University of California, Santa Cruz Kresge College VISIONING BRIEF May 2016 CONTENTS 04 Executive Summary 08 Process Kresge Overview UCSC Residential Colleges Challenges + Opportunities Guiding Principles 22 Scenarios + Vision Primary Users Scenarios Vision 32 Program Living / Learning College Components Program Prioritization Program Strategies Space Program Program Adjacencies 54 Concepts Active Learning + Blended Programming Respite & Rejuvenation Food + Play, Community, Learning Community in the Woods Centralized Gathering Spaces Accessibility 70 Appendix 2 Visioning + Research Report brightspot | UCSC Kresge College 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OVERVIEW which buildings could be renovated, reconstructed, VISION PROGRAM GUIDING PRINCIPLES or replaced, and conceptually define the elements As UCSC plans for an increase of beds based on From conversations with the Programming and Planning that will go into the college as a whole and into each “Kresge College should become a model UCSC the settlement agreement within LRDP, funds were Committee the following Guiding Principles have been building. The study should address land use and land living / learning college. It should promote student allocated to look at residential need and capacity for proposed: use densities; environmental issues; program allocation academic success by fostering voluntary dialogue Kresge College. Additionally, Kresge’s housing stock and functional relationships of program elements; amongst students and by creating a home for is over fifty years old, thus code compliance and • Kresge Principles: Encourage self expression adjacency development and connections to existing students, faculty, and staff” building deficiencies are leading to a need for and community building by creating spaces and campus fabric, including broader campus transit and The focus is to bring an academic presence back to reevaluating the planning and design of the college. places that afford the opportunity for affiliates to connectivity; circulation and infrastructure impacts Kresge, support and encourage community building, participate in Kresge’s principles with their peers in and needs; and allow for potential new curricular and and provide the care, support, and privacy that This Visioning Brief will be used to inform high meaningful ways outside of the classroom. extracurricular functions. undergraduate students require. level site strategies and detailed programming for • Access: Provide seamless, safe, and convenient Kresge College. physical access to Kresge. PHASE 1 VISIONING STUDY OVERVIEW • Student Health and Housing: Foster affiliate Kresge College was designed by architect Charles health and wellbeing in an inclusive and supportive CONTEXT Moore and built in the early 1970s around a radical residential environment that balances respite and socialization. Today, the College and campus at large are addressing ideal of breaking down hierarchies of students and aged Kresge facilities; embedded in this update are faculty. Students played an integral role in participating • Student Success: Promote and facilitate student opportunities to reevaluate how the organization and in the design process. UCSC has honored this tradition academic success. program of spaces and services are creating enriching by engaging students, staff, faculty, and campus • Academic Presence: Provide facilities and services experiences for all Kresge affiliates. Although the stakeholders in the planning process for the renovation that will incentivize new academic disciplines to original College values are still valid, there is a need and new construction. reside at Kresge. In early 2016, UCSC and brightspot strategy facilitated to apply them to a more contemporary and diverse • Growth: Accommodate some of the academic and a three month engagement with Kresge affiliates and community that has new interests and challenges. housing demands that exist today at UCSC. campus stakeholders to: • Sustainability: Strengthen environmental • establish project goals that align with Founding stewardship as an essential Kresge value. KRESGE COLLEGE STUDY GOALS: Ideals of Kresge College, • Living / Learning College: Balance the spirit of The Planning and Programming Committee identified • balance cultural needs of Kresge while meeting Kresge’s original architectural and landscape design the following goals for the first two phases of the Kresge UCSC demand for housing and classrooms, for creating an integrated living / learning College College study. • articulate a vision and translate it into a basis for experience. design, and Phase 1 - Visioning: Identify and define the preliminary • develop program scenarios for high-level space program elements to be included in all of the related needs. projects involved