Centennial Campus Workshop Documentation and Resources
The Centennial Campus Precinct Master Plan Workshop was held at Engineering Building I at Centennial
Campus on September 9, 2005. Seventy-five people attended.
Each workshop included presentations on the historical master planning process at NC State, the proposed master
plan update process, a precinct orientation and current projects update. Workshop attendees in small teams were
led through a facilitated feedback exercise to develop lists of concerns, likes, dislikes, vision and needs specific to
the precinct. At the end of the exercise each contributor was allowed to vote for his or her top issues. A feedback
form was given to each participant to write other comments they wished to share. Information from the written
feedback forms was not ranked.
The following documents were materials used by or generated at the workshop.
NC State Centennial Campus Precinct Description 2005
Agenda for the Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop
Topics of Discussion for the Interactive Facilitated Feedback Exercise
Centennial Campus Issues and Votes Generated by Participants at the Workshop
Workshop Feedback Submitted by Participants After the Workshop
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NC State Centennial Campus Precinct Description 2005
Size:
Acreage: 1100 acres (includes Spring Hill)
Buildings: 28 occupied buildings or under construction (excluding North Shore Condominiums)
Residential Units: 6 buildings totaling 30 private residential units sold/occupied
Other buildings: 1 greenhouse, 6 parking decks, 3 storage/mechanical buildings
Building Statistics:
Total occupied building Gross SF: 2 million
Largest occupied building: College of Textiles 295,000 GSF
Smallest occupied building: Centennial Campus Information Booth 210 GSF
Oldest building occupied by NC State: Spring Hill House 1815; all others built after 1988
Food service facilities: Shuttle Inn, Century Shop, Engineering Building I Snack Bar, vending
Retail facility: Century Shop Bookstore
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Classrooms & Academic Labs: 8% ASF
Research Labs: 45% ASF
Office/Conference: 36.5% ASF
Library/Study Facilities: 2% ASF
Athletic and Recreation: 0% ASF
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Food Service: .5% ASF
Support Facilities: 1% ASF
Health Care: 0% ASF
NC State Residential: 0% ASF
Other: 7% ASF
Open Space Characteristics:
Current Major Developed Open Spaces: The Oval, Textiles Courtyard, McKinney Plaza, Monteith Engineering
Research Center Plaza, ABB Courtyard, Venture Place Courtyard
Major Natural Areas: Lake Raleigh Buffer, Lake Raleigh Woods, North Creek, Walnut Creek
Two works of Environmental Art: Hoss Haley, Sphere; June Kaneko, Liquid Order
Open Space: 270 acres (includes 35.8ac at Spring Hill)
People:
Partnerships: 1500 corporate and government employees representing 60 partnerships
NC State Employees: 1200 university faculty, post-docs, and staff
Students: 1050 NC State students attending class; 600 Middle School students
Residents: Approximately 60 residents at North Shore
Colleges: 7 colleges represented in the precinct
Transportation:
NC State Parking Spaces at Centennial Campus: 154 bicycle spaces, 3,117 parking spaces
(1357 structured spaces)
Wolfline Routes: 5 daily routes, one nighttime Werewolf route totaling 191 trips/day;
17 bus stops, 5 bus shelters
Average Daily Traffic: 9135 vehicles/day at Varsity Drive; 2843 vehicles/day at Centennial Parkway
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop
Agenda 9-9-05, 1:30pm
Engineering Building I, Room 1005
Welcome & Introductions
Purpose of Workshop
Kevin MacNaughton
Larry Nielsen
Master Plan History
Michael Harwood
Process for 2005 Update
Centennial Campus Precinct Orientation
Centennial Campus Status Update
David Winwood
Centennial Campus Partnerships
Leah Burton
Student Affairs Vision at Centennial Campus
Tom Stafford
University Planning and Analysis
Karen Helm
Transportation Master Plan
Tom Kendig
Planning for Sustainability
Brad Moore
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Precinct Master Plan Issues
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Michael Harwood
Introduction of Interactive Discussion
Breakout Sessions
Kevin Rice
Conclusions
Prioritization of Issues
Kevin Rice
Next Steps
Michael Harwood
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Centennial Campus Precinct Discussion Topics for Work Stations
Station 1 – Mixed-Use Activities Issues
1. Benefits/drawbacks of Mixed Use
2. Food service
3. Housing
4. Amenities
5. Indoor/outdoor gathering spaces
6. Private development
7. Service/support of facilities
Station 2 - Pedestrian-Oriented Campus Issues
1. Walks
2. Connection to other campus precincts
3. People-powered transportation
4. Comfort of pedestrian spaces, open spaces, human scale buildings
Station 3 - Design Harmony, Human Scaled Neighborhoods and Paths
1. Campus as a series of neighborhoods each with unique character
2. Appearance
3. Design of buildings
4. Landscape and grounds
Station 4 - Master Planning Process
1. Planning based on the Physical Master Plan criteria
2. Campus and community participation
Station 5 - Coordination of Programs and Physical Planning
1. Planning based on strategic academic planning
2. Trends in education, teaching, work environments
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Station 6 - Environmental Sustainability
1. Green buildings – cost, benefits, funding
2. Clean air, personal comfort issues of the work/study/teaching environments
3. Energy Management
4. Stormwater management
5. Conservation/Preserves of natural areas, habitats, and resources such as Lake Raleigh Woods
Station 7 - Effective and Appropriate Vehicular Movement
1. Transportation issues with the movement of people
2. Transit
3. Parking – type and location
4. Service and maintenance to campus
5. Visitors
Station 8 - Other planning issues
1. City context – campus edges, Spring Hill and Dix Campus
2. Campus safety, wayfinding
3. Visibility of activities
4. Universal design
5. Efficient responsible development
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Mixed -Use Activities
Votes Comments
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Healthy, fresh - place for all to congregate - different price points - students, staff, faculty, guests, alumni
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Build student/town center with performance space, cultural amenities (not so much science & tech, but
more humanities)
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Carmichael Recreation Center X 2 - price points are issued here, too; lake recreation areas; fields for
