical center of Gi X[ campus, new non-academic facilities are proposed to the east to balance the historic western areas. Daycare Health care < Primary campus destinations c d Prospect Avenue will offer more gathering spots, ; i Dining halls 8 % Visitor information kiosk WAYFINDING c \ o including the renovated Campus Club and expanded Xe Café [ Campus map case \ iJ =XZl ckpI[% A comprehensive wayfi nding program will help the k% Retail Carl A. Fields Center. Planned retail amenities include a J Pedestrian pathway directional gi`e^ Mixed-use over 700,000 annual visitors and members of the [ Primary pathways relocated Wawa in the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, X c\I CXb\:Xie\^`\ *hatched areas new or [% community navigate their way to and around campus a student-oriented store on University Place, and a improved facilities Secondary pathways more easily. Princeton’s unique network of pathways Labyrinth bookstore on Nassau Street. University and named walks, reinforced and identifi ed with simple Health Services (UHS), headquartered at McCosh Housing plan Shut le routes 2008 markers to help overcome obstructed views, will Health Center, will grow either to new or satellite serve as a surrogate “street system” for pedestrians. locations. A third daycare center, clustered near others A vehicular signage program will identify Faculty Road in the east, will be convenient to parking, residences, as the key southern connector and clarify directions and woodland. The development of an attractive to eastern and western campus areas. A new visitor administrative neighborhood off-campus in West map, directories at selected locations, and integrated Windsor will be connected to the campus by shuttle. building identifi cation will also aid navigation without detracting from the scenic campus setting. HOUSING The housing plan sustains Princeton’s tradition of PARKING AND SHUTTLES providing students, faculty, and staff with high- Improving transportation options as well as the quality living space in close proximity to campus. parking system is critical to the effective functioning Undergraduates will benefi t from the addition of the of the campus. The University will utilize extra capacity recently completed Whitman College and the new in four lots and extend shuttle service to make them Butler College currently under construction as part Campus Loop West Line accessible. Offering incentives to drivers to use mass of a residential college plan that pairs three four-year Undergraduate housing Central Line Graduate student housing transit will reduce the number of cars. To meet the colleges with three two-year colleges. New graduate East Line Faculty and staff housing ten-year demand for parking, a major new facility will student housing will be provided in the reconfi gured Shuttle Stop *hatched areas new and be created in the east. This project converts the most Hibben and Magie apartments. Faculty and staff improved facilities Shuttle Transfer remote and least popular surface lot into improved will have more residential options to the east in a athletic fi elds designed to complement adjacent redevelopment of the Butler Tract and an expansion Athletics plan Proposed roadway and bike improvements open space. Four new shuttle routes will serve core of the Dean Mathey Court complex. EXjjXlJk% KF1JK8ENFIK? campus and new growth areas and will be adapted :_Xickf :_X F c[\e EXjjXlJk% e Athletics buildings over time as required. ic J dJk% X J N`cc` kfeJk k % k% ATHLETICS AND RECREATION Playing courts N`cc`XdJk% k% J Fc Z\i i Athletics fi elds [ \e Unlike peer institutions, Princeton’s major athletic D\ Gifjg\Zk8m\% J feJk% k% TRAFFIC ;`Zb`ej Athletics and facilities are concentrated on the main campus. The recreation Jk% Gifjg\Zk8m\% L ejfe e ;`Zb` Princeton’s existing road network does not meet ` m \i *hatched areas new and athletic program can grow without using signifi cantly % @mp Ce% Le j`k NXp cc\^\I[ jk\ie improved facilities f p N\ l^_ ` if : G 9f m\ fe current regional demands. The plan recommends `eZ\k _`g c% Gi j eKfne more land due to the introduction of modern i `eZ\kf j` Gi k p % p [ @mpCe% jk\ieNX reducing congestion at key intersections by taking G N\ c technologies and better site utilization. Key projects % 9i fifl^_ = f e9 ` X \kf kq Gi`eZ [d\ advantage of Faculty Road as a less congested nej_`g I E c g east-west corridor. A new roundabout in the Arts _ of the Lenz Tennis Center, conversion of