2019 CAMPUS MASTER PLAN TM The education for a lifetime PRESIDENT’S LETTER I’m excited to present the College’s Master Plan – our blueprint outlining the capital projects that will shape the future of our campus. Nearly all new construction, expansion, and renovation over the next 10 years will be informed by this plan. This plan was informed by our Strategic Plan as well as the insights, ideas, and recommendations of the community over a comprehensive and inclusive two-year process. In 2037, Siena College will celebrate its centennial. These pages reflect our vision for what Siena College will be on our 100th birthday. In 2017, the College selected CSArch out of Albany and Rickes Associates out of Boston to facilitate our first master planning process in more than a decade. They began by conducting an exhaustive review of all campus facilities and spaces while soliciting feedback from all departments and divisions of the College. Students, faculty, and staff all contributed to this project over the course of more than 200 fact- gathering interviews. The detailed findings provided the Master Planning Steering Committee with information needed to develop and prioritize dozens of projects. Those projects – addressing institutional and instructional space, infrastructure, green space, storage, maintenance, and sustainability – were presented to the community during several iterations of workshops, and following several rounds of revisions, they were finalized to form the essence of this plan. We must build boldly to accommodate new programs and act swiftly to satisfy emerging needs. It is unlikely every project articulated in this plan will be completed within the next 10 years, and the plan must be adaptive to changing circumstances; however, we now have our road map to 2037. Thank you to all who participated in this community endeavor. We will continue to seek feedback and participation through the execution of our Master Plan. Br. Ed Coughlin, O.F.M, Ph.D. Siena College President SIENA COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN 2019 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE RECOMMENDATIONS Overview................................ 8 Build-out Pathway...................92 Campus Infrastructure............ 126 ANALYSIS Budget................................... 132 Historical Context................... 16 Five-Year Action Plan............. 136 Documentation Summary........ 22 Ten-Year Action Plan............. 140 Siena College Today................ 26 Master Planning Offshoots...... 142 Campus Accessibility............... 38 Civic Context.......................... 44 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS Technology Impact................. 48 Long-Range Visioning............ 148 Soft Data............................... 54 Space Needs........................... 60 APPENDIX The appendix is available as a separate PLANNING GUIDELINES volume to this Master Plan Report. Planning Principles................. 68 Master Plan Initiatives............ 72 Campus Layout and Development.......................... 84 Preface OVERVIEW Siena College is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a Franciscan and Catholic institution. -Mission of Siena College To guide Siena College and more accurately align its facilities with its mission, the Campus Master Plan serves as a vehicle that will drive future changes to the campus grounds, buildings, and infrastructure. These changes will reflect the evolving needs of current and forecasted programs. 8 SIENA COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN 2019 INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW The Master Plan proposes various, significant capital projects and campus developments to augment the campus over the next five to 15 years and align facility capacity and performance with Siena College’s mission. A number of development directives are also recommended to guide the facility development process. Proposed construction projects include: The overall cost of the proposed 10-year action plan • Expansion and renovation of Roger Bacon development is estimated at $90 million. Of this total, • Renovation and expansion of Foy Hall, including a approximately $35 million is sighted for the initial Five- new event/lecture auditorium Year Action Plan. • Consolidation of the School of Business into These estimated costs include escalation factors to Kiernan Hall, including building renovations and account for expected cost inflation of material and labor expansion as projects are scheduled over the next ten years or more, • Consolidation of multiple student service programs and project incidentals and contingencies, as noted in the into a new atrium space at Siena Hall “Budget” section. Other facility improvements include: Terminology • Admissions and Enrollment Management facility This report contains findings and recommendations improvements relative to build infrastructure and facilities across the • Consolidation of the Health Center and Counseling Siena College campus. It is technically a Campus Facilities into a Student Wellness Center Master Plan. However for the purpose of brevity, within • Miscellaneous campus site and infrastructure this report the terms “Campus Master Plan”, or simply improvements “Master Plan” may be used interchangeably. To be clear, • Phased updates to underclassman residence halls this report does not include considerations related to broader overarching subjects such as administrative Significant proposed design and development policies. improvements include: • A new pedestrian promenade connecting the central part of the campus to the northern part of campus • Student and faculty breakout/interaction space • Faculty office and research space in association with new program spaces, including open office space for junior/adjunct faculty 9 SIENA COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN 2019 SIENA COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN 2019 9 OUTREACH AND PROCESS THE STEERING COMMITTEE The planning process was conducted with the active participation of Siena The Steering Committee included representatives from various academic College leadership, working in collaboration with a consultant team of and administrative departments invited by the core committee, including architects, planners, and engineers. administrative department leaders, school leaders, educational program heads and faculty. Local architecture and planning consultant CSArch lead the development The consultant team met with the Steering Committee on a monthly or near of the plan; Rickes Associates contributed to the analysis and development monthly basis, which included 20-30 Steering Committee members. of recommendations; and Weston & Sampson served as the civil/site engineering consultant. Representatives from Siena College included: THE BROADER SIENA COLLEGE COMMUNITY The broader Siena community was engaged in the process, including THE CORE COMMITTEE students, faculty, and staff. As part of the initial information gathering • Paul Stec, VP for Finance and Administration process, the consultant team met with student organizations, support service • Margaret Madden, VP for Academic Affairs administrators, faculty from each major educational program, students living • Mark Frost, AVP for Facilities Management on campus, and various administrative departments. Hundreds of individuals • John McPhee, Asst Dir Design & Construction were interviewed. Three community workshops were conducted to present • Amy Wheeler, Campus Space Planner the findings and initial recommendations of the plan. Each session involved 60-100 attendees. The Consultants met with the Core Committee on an as-needed basis throughout the planning process. Lastly, the consultant team held open sessions for students to provide their input and engage in a dialogue to discuss their concerns and suggestions. A questionnaire was developed to prompt additional input from students who did not attend the student session. 10 SIENA COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN 2019 Before engaging in design solutions and developing the recommendations This research yielded several areas where facility improvement would be of this report, the consultant team and College representatives conducted prudent. The consultant team worked with the College representatives to significant research to gather pertinent background information. This prioritize these initiatives, develop various options, and consider the pros information allowed the planning team to develop concepts for campus and cons and the relative priority of the initiatives to develop two forms expansion and improvements that are based on actual needs to the greatest of recommendation. One form includes specific major capital construction degree feasible. Much of this background information is documented in “build-out” projects intended to expand the building area. The other is a detail within separate reports, several of which are included as appendixes. more general facility improvement recommendation form. The build-out projects are formulated into a “pathway” where they are loosely ordered Gathered information includes: in a manner that attempts to eliminate the need for swing space and • Current physical condition of existing structures on a building-by- minimize the alteration of space multiple times. This Master Plan presents building basis the resulting pathway as the long-range capital improvement plan for the • Current condition of campus grounds and infrastructure College to follow and execute in the foreseeable future. • Inventory of existing assignable space • Current and forecasted student enrollment It should be noted that a facilities Master Plan focuses