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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA College of Veterinary Medicine FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT PLAN January 2002 Prepared for: UNIVERSITY OF College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota MINNESOTA Twin cities-St. Paul campus By: Academic Health Center CVM Facilities Development College of Planning Team Veterinary Medicine Jeffrey Klausner, CVM Bert Stromberg, CVM Edward Kosciolek, CVM Lorie Wederstrom, AHC Facilities FACILITIES Andreas Papanicolaou, AHC Facilities Brenda Trebesch, AHC Facilities Joshua Carrell, AHC Facilities DEVELOPMENT PLAN R Michael N’dolo, AHC Facilities John Grundtner, U of M Architect James Litsheim, U of M Architect’s Office January 2002 Rachel Mikels, U of M Architect’s Office Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction 1. CVM Existing & Proposed Programs 1.1 Analysis of Existing Programs & Use Locations.................................9 1.2 Identification of Future Growth Areas................................................10 1.3 Summary of Proposed Growth............................................................13 2. CVM Existing & Proposed Facilities 2.1 Analysis of Existing Facilities.............................................................15 2.2 Building Summary...............................................................................16 2.3 Intra-Building Circulation....................................................................19 2.4 Density and Massing............................................................................19 2.5 Green Space.........................................................................................20 2.6 Programmatic Need Statements 2.61 Veterinary Anatomy Building.....................................................21 2.62 Dairy Cattle Barn.........................................................................23 3. College Campus Summary 3.1 Points of Entry & Circulation..............................................................25 3.2 Pedestrian Access.................................................................................25 3.3 Service Access.....................................................................................26 3.4 Parking.................................................................................................26 3.5 Identity, Visibility and Accessibility ........................................................28 3.6 Mass transit................................................................................................29 4. Architectural Character 4.1 Heritage................................................................................................31 4.2 Architecture..........................................................................................33 4.3 Site.......................................................................................................33 4.4 Streetscape Development and Edge Definition...................................34 4.5 Interior Spaces.....................................................................................34 Table of Contents (continued) 5. Developmental Steps 5.1 Implementation Sequence of CVM’s Facilities Development Plan................................................................................36 5.2 Development Path................................................................................36 5.3 The Next Step......................................................................................37 6. Appendices 6.1 Minnesota Facilities Model Space Inventory......................................39 6.2 Space Utilization Tables......................................................................44 6.3 Veterinary Teaching Hospital Use Statistics.......................................50 6.4 Building Code Deficiencies.................................................................51 January 2002 College of Veterinary Medicine . Facilities Development Plan Executive Summary Veterinary medical facilities have been situated on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul Campus for at least 110 years. Early documentation, a photo dated 1891, shows a two story wood framed “Veterinary Hospital” located on the present site of the current College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). In 1901, a brick “Veterinary Building” was constructed replacing the wood framed hospital. This 1901 structure, now titled “Veterinary Anatomy”, still stands - a testament to Veterinary Medicine’s long-standing association with the University’s St. Paul Campus. From this modest beginning, CVM facilities have grown to nearly 600,000 gross square feet. As the college’s pro- grams continue to expand, the need for additional facilities continues to grow. In fact, the Minnesota Facilities Model (MFM) reveals that during the next 5 years, the College will require an additional 40,500 square feet of assignable space to accommodate planned programmatic growth. CVM plans to pursue development of three primary programs that will affect facilities development. They are: • Equine Program Development: Enhanced clinical services providing lameness and reproductive evaluations; enhanced educational offerings with an equine emphasis in Animal Science; and enhanced research in equine muscle disorders. • Comparative Medicine Research Programs: Enhanced research programs focused on the development of animal models of human diseases, especially chronic diseases such as cancer • Professional Teaching Program: Enhanced emphasis on small group interactive learning experiences to reinforce clinical and basic concepts; enhanced emphasis on technology-enhanced learning throughout the CVM curriculum; and increased opportunities for community interactions between students and between students and alumni To address equine programmatic needs, the CVM plans to build a new equine clinical and research center on the St. Paul Campus. It will serve the growing need for additional equine clinical programs, for equine research programs and for an expanded equine undergraduate teaching program. In addition, it will aid the CVM to meet a significant Academic Health Center . University of Minnesota 5 January 2002 College of Veterinary Medicine . Facilities Development Plan accreditation concern of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Council on Education. In their last CVM site visit, the Council expressed concern regarding the current unsafe equine loading and unloading areas as well as noting that the current facilities are inadequate to effectively conduct equine lameness evaluations. To enhance the comparative medicine research program, the CVM plans to first rehabilitate the existing historic “Veterinary Anatomy” building and then renovate the present CVM administrative area. “Veterinary Anatomy” is the oldest existing structure on the St. Paul Campus. The College’s administrative unit and the veterinary gallery will be housed in this rehabilitated space comprising of 12,000 assignable gross square feet. This historic space will further provide a “real” entry to the College, a focal point for veterinary medicine in Minnesota, and a link to Minnesota’s veterinary history. Relocating the administrative unit from its current location in the Teaching Hospital to the Veterinary Anatomy Building will free space for conversion into research and office space for the CVM’s expanding comparative medicine program. To enhance the College’s professional teaching programs, the CVM plans to also rehabilitate the historic “Dairy Cattle Barn” located immediately north of the Teaching Hospital. The new space will include a lecture room for the 2nd year class, seminar rooms, comfortable seating areas with Internet access, and a commons area for students and alumni comprising of approximately 12,000 assignable square feet. Constructing a new equine facility, renovating existing space, and conscientiously rehabilitating two historic struc- tures will provide facilities required by the college’s future teaching, research, and clinical programs and meet ac- creditation requirements of the AVMA’s Council on Education. Furthermore, other collegial units and community organizations will be able to use the planned new facilities for lectures, seminars and gatherings. These facilities will not only enable the CVM to fulfill its mission, but they will significantly enhance the overall St. Paul Campus ambience. Academic Health Center . University of Minnesota 6 January 2002 College of Veterinary Medicine . Facilities Development Plan Introduction The intent of this plan is to identify the current state of The College of Veterinary Medicine’s facilities and to develop a “road map” for the next 20 years which: • Establishes guidelines for CVM’s future physi- cal growth, including the need for new facilities and adaptive reuse of the existing. • Establishes criteria as to how best utilize its existing facilities. • Improves and facilitates identity, visibility and accessibility. • Grows to meet the future space needs of a contemporary CVM. • Creates an architectural image befitting the St. Paul campus. • Defines and develops green space and landscape areas. • Defines and develops circulation patterns and parking space. The college of Veterinary Medicine occupies the southeast corner of the University of Minnesota’s Saint Paul Campus and is bounded by Fitch, Commonwealth, Boyd and Gortner Avenues, with the exception of the Raptor Center, located west of Gortner. Gortner Avenue is the major North-South street that crosses the Campus at its center. Academic Health Center . University of Minnesota 7 1 CVM Existing & Proposed Programs