Bedford Field I 9 [ if % =`kqI X [d and Transit Neighborhood will ease congestion at to artifi cial turf, and new practice fi elds. Other projects X \ e[ X ? E 8 cd JK8K@F E NX I[ c \ J o ; k% % access to the new parking facility will direct traffi c X i j % sports fi eld. To augment Dillon Gymnasium, alternative e[\i CXb\:Xie\^`\ _`e^ =XZlckpI[% J k k% feI[% to Faculty Road and minimize impacts on adjacent Gi fi tness center sites are under study. Courtyards and `eZ\k feKfn N\jk ej_`g N`e[ neighborhoods. A designated network of bicycle jfiK e [ =XZ lckpI[% \iJ Cross campus paths along Washington Road will increase pedestrian and NX k % j _ Off-street shared paths ` e ^kf cyclist safety. The new Streicker Bridge will also provide e I[ Road improvements % access between the new Sciences Plaza and the Ellipse. 16 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 17 LANDSCAPE PROJECTS N Landscape project site area 0’ 200’ 400’ 600’ 1/ MILE 4 Constructed woodland Garden restorations B11 R9 S Soils, planting, and restoration L2 R4 R6 Tree planting areas (campus canopy) L1 Forbes College Green Ten-Year Projects R8 L2 Holder Court L3 Blair Walk extension R7 L13 Illustrating all of the projects proposed by the L4 New South Green L5 Whitman College R2 B9 B12 Campus Plan, this map serves as a reference guide F6 L6 Baker Lane to new buildings, building renovations, landscapes, L7 Elm Drive constructed woodland L12 L8 Wilson Courtyard athletic facilities, housing, parking, roadways, B8 R12 L9 Goheen Walk improvements L10 Landscape passage: public transit, and stormwater projects. Eno/Guyot Court to Poe R10 L11 Frist Green L14 L12 Bendheim Green improvements L13 Shapiro Walk L14 Prospect/Ivy Walk B10 R5 L11 S4 L15 Washington Road constructed woodland R11 L16 Sciences Green L3 L8 L17 Stadium passage B13 L18 East Basin constructed woodland L5 R1 F1 B2 L9 L16 P5 ATHLETIC FIELD L4 L15 IMPROVEMENTS L10 Project site area B5 A1 Lenz Tennis Center improvements L1 B1 B3 L6 A2 Roberts Stadium (soccer) B15 A4 A3 Bedford Field L17 F4 S5 A4 Practice fi elds F2 L18 A5 Clarke Field relocation A6 Rugby fi eld B7 F7 L7 B6 S6 PARKING PROJECTS A6 P1 A5 A2 Parking lots F3 Parking garages P4 P1 Lot 19 expansion (Graduate College) BUILDING PROJECTS A1 P2 Dinky commuter lot P2 S3 F8 Project site area B14 P3 Lot 23A expansion F7 New structures P4 Lot 20 reconfi guration B4 B1 Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts P5 New campus parking facility B2 Experimental Media Studio A3 F5 B3 Princeton University Art Museum INFRASTRUCTURE S1 satellite S2 Roadway improvements B4 New Data Center Sidewalk improvements B5 Butler College F1 Alexander Street-University Place B6 Neuroscience and Psychology improvements B7 Chemistry F2 New Dinky station on Transit Plaza B8 Carl A. Fields Center F3 Elm Drive guard station relocation B9 Operations Research and F4 Streicker Bridge Financial Engineering F5 Washington Road improvements P3 Proposed project areas F6 ORFE and Carl A. Fields Center roadway improvements B10 Dillon Pit development F7 Parking facility and athletic fi eld B11 Olden Street redevelopment roadway improvements B12 Engineering expansion F8 Broadmead, FitzRandolph, and Faculty B13 Daycare expansion Road sidewalk improvements B14 Dean Mathey expansion R3 B15 Faculty and staff housing STORMWATER Major building renovation MANAGEMENT R1 Springdale Clubhouse Project site area R2 U-Store S1 Elm Drive stream restoration R3 Hibben and Magie apartments S2 Infi ltration/retention R4 Firestone Library under Bedford Field R5 McCosh Health Center S3 Washington Road stream restoration R6 Green Hall S4 Ivy Lane piping redirection R7 Frick Laboratory S5 Infi ltration/retention under eastern athletic fi elds R8 Hoyt Laboratory S6 East Basin capacity upgrade R9 185 Nassau Street R10 Campus Club R11 5 Ivy Lane R12 Bowen Hall 18 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 19 It is the nature of a University to grow and Students at Forbes Garden change as the fi elds of human knowledge grow and change. The pace of institutional development A Sustainable Campus will vary as a result of many external factors, from global events to the local economy, but it is the Climate disruption is a defi ning issue of our time, commitment to advance learning, scholarship, and many Princeton students are keenly aware of its and research that drives university expansion. potential impact. Uniquely positioned for meaningful What may happen after ten years cannot be