0 UNIVERSITYArea Studies OF OREGON CAMPUS PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK VISION B B UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK VISION PURPOSE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH The University of Oregon Campus Physical Framework Vision (UOCPFV) presents a comprehensive physical structure for the campus. This document is a resource to the university’s Campus Plan. It provides greater specifcity to inform decisions, to accommodate growth and change, and to ensure enhancement of the beauty, legacy, and function of the campus The UOCPFV identifes a campus framework of open spaces and pedestrian connectors. The landscape-centric focus builds on the campus’s cultural landscape heritage, frst envisioned more than a century ago by Ellis Lawrence, campus architect, and Fred Cuthbert, campus landscape architect, and manifested in bold landscape treatments such as the Old Campus Quadrangle and the Memorial Quadrangle. Recommendations from the UOCPFV may lead to updates to the Campus Plan 15 March 2016 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK VISION FOREWORD D FOREWORD By intent, university campuses are collegial. Each is a community Thoughtful campus leaders are reassessing the values that foster The University of Oregon is housed on a mature 295-acre campus. interconnected in its mission to gather, create, and distribute their campus culture and unique sense of place. And many The university’s 2005 Campus Plan (updated in 2011 and amended knowledge. The ideal of campus planning and design is to defne universities are reexamining their campuses, to understand the in 2014) outlines a series of procedures and policies to use as a physical framework vision for an intellectual, social, and cultural essential elements of their physical makeup and how to best link development projects are designed and executed. The Campus Plan environment that supports an institution’s academic, research, their academic mission with the campus physical framework. sets a framework intended to protect and expand the best parts of and community mission. Properly conceived and nurtured, this Beauty is no longer disdained but sought as characterizing a place the campus environment while allowing the development of new vision promotes a strong sense of place—a sense of belonging for that is both attractive and useful. In the 21st Century, the physical facilities as academic needs are identifed and funded. current and future generations. Physical framework visions do this campus and its beauty is increasingly important to academic life Mature stands of fr trees and views of near and distant wooded by addressing the unique character of a campus. They reinforce a as a way to balance the reliance on digital, remote, and simulated hills lend an unique character to the campus. The existing open- shared identity bound by purpose and culture. communication. space framework is a hallmark of the University of Oregon campus. Early campus planning in the United States produced physical At the same time, the need to lessen environmental impacts It consists of interconnecting quadrangles, greens, and courtyards, visions that have endured for decades. The best exemplifed an requires universities to think diferently about physical all reinforced by the placement of buildings. This comprehensive institution’s mission and setting. The physical character of their plans infrastructure. They are applying greater scrutiny to the need to Campus Physical Framework Vision further defnes and expands conveyed the aspirations of the institution and took inspiration build, employing innovative strategies to new development, and the open spaces, defnes where activities are placed on campus, from the locale and region. For example, Frederick Law Olmsted’s taking a systematic view of campus energy consumption, carbon addresses issues of density and capacity, and defnes locations for plan for the College of California, now the University of California, emissions, water use, storm-water runof, and support of ecosystem. new buildings. Berkeley, established a strong open space system and building areas Additionally, universities are tying physical framework visions to Campuses change. It is inevitable. that created a dominant axial view to the Golden Gate. This plan, capital fnancing strategies. Change within a shared physical vision will enhance the University devoid of specifc buildings, provided a framework for generations of of Oregon’s identity, maximize its resources, and direct its planners and designers. investments to the beneft of current and future generations. