Pedestrian
Landscape Experience
Analysis
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• Web of pedestrian used routes
• Routes composed of various path
types
• Paths connect building clusters
separated by natural open spaces
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Development in Clusters
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North remote parking
Kresge cafe
Kresge College street
Porter College residential quad
Porter College courtyard
Porter College cafe
College Eight heart
College Eight cafe
Quarry amphitheater
Theater Arts Center entrance court and
seatwall
Visual Arts Center courtyard and view point
Music Center courtyard and view point
Academic Resource Center
Kerr Hall entry plaza
Library entrance area
Earth and Marine Sciences courtyard
Natural Sciences walkway, courtyard,
seatwalls
Future Engineering court
College 9/10 grass area
Social Sciences 1 entrance and seatwall
View from University Center cafeteria
College 10 pedestrian street
College 9 pedestrian street
Merrill cafe
Quarry Plaza
Cowell college residential quads
Cowell College main plaza
Cowell College coffee shop
East Field house entrance
Wellness Center
College Eight recreation area
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Courtyards
•Intimate scale
•Irregular forms
•Close association with colleges or program
•Social spaces
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Food services
•Small independent cafes
•Outdoor eating areas
•Spaced throughout campus
•Most associated with a college
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•Larger gathering areas
•Open and sunny
•Shared by all
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Pedestrian Bridges
Path through Porter meadow
Path to/from Oakes College and the Arts
area
Stairway to/from Thimann Labs and Science
Hill
Grand stairway to/from Science Hill
Unpaved pedestrian paths to North campus
Unpaved bike, pedestrian and equestrian
path (Fuel Break Road) to Pogonip City Park,
portion of the U-Con Trail
Mclaughlin Drive
Informal path in ravine
Path to/from McHenry Library and Quarry
Plaza
Path and bridge from McHenry Library to
Hahn Student Services
Quarry Plaza
Paved path along top of Jordon Gulch
Paved bike route to south campus and city
Path through Kerr Meadow
Path to/from Academic Resource Center
(ARC) and Kerr Hall
Path from ARC to McHenry Library
Unpaved paths through the Great Meadow
Path from Quarry Plaza to Classroom Unit
and Science Hill
Transition from shade/forest to sun/meadow
Chinquapin Road, view into ravine
Path to/from Core West Parking Structure
To / from East Remote Parking
Meadow path
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Significant Journeys
Paths
Sidewalks along roads
Forest paths
Informal trails
• Shuttle access
• Perceived “safer”
• Less “natural” character
• Sense of enclosure
• Foreground views, meandering routes
• Dappled shade
• Recreation use
• In ravines, or through open meadow
Pedestrian streets
• Designed pedestrian environments
• Double as social gathering spaces
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Bridges
•Gateways to the campus core
•Important to campus identity
•Immersed in forest
•Awareness of ravines
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Special places on the pathways…
•Redwood fairy rings
•Oak groves
•Views
•Transition spaces
•Historical artifacts
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•“Warped grid” of north south and
east west routes acts as basic
circulation framework
• Pedestrian routes alternate natural
and developed environments
•Approximated walking times of the
segments
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Pedestrian Rhythms
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Connections and Pathways
Pedestrian Rhythms
east west corridor
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Building Siting
New development should not impact the
natural open space vistas from the bridges.
New bridge connections in the north and
south of the campus core should be made a
priority.
New development should minimize re-grading.
All building faces that are visible from a road,
path or open space should be designed to add
to the pedestrian environment.
Developed areas should be clustered, and
aim to maintain a walk through a natural area
between clusters.
Open Space
Vegetation and habitat
Preserve significant stands of trees.
Maintain contiguous habitat corridors
New designed open spaces should be
consistent in scale and function with the
successful existing examples on the
campus.
Emphasize the ravines as the primary
landscape structure of the campus
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Initial Landscape Framework Criteria
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