activity - community park?
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Town Center
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Concentrated student housing
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Childcare facility
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Space for corporate partners to grow
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Student housing (undergrad & graduate)
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More on-campus student housing, sooner as opposed to later
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Amenities corridor
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Ropes course component
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Outdoor amphitheater
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Study, library, computing, congregation area
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More local/natural/homemade food
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Retired faculty, staff housing
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Match housing with users (student/private)
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Housing for current faculty/staff
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Apartments on 2nd level above street level
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Need Facilities Operations building
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Student Union/entertainment facility
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Don't segregate residences
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Consider other locations for Chancellor's residence - does Centennial Campus make most sense?
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Post Office
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Student/urgent care component
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Open academic spaces for community purposes in off hours
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Overnight guest facilities on campus or adjacent
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Wireless everywhere
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Walking path around lake
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Open quad areas
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Portico (covered walkway)
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No gathering spaces exist
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Topic: Mixed -Use Activities
Votes Comments
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Outdoor gathering, picnic shelter
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Use lakefront as a gathering point
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Open meeting area
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Beach/swimming area; canoeing, other water uses?
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Conference Center: Is it needed with new City Convention Center?
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High end meeting space (executive quality)-press conference capability use to be mixed (integrated)
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Small scale hotel/Inn
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Medical facility - not just a student health facility
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Retail - grocery, restaurants, clothing, shops
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Take the best examples from Franklin or Hillsborough Streets to build a neighborhood
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How does North Shore fit into NCSU plan/usage
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No private residence on Centennial; move all to Spring Hill development
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Elementary school
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Pedestrian-Oriented Campus Issues
Votes Comments
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Connectivity - better to North Campus (attractive) and better to Raleigh greenways and to Dorothea Dix
property/park and to downtown
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Work with city & county to develop bike/walk connection
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Green spaces - pavilion or building - gathering spot
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Avoid letting vehicles predominate over walkers and bikers
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Streets are too wide. Why not include on-street parking broken with islands for canopy trees?
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Educational/interpretive signs about vegetation
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Jogging & greenways with recreation stops
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Path Lighting
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More gardens, ornamental plantings
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Complete greenway connections to trail woods and Dorothea Dix trails
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I-40 overpass -pedestrian/biker friendly for pleasant crossing area
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Restrict access to potential biological reserve
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Bike racks on Wolf Line buses (Yes!)
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More campus police presence
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Safe transition areas (crosswalks)
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Walkways that cross so you can pass others along the way
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Walk around lake
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Water fountains that recycle rainwater
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Safe sidewalks/walkways
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Walking trails (3 mile, etc, designated stops)
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Safe bike ways
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Walkway around lake with exercise stations and accessible to all
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More benches
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System of bike paths through and around campus
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More designated areas for people to use to get place to place
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Improved transportation and connection with campus districts
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Interconnectivity of walking paths, greenway, etc.
