CAMPUS PLANNING - Roger Williams University

2002-2003 RWU Presidential Fellowship Report: Campus Planning
Final Scheme A
and poorly maintained exterior space between the School of
Open Space
Scheme A respects the openness of the existing landscape
by concentrating development and defining important open
space corridors. These opens spaces begin at the water's
edge and are repeat in layers moving up the hill and into the
campus fabric. The diagram to the right emphasizes their
relationship to water views; however it is also possible to
see them as moving parallel to the slope, starting below
Bayside and above Bayside and M&NS into the heart of
the Campus. Another layer moves between the Law School
and Recreation Center, past SAAHP and the
Administration Building to FCAS. Also crucial is the final
layer along routes 136 & 114. This "front lawn" to the
University has become an important part of its identity and
builds on the important precedents established by the
Blithewold Estate and Mount Hope Farm. Scheme A takes
advantage of the relocation of the Access to the Maher
Center to connect the
Bayside Field to the North meadow as it rolls down to the
water. Improved access to the waters edge is also provided
by a series of more intimate paths and spaces carved out of
the existing woods (see Precinct Plans).
Campus Core
The infill strategy illustrated in earlier schemes is
continued. In this iteration we explored possible responses
to the very important site occupied by the Art Building (the
former cafeteria). This building occupies a rock
outcropping at a high point for the lower campus with
impressive views of the bridge. There is an underutilized
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