drawn or imagined clearly. For that reason, local, national, and international impact, the University the long-term objective of this campus plan has and its campus are becoming a dynamic working been an exploration of growth strategies for no laboratory for practicing sustainability on every level more than several decades, rather than a visionary speculation of very long-term growth. If this and at every scale. plan does not propose specifi c solutions for an unpredictable future, it does suggest a framework that will allow our successors to make future decisions wisely, when they know a lot more about Sustainability has long been a priority at Princeton, from future needs than we can possibly know today. research and education to university planning and operations. Along with the responsibility to plan new Researchers at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) and campus growth, it has been our special obligation However, with the addition of almost 2 million gross the world-class federal laboratories at the Princeton Plasma to preserve and celebrate the diverse layers of square feet of new construction by 2016, as projected in the Physics Laboratory and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics architectural history already developed here. Campus Plan, comes an increased responsibility to offset Laboratory address various aspects of the energy problem, Indeed, the Princeton campus has evolved as a impacts and improve campus sustainability, most notably in including supplies, pollution, and climate impacts. This year, PEI, living record of the architecture of America over greenhouse gas emissions and natural resource conservation. the Woodrow Wilson School, and the School of Engineering and 250 years. The Campus Plan is dedicated to a To augment the capacity of the cogeneration plant, the Applied Science initiated the Grand Challenges Program, which thoughtful continuation of that record. University is currently studying energy alternatives such as promotes student involvement and faculty research and focuses geothermal heat pumps, biofuels, and solar electric power. on issues that cut across the environmental, political, social, and Jon D. Hlafter ’61 Energy conservation, transportation demand management engineering realms. Student-run initiatives like the Student Farm University Architect strategies, and commuter alternatives will make further to Fork Project and RecycleMania are strongly encouraged. reductions in greenhouse gas emissions possible. To conserve the campus’ natural resources, the Chilled water plant University is implementing green construction practices and Students at Commencement taking an ecosystems approach to development. Stormwater management strategies—relying more on bioengineering than Anticipated growth can be divided into two basic hard infrastructure—will encourage groundwater infi ltration, Looking to the Future categories: “core” uses, which the plan proposes be within a improve water quality, and decrease stream erosion. Natural ten-minute walk of the Frist Campus Center, and “support” and cultivated landscapes will play a critical role in maintaining What can, or should, be said about the future of the uses, including administrative offi ces, graduate housing, a healthy ecosystem, resulting in a campus more resilient to campus beyond the year 2016? campus utilities, parking, daycare, and others. The plan weather fl uctuations and more effi cient to maintain. Improved identifi es areas for future growth in both categories to ensure pedestrian and cyclist environments will help to support the that future uses will be compatible with their surroundings. conservation initiative by reducing pollution while encouraging The plan’s recommendations will help the University physical fi tness. Additionally, the University will tailor its The primary goal of the Princeton Campus Plan is to prepare avoid the common error of meeting needs too expediently, procurement practices, especially food purchases made through the University for the next decade of anticipated growth. While without a full understanding of the possible impacts of their site Dining Services, to ensure an environmentally benefi cial specifi c needs beyond that are diffi cult to predict, it is safe to planning or demands on infrastructure. The plan demonstrates impact on the local consumer market. Other initiatives include assume that the University and its campus will grow in step that future growth