Campus Planning Participants

Tribute to K. Lawton

Introduction

• Purposes of the Physical Development Planning Process
  A View to the Past in Defining the Future
  Continuity and Change
  Planning Values
  State Funding/Private Funding
  Campus Planning Versus Project Planning

Historic Perspective

• Lawrence Campus: The Past 130 Years
  The Region
  Lawrence and the Campus Community
  A History of Facilities Development at KU
  The Initial KU Planning Documents
  World War II and the Modern Era
  The 1973 Plan to the Present
  The Growth of the University and the Community

The 1997 Plan

• Institutional Initiatives

• Campus Development Patterns
  • Planning Elements and Processes
    Relationship of Activities
    Buildable and Accessible Sites
    Core Campus Activities and West Campus Development
    Campus Access, Mobility, and Wayfinding

The Planning Process

• The Development of this Document
  Assumptions for Planning Purposes
  Task Force Review of Issues
  • Building and Building Sites
    KU/Lawrence Relationships
    Student Needs
    Transportation
    Environmental Issues
    Campus Utilities and Infrastructure

Elements of Physical Development Planning

• Land Use, Access, Image

Land Use

• Adjacencies and Affinities
  Campus Density
  Open and Green Space
  Central Versus West Campus Development
  Land-Use Principles
  Land-Use Planning for Parking
  Near-Campus Neighborhoods
  Property Acquisition

Land Use Options

• Central Campus: Areas of Campus Expansion
  Map: Central Campus Land Use
  Map: Central Campus Open and Green Space
  Map: West Campus: Schematic Development Plan

Accessibility

• Transportation and Campus Mobility
  Principles for Transportation Planning

The Transportation Plan

• Developing Multimodal Transportation Systems
  A History of Parking
  Parking in the Future
  Map: Campus Traffic Circulation Plan
  Map: Campus Transit Circulator Routes
  Map: Existing and Proposed Pedstrian Routes
  Map: Existing and Proposed Bike Routes

Image and Environment

• Map: Central Campus Landscape Features
  Composition of the Built Environment
  Features of the Campus Landscape
  Architecture

Infrastrucure

• Demands for Expansion and Mandates for Improvement
  Map: Central Campus Utility/Infrastructure
  Electrical Distribution and Campus Lighting
  Central Heating Plant
  Utility Tunnels and Steam Distribution Systems
  Air Conditioning and Chilled Water Capabilities
  Storm Sewers
  Sanitary Sewers
  Water Mains
  Fire Protection
  Natural Gas

Scenario for Campus Development

• Evaluation of the 1973 Plan
  Future Scenarios
  Scenarios as a Tool to Guide Future Decisions
  

Institutional Challenges and Recommendations

• Connecting Vision to Action
  Assessing Proposals for Capital Projects
  

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