in the college, including housing, non-housing (including academic, campus life and student success), infrastructure and circulation. As part of that process, identify any relevant historical, social, economic, educational or cultural considerations. Phase 2 - Physical Planning: Consider the extent to 4 Visioning + Research Report brightspot | UCSC Kresge College 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PROGRAM STRATEGIES The program strategies present four possible futures for • Identify the “kit-of-parts” for a successful living / Kresge College based on the vision and guiding principles learning college at UCSC, established for the program. Without the constraint of • Support Campus demand for additional residential budget or site building capacity, the program strategies space by looking at scenarios for increased bed aim to achieve the following goals: counts, • Understand potential scales of growth to inform future • Support Campus demand for additional classroom Illustrates the range massing studies and budget forecasting, space by looking at scenarios for increased classroom in size for a small to medium Research • Quantify the impact of “right-sizing” the existing seats, and Department program based on campus and industry standards, 197,704 ASF • Understand the range of program options by 200,000 updated since the original design of Kresge College, analyzing possible academic tenants for the College. 183,704 ASF 180,000 ASSIGNABLE SQUARE FEET (ASF) CURRENT RIGHT SIZED REQUIRED ENHANCED 160,000 157,562 ASF Program allocation Right-sizing1 the facilities Minimum increase to Increase to meet Vision for Kresge College as of for current population meet UCSC projected for Kresge College 143,562 ASF June 2016 sizes growth of 503 residents outlined in this Report and accommodate 603 140,000 residents 363 beds 363 beds 503 beds 603 beds 120,000 Academic 8,208 8,000 - 22,000 8,000 - 22,000 8,000 - 22,000 107,504 ASF 100,000 95,240 ASF Classroom 4,406 13,041 16,478 16,478 93,504 ASF Academic Co-op 616 900 1,800 2,700 Classroom 80,000 Co-op Fitness 2,383 2,383 4,024 4,824 Fitness Food Service 2,407 2,054 2,925 5,850 60,000 Food Service 6,090 5,800 7,850 13,850 Gathering Gathering Study 2,674 6,062 8,312 10,062 40,000 Study Administration 7,877 7,506 7,506 7,506 Administration 20,000 Residential Residential 60,420 47,760 86,668 114,435 Support Support 159 - - - 0 ASF TOTAL ASF 95,240 93,504 - 107,504 143,562 - 157,562 183,704 - 197,704 CURRENT RIGHT SIZED REQUIRED ENHANCED 363 beds 363 beds 503 beds 603 beds Δ 0 - 1,736 to +12,264 + 48,322 to 62,322 + 88,464 to 102,464 1Source: Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning 6 Visioning + Research Report brightspot | UCSC Kresge College 7 PROCESS 8 Visioning + Research Report brightspot | UCSC Kresge College 9 PROJECT PROCESS The Kresge and Campus Community were engaged in a variety The five questions below are a culmination of ways to better understand: (A) the pedagogical values of of topics, issues, and considerations which Kresge College, (B) the College’s physical, symbolic, and social emerged over the course of the visioning relationship to UCSC at large, (C) the needs and desires of its process: primary users: students, faculty, and staff. How can a new vision for residential and Additionally, in order to test thresholds within Kresge for academic buildings at Kresge College rightsizing the existing program and introducing new program, create clear connections with Kresge’s the following relationships were analyzed between: (A) existing Principles and Pedagogy? program allocation at Kresge, (B) how this compared to the other ten colleges on campus, (C) pressures that exist within UCSC to How can a new vision for residential accommodate more students. and academic buildings make Kresge an academic destination or home? PROJECT PHASES: ACTIVITIES: How can a new vision for residential and Programming Groundwork Student academic buildings make Kresge a social + Planning Workshops Committee destination for the UCSC community? Visioning Visioning Session How can a new vision generate a Faculty +Staff Program + renewed identity for Kresge and redefine Workshops Committee Space Strategy Reviews what it means to be a Kresge affiliate? Development Could new programs incentivize a new Reporting + Student Intercept Hand-Off Interviews Scenario audience for Kresge? Planning How can a new vision for residences College + Campus at Kresge facilitate a healthier living Community Space Town Halls environment? Prioritization Leadership Interviews Architect Debrief Observations Journey mapping with Kresge students at the February 23, 2016 Kresge College Townhall Workshop w/Arch History Class 10 Visioning + Research Report brightspot | UCSC Kresge College 11 RESIDENTIAL University of California,