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2002-2003 RWU Presidential Fellowship Report: Campus Planning Table of Contents Preface: Acknowledgements 3 Introduction: Why is Campus Planning Important 4 Managing Growth vs. 5 Planning for Excellence The Master Planning Process: Major Steps 1. The Vision • Mission 6 • History/Identity 7 • Institutional Mission/ 8 Physical Form 2. The Team • The Master Planning 9 Committee • The Professional Team 10 3. The Process • Institutional Planning 11 • Facilities Planning 11 4. The Agenda • Principles/Values 12 • Objectives 13 5. The Plan • Analysis 14 • Design 14 6. Implementation 15 7. Conservation / Stewardship 16 Table of Contents The 2003 RWU Campus Planning Studio: Existing Conditions / Site Analysis: 18 Summary 30 Research / Benchmarking (see presentation on enclosed CD) Interim Proposals 34 Scheme A 35 Scheme B-1 37 Scheme B-2 39 Final Planning Strategies 41 Scheme A 43 Scheme B 46 Precinct Plans 49 Concluding Recommendations 56 Appendix A: Aerial Photographs 57 Appendix B: Previous Plans 62 Bibliography 65 1
2002-2003 RWU Presidential Fellowship Report: Campus Planning Preface “The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the external world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.” Richard Hofstadter, Columbia University This document is a product of a yearlong RWU Presidential Fellowship, established by Roy J. Nirschel to involve faculty in the advancement of key initiatives embodied, either explicitly or implicitly, in the university’s ongoing strategic planning process. It was indeed an honor to be counted among the initial recipients and am most grateful to President Nirschel for this opportunity and for establishing a climate that supports and encourages faculty initiative and seeks to engage faculty more directly, not only in shaping future Roger Williams Alumni; but also in shaping the physical and intellectual environment that supports us as we do that important work. This 2003 RWU Campus Planning Fellowship Report arises out of a myriad of unique circumstances that have informed this work and establish an essential backdrop for the ideas represented herein. The role of a campus planning document, however, is to be prospective and not to be too rooted in the seemingly inextricable challenges of the moment. That said, this document tries to walk a line between the particular needs and aspirations of a particular university at a particular time in its development; and the traditions and forms that have shaped the development of this unique form of community in a more general sense. It is not an official Master Planning document; however since that document is not informed by the level or range of design intentions that the campus deserves it should be seen as part of larger master planning process. I would also like to acknowledge the fact that this effort was in many ways the first official acknowledgement of the work of many faculty and students who have, over the years, attempted to contribute to the shaping of the unique environment we steward. This important work has been carried out in studios, research seminars, and more recently through committees at various levels within the university. This is my third studio on campus and my second to look at it from a campus planning perspective. I am especially indebted to Ulker Copur for her important research and analysis of the campus and to Dean Stephen White. Many of the ideas represented in this document evolved from the work of the Facilities Task Force during the 2002 Strategic Planning sessions that Dean White co-chaired. This document is a Campus Planning document and does not reflect the full scope of a Master Planning document. It does not attempt to be comprehensive in scope; however, the strategies it employs do aspire to a comprehensive reach. This, hopefully, can be most clearly seen in the attempt to place this document within the context of a more inclusive, more comprehensive and more integrated approach to planning for the future needs of the University community. In recognition of the importance of the above, I have included a summary of the research I conducted into 2
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