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Complete greenways & connections to Raleigh's greenways now
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Adaptive pedestrian ways as undergrads come over - anticipate changing volume as academic buildings
grow
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Shuttles to Farmer's Market, downtown and Pullen Park
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Bike friendly campus
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Topic: Pedestrian-Oriented Campus Issues
Votes Comments
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Change attitude to use of bikes
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Shade with benches & swings along walkways
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Keep people and bicycles away from sensitive areas of biological reserve
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Recreational facilities (showers) for people jogging
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Share parking for mixed functions
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More satellite parking with shuttle buses
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Traffic not mixing with pedestrians
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Outside learning environments
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Blue Phones
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Picnic tables
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Design, Harmony, Human Scaled Neighborhoods and Paths
Votes Comments
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Don't cut corners on landscaping space between buildings - very important
4
Incorporate transportation in building design
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Fusion buildings - mixed use core that supports neighborhood (campus mall - with decent food (grocery)
and transportation hub)
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Balance manicured and natural look
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Use fruit trees (native) to use as food for needy
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Campus farm/garden - give it back!
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Create places that foster interaction & places for quiet reflection & study
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Courtyards with gathering places - seating
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Improve planting and their maintenance on Centennial Parkway
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Do not use any plants on noxious weed list. Increase use of native plants.
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Don't compromise quality for quantity (sq. ft.)
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Car-free zones
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Much less lawn
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More distinctive architecture
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More flexibility in design
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Diversity of building appearances
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Preserve open green spaces near buildings
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Xeriscape/water-wise plantings
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Centennial should not be an NCSU version of Research Triangle Park
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Increase faculty involvement
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Design themes for the neighborhoods (taken to a higher level)
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Need smaller neighborhoods
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Neighborhoods should not be gated communities - public access welcome
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Maintain exterior facades or design for sustained, attractive appearance
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Garden café rooftops
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Less manicured look and more natural look
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Outside artwork
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Arboretum - small scale
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Campus paths should have shade in warm weather - long lived trees (oaks, maples)
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Use native plants
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Taller buildings - mixed use with residential on upper floors
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Use top level of buildings as parking space (Rutgers - over Route 18)
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Topic: Design, Harmony, Human Scaled Neighborhoods and Paths
Votes Comments
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Outstanding, unique architectural features/structures
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Limit building height - use the topography where appropriate
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Buildings should blend with landscaping
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Natural paths instead of paved ones
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Native self-seeding perennials - long term plant beds
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Lots of trees; in 50 years they will love us for it
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Stop planting trees with root balls above ground level and don't mound mulch around trunk of trees
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Landscaping is a necessity
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Recreational themed areas; park for all ages; cultural arts (outdoor amphitheatre venue?)
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No more kudzu (more goats) - develop into viable product (food, fertilizer)
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Group water systems feeding water gardens in public space
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Effort to link neighborhoods
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Master Planning Process
Votes Comments
7
Better tap the knowledge and expertise of community (faculty, students and corporate/government
partners) - don't outsource as much to private consultants
5
All three Senates (faculty, student, staff) have passed resolutions to protect 80 acres of woods - do not
try to over-ride public opinion
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Residential development for faculty and staff housing close to campus
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More creativity with architecture
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Consider apartment/condominium complex (owner occupied)
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More active outreach to students and faculty via internet based surveys & discussion - student
government involvement?
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Better publicity for public forums; more accountability and follow up
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Make serious commitment to all guiding principles, sustainability and human scale have been neglected
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Less car reliance
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Master Plan should be driven primarily by academic programs
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Incorporate housing needs of non-academic staff (e.g. housing)
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Give preference to ideas voiced in forums like this rather than people who do not participate
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More student/faculty/community participation & representation to ultimate decision makers (I.e. Board of
Trustees)
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Be flexible with regard to changes in the Master Plan
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Participation from Centennial Campus corp./government partners; participation from public - community;
adaptability to changing environments, community
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Use input received, not just lip service
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More commitment to projects designated to be done
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More commitment to creating a more university feel to Centennial Campus
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More communication on plans etc. to residents, students, faculty
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What are the "trigger points" or mechanism for change mid-stream
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Expanded input from public and community
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Don't build in a patchwork manner
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Add "culture of innovation" to guiding principles
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Don't lock into plan without provision for flexibility
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Coordination of Programs and Physical Planning
Votes Comments
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Outdoor teaching labs
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More study/collaborative spaces with technology integrated - more space like atrium at College of
Engineering I or student lounge
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Need to acknowledge the humanities and incorporate in curriculum offerings
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Pull sciences into collaboration with Engineering (Facilities)
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Develop mechanisms for educational activities for the general public (e.g., Wildlife Education Center,
Elementary Education, outreach)
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Incorporate university needs and projects in the classroom curricula (I.e., forestry students aiding in tree
care/removal on campus) It's a win-win!