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK VISION FOREWORD i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 4 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 DESIGN AREA RECOMMENDATIONS 51 FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS 105 Project Objectives 2 Campus Landscape 52 Recommended Changes to the Campus Plan 105 Principles/Values and Campus Themes 2 Landscape Ecology Strategies and Desired Outcomes 52 Government Approvals and Outside Coordination 105 Process 3 North Design Area 54 Future Studies 105 Key Findings 3 West Design Area 59 Recommended Priority Projects 106 MyCampus Survey 4 Central Design Area 64 Peer-Review Process 107 Analysis and Planning Considerations 5 East Design Area 69 Campus Framework 6 8 Guidelines 7 5 CONTRIBUTORS 109 Design Area Recommendations 8 FOCUS STUDIES 75 Advisory Group to the Framework Vision Project 109 Campus Systems 9 Garden Walk in North Design Area 76 Campus Planning Committee 109 Campus Heart 80 Campus Planning, Design, and Construction 109 2 Garden Walk in Central Design Area 84 InfoGraphics Lab, Department of Geography 110 CAMPUS FRAMEWORK 11 University Street 88 Campus Physical Framework Vision Consultants 110 3 6 APPENDIX GUIDELINES 15 CAMPUS SYSTEMS 93 Separate from this document. Edges, Corridors, Gateways, and Views 16 Pedestrian Circulation 94 A Coverage and Capacity Design Areas 20 Bicycle Circulation 96 B MyCampus Survey Coverage 22 Vehicle Circulation 98 C Analysis Campus Boundary 24 Service Circulation 100 D Meeting Notes Permissible Building Sites 26 Emergency Circulation 102 Permissible Uses 27 Utilities Infrastructure 104 Program Use Defnitions 28 Permissible Building Sites Table 29 Permissible Building Heights 30 Shared Uses 31 Parking Structure Locations 32 Sections 33 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK VISION TABLE OF CONTENTs ii UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK VISION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 1 FALL TERM WINTER TERM SPRING TERM SUMMER TERM FALL TERM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CALENDAR SEP-DEC ‘14 JAN ‘15 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN ‘16 The University of Oregon Campus Physical Framework Vision (UOCPFV) presents a comprehensive physical structure of the campus. PRINCIPLES/VALUES This consultant-prepared document, developed + INITIAL REFINED PROJECT THEMES ALTERNATIVES ALTERNATIVE over 14 months, is a resource to the university’s Campus Plan. It provides greater specifcity to inform decisions to accommodate growth and change, and to ensure the enhancement of the campus’s beauty, legacy, and functionality. DUE DILIGENCE The fundamental question this study sought to PROCESSES + + ANALYSIS answer was: PRODUCTS PROJECT ELEMENTS FINAL Can the campus accommodate growth while RECOMMENDATIONS Design Concepts respecting and enhancing its beauty and culture Open Space Framework Campus-scale Recommendations Design Areas Final Density Analysis PRODUCTS demonstrated in its landscape and ensemble of Evaluate Space Needs Plan Concepts for Four Design Areas Areas of Use Identify High Priority Projects buildings? Density Standards Campus Plan Revisions Zoning & Land Use The UOCPFV identifes campus open spaces and Campus Plan Policies Illustrative Plan Open Space Plan pedestrian connectors, the placement and uses Guidelines Edges/Gateways of buildings, and support systems. The UOCPFV’s Campus Zoning Campus Development Sites landscape-centric focus builds on the campus’s Campus Systems Design Areas cultural landscape heritage frst envisioned Density Studies Zoning Recommendations Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory more than a century ago by Ellis Lawrence and Campus Plan Changes Group 1/26 Group 4/8 Group 5/29 Group 10/30 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting manifested in the campus by bold landscape COMMITTEES treatments such as the Old Campus Quadrangle CPC CPC CPC CPC 1/26 4/8 5/28 TBD 10/29 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting and Memorial Quad. Public 2/16 Public 11/5 Recommendations from the UOCPFV would 11/9 Open 2/17 TBD Open ENGAGEMENT House House 11/10 require updates to the Campus Plan (and in +OUTREACH MyCampus Survey some cases, City Land Use Code amendments). Resource Groups, Focus Groups, and Input from other On- and Off-Campus Interested Parties UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK VISION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 PROJECT OBJECTIVES PRINCIPLES/VALUES AND CAMPUS THEMES Campus Themes Applying Principles/Values to the campus’s physical environment • Develop campus-wide planning-design concepts and their Principles /Values application to a discrete number of design areas. Open space framework comprised of The University of Oregon campus in Eugene supports the University • Evaluate Campus Plan open space typologies, standards, • Connected series of open spaces Mission Statement by requirements, and needs. • Quadrangles, courts, axes, and greens • Examine existing Campus Plan design areas and recommend • Being accessible, safe, and welcoming to foster social and Campus access giving priority to changes. academic collaboration—a responsibility shared by open space • Pedestrians frst • Evaluate the application of the four scenarios