can be leveraged to create improved open conserving potable water resources and increasing recycling with academic programs just as it has for the past 250 years. spaces, pedestrian linkages, infrastructure, and environmental rates of household items to 50 percent by 2012. As the campus approaches build-out capacity, each new project sustainability. It shows that it is possible to increase the Fostering sustainability in the local and national must be located strategically in order to preserve Princeton’s density of the campus, and preserve its park-like character, communities, the University promotes exemplary education, park-like environment and nurture its unique academic and and grow in ways that sustain the intimacy of the campus, research, and citizenship. For instance, the Offi ce of residential culture. are environmentally responsible, and respect the needs and Sustainability has established the Princeton Student Operationally, Princeton strives to lower its own The planning team studied future options with specifi c concerns of the surrounding communities. While meeting Environmental Communication Network to produce environmental footprint. Thanks in part to the installation of a objectives in mind: the needs of the next ten years, this plan also paves the way professional-level programs in various media including radio, cogeneration plant in 1996, which won the 2007 EPA Award • Quantify land still available for development for the next phase of growth, still located on the north side of video, and print. The long-term goal is to establish a true for Energy Conservation, average gross emissions on campus on the main campus Lake Carnegie and most likely in the Ivy Lane/Western Way network, engaging institutions of higher education across the have increased less than 5 percent since 1990, despite campus • Identify potential sites for future buildings Neighborhood and the Alexander Street corridor. nation. The “Sustainability at Princeton” website was launched growth during that same time. Also, the University’s own to predict their impact in 2007 and can be found at www.princeton.edu/sustainability. Sustainable Building Guidelines exceed the basic certifi cation • Ensure that actions taken through 2016 support targets identifi ed in the nationally recognized Leadership in coherent future expansion Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building • Create a general framework for the long-range rating system. build-out of campus • Develop principles for sustainable growth 20 PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN PRINCETON CAMPUS PLAN 21 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY STEERING COMMITTEE Shirley M. Tilghman, President of the University and Chair Christopher L. Eisgruber, Provost Mark Burstein, Executive Vice President Robert K. Durkee, Vice President and Secretary of the University Brian J. McDonald, Vice President for Development Karen Magee, Chair of the Trustee Committee on Grounds and Buildings Neil Rudenstine, Former Chair of the Trustee Committee on Grounds and Buildings Stanley T. Allen, Dean, School of Architecture Robert Gutman, Lecturer in Architecture Guy Nordenson, Professor of Architecture Paul LaMarche, Vice Provost for University Space Programming and Planning Robert Barnett, Former Vice Provost for University Space Planning Michael McKay, Vice President for Facilities Jon Hlafter, University Architect Natalie Shivers, Associate University Architect CONSULTANT TEAM Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP led by Neil P. Kittredge, Partner-in-charge, with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. Landscape Architecture Architecture Research Office, LLC Architecture Two Twelve Associates, Inc. Wayfinding and Graphic Design Nitsch Engineering Sustainable Site Strategies Gorove/Slade Associates, Inc. Transportation Planning BFJ Planning Transportation Planning CHANCE Management Advisors, Inc. Parking Strategies Lynden B. Miller Public Garden Design Horticulture and Garden Design Van Note-Harvey Associates Civil Engineering Economics Research Associates Retail Planning Juanita Dugdale Editorial Advising K. Backus & Associates, Inc. Real Estate IMAGE CREDITS Campus photography courtesy of the Princeton University Office of Communications and the Campus Plan consultants. Peter Roper Renderings Sesthasak Boonchai Campus Model Photography ©Copyright 2008 Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP. All Rights Reserved