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2002-2003 RWU Presidential Fellowship Report: Campus Planning • Identify / Test Strategies • Develop Alternatives • Choose Direction • Develop Final Plan • Develop Guidelines In order to assist in this process, a number of exercises where undertaken which allowed the students to explore the entire range of scalar relationships. We started with a series of loose collage exercises that allowed the students to gain an intuitive understanding of the structure of the campus. The strategies that emerged where tested and developed at a schematic level. Thirty studies were reduced to three basic strategies with variations. Precinct plans were then developed to test strategies and explore alternatives at a scale between that of the individual building and that of the Campus. These studies then informed the testing, selection and development of two final schemes. This movement between scales and modes of investigation was critical to the development of the final plans. institutional memory and values. The particular demands of the end users, of facilities or other imbedded interests must be in dialogue with the established principles shaping the whole. At the most mundane level the implementation phase involves the following: • Establish project committees (sub-committees) • Develop Precinct Plans • Review Building and Landscape Design Proposals: - Review Programming - Design Process: Concepts, Schematic Design, Design Development, Final Documentation • Manage Costs 6. Implementation Continuity of process allows for continuity of the built environment. The Campus should not be viewed as a collection of disparate projects, but as “The Project” with a series of interdependent pieces, each of which answers to the whole. This requires communication and shared understanding among the various parties participating in the shaping of this larger environment. The “design authority” is instrumental in the communication of 15
2002-2003 RWU Presidential Fellowship Report: Campus Planning 7. Conservation / Stewardship The cyclical nature of this process is increasingly recognized by requirements of governmental and accreditation authorities. However, without the commitment and participation of all members of the campus community it is hard to make the tough choices and sacrifices that are often called for in the implementation and maintenance of a shared vision. If we say that we value something we must be willing to commit the resources and energy to make it possible. Sacrifices will only create resentment unless the vision is a shared one that is communicated consistently and effectively. A representative Master Planning Committee serves a vital symbolic and real practical function in shaping a shared vision, in aiding in the consistency of its implementation and in maintaining the continuity of valued assets and principles. The stewardship of the Campus environment is a task that takes constant vigilance and involves the following basic tasks: • Identify and maintain key assets • Evaluate changing needs • Maintain Values / Principles 16
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