Campus Design
Tiger Team
Strategic Planning
Public Forum Presentation
March 3, 2008
Campus Design
Tiger Team
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William Harper, Chair, Head of the Department of Health
and Kinesiology
Robin Bellinger, Co-chair, Associate Vice President for
Advancement
Peter Caldwell, Student in Horticulture and Landscape
Architecture
John Collier, Director of Campus Planning
Jamie Hendershot, CSSAC Member, Clerk, University
Development Office
Kim Lehnen, Administrative Assistant
Paul Shepson, Professor of Chemistry, and Earth and
Atmospheric Sciences
Betty Suddarth, President of Purdue Retirees Association
Kim Wilson, Professor of Horticulture and Landscape
Architecture
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Campus Design Process
Living our land grant mission as a
public university
Must signify and represent a thriving
educational enterprise
Addresses the overall functional,
aesthetic and environmental quality of
the campus, including:
landscaping, outdoor features, furnishings,
transportation systems, quality of housing
and recreational areas
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Campus Design Process
Open Forum and Blog Questions
• What do you like most about Purdue’s
existing campus design?
• What do you like least about Purdue’s
existing campus design?
• What would you most like to change
with regard to Purdue’s future campus
design?
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First Core Vision
A Living Laboratory
• Embodies what the university stands for:
learning, discovery and engagement
• Creates well-functioning and thriving
community
• Pledge to a vision of balance and harmony
• Cultivates organic relationship of living parts
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the
integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic
community. It is wrong when it tends
otherwise.”
--Aldo Leopold, environmentalist
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Second Core Vision
Sustainability
Sustainability is the ability to meet “the
needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs”
1987 UN Word Commission on Environment and Development
Ecological and environmental survival
• energy production, energy use and resource
use
Social equity
• employee diversity, fair compensation,
respect, health, safety and security
Economic vitality
• cost reduction, sustainable systems
research funding, industrial partnerships,
development and charitable contributions
and investments
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Four Primary Initiatives
1. Campus Living and Learning
Initiative
2. Accessibility Initiative
3. Environmental Initiative
4. Community Partnership
Initiative
“The ultimate test of a moral
society is the kind of world that
it leaves to its children”
--Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian
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1. Campus Living and
Learning Initiative
Campus structure
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Vibrant learning community
Compact, dense, connected campus
Open spaces
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Culturally diverse, green, gathering
spaces
Safe and universally accessible walking
paths
Art and culture
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More & greater variety of public art
Policy development, decision process
Promote and expand museum art on
campus
Living & learning laboratory spaces
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Additional and well-designed classroom
spaces
Utilize residential and libraries spaces for
learning needs
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2. Accessibility Initiative
Signage and Wayfinding
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Purdue website as a navigational portal
Implement the proposed wayfinding system
Transportation Network
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Safe, convenient universally accessible and
efficient public transit and pedestrian paths
Encourage alternative-vehicle usage
Create a safe, interconnected, and efficient
street system
Parking
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Redistribute facilities to better accommodate
demands
Establish financial incentives for carpooling,
use of public transit and/or remote parking
Regional Access
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Facilitate collaboration among local, state
and federal agencies for direct regional
access
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3. Environmental Initiative
Organization
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Facilitate communication/collaboration among
environmentally-related researchers
Formalize the Sustainability Council’s role
Position for university sustainability director
Promote sustainable best management
practices and research
Environmental Systems
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Expand energy inventories to establish a
baseline for consumption
Prioritize water conservation and reuse of
captured water
Manage storm water and wastewater
discharge
Increase reliance on production and use of
renewable energy
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3. Environmental Initiative
Environmental Systems, Continued
• Accelerate tree preservation and planting
program
• Reduce campus-produced solid and hazardous
waste
• Commit to green building practices
• Sustainable best management practices
• Recycling investment
Discovery and Outreach
• Publish assessment and measurement
statistics
• Inventory and study greenhouse gas emissions
• Encourage more industrial partnerships
• Promote sustainability
• Maximize opportunities for students for
research
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• Reward personal responsibility for environment
4. Community Partnership
Initiative
Sustainable economic development
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New economic business, residence opportunities
Revitalize core residential and commercial areas
Cultivate community/Purdue partnerships
Public relations
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Partner with cities on planning and renovation efforts
Promote student participation in community efforts
Establish a campus/community marketing strategy
Integrate multi-culturalism into the entire community
Good Neighbor Policies
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Expand role of Purdue-WL Community Partnership Team
Become active stakeholder in Wabash River development
Create friendly and welcoming campus environment
Provide recreation facilities for students on weekends
Work with CityBus to establish free service for major events.
Extension of Living Laboratories
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Overcome physical, jurisdictional, social barriers
Maximize partnerships that offer learning opportunities
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Campus Design
Tiger Team
Thank you