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Classrooms set up for discussion instead of rigid desks set up for lecturing
1
Don't waste money on large talking head lecture halls; put it on the internet
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Benchmark cutting edge facilities elsewhere (where?)
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Don't restrict a programming space - area to one group. You might be surprised who can use a space
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First we need a strategic academic plan
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Incorporate what we do on Centennial Campus in the teaching of NCSU
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Locate research and teaching facilities on Centennial Campus with collaboration in mind, not just
because space is there
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Build buildings to address specific program needs - programs 1st - buildings 2nd
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Better link between programmatic needs and facilities
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Business students learning from Centennial Campus companies
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Outside learning environments that are environmentally sensitive
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More collaborative space
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Library - flexibility; presentation and display
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Distance education?
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Classroom of 2050?
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Gathering places for work groups/students
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Topic: Coordination of Programs and Physical Planning
Votes Comments
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Cultural arts, performing facilities
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Recreational facilities
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How to incorporate/excite distance education students
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Work on collaborating with Centennial Middle School - e.g., allow them to use outdoor teaching facilities
for environmental studies
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Interpret connectivity, LAN (local area network)/WAN (wide area network) throughout campus, not just
for students - virtual tour of lake (infopoints) via wireless connectivity
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Use hybrid education delivery; small seminar/web/asynchronous
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6-8 students/group learning spaces
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Environmental Sustainability
Votes Comments
16
Preserve Lake Raleigh Woods - expand to the full 92 acres - maintain or improve Lake Raleigh water
quality
8
Mandate sustainable buildings, landscapes and grounds
3
Replace golf course with a park and trade "Dix Hill" land for a park
2
Use fixtures that are the same throughout Centennial Campus - different design/same material waterless urinals - lights
2
Incorporate geothermal HVAC systems
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Get rid of kudzu & other invasive plants
1
Spend only the money on green building that its design will save in the long run
1
Do not force all environment initiatives to pass budget test - do right things
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Quiet chillers and quiet zones
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Control light pollution
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More green roofs and water gardens for storm water management
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Detailed SW management plan and monies and guidelines to maintain them
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Name Lake Raleigh Woods, "Quay Woods" (1st NCSU PhD)
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Keep golf course
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Finish sidewalks
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Keep dogs and bicycles away from Lake Raleigh Woods
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Set the bar for environmental design - has to be because on state land
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Require all new buildings to be "green"
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Use university student resources/design/planning in "green" building
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Persuade executive officers that it makes long term sense to build green building - based on true lifecycle costs
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In regards to the Lake Woods proposal, make sure the Chancellor's house is a green building
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Environmental sustainability
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Minimize noise/pollution from buses
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Improve energy management
0
Use of renewable energy
0
Consider using solar energy
0
Incentives for "green design" - solar lights (like Environmental Protection Agency)
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Limit negative impact to storm water due to development to zero
0
Increase size of water buffers - move building design towards 100% off the grid and water conservation
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Topic: Environmental Sustainability
Votes Comments
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Water re-use
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Allow public fishing in Lake Raleigh
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Use native landscaping
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Improve construction practices
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Complete walking trails
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Structural parking rather than lots
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Dog zone away from Lake Raleigh
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Park with picnic tables
0
Invasive plant eradication
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Preserve Lake Raleigh Woods
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Effective and Appropriate Vehicular Movement
Votes Comments
7
Pedestrian walkway across Western Blvd. and other streets - greenways that connect to this crossing
5
Maximize walking, biking and mass transit to avoid SUV culture/congestion
3
Connect Thistletown/Middle School to rest of campus
3
More roundabouts - improved signage
2
Loosen standards for life cycle costs effectiveness on mass transit
1
Bikes should be encouraged; covered parking & repair
1
Shared bikes & hybrid cars
1
Decrease commute time between campuses
1
Enforce speed limit
1
Perimeter parking with bus transportation into interior campus areas - minimize internal vehicular traffic
to facilitate pedestrian & bike, bus transportation
1
Improve pedestrian/bike approaches/entrances (from south & west)
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Effective & appropriate vehicular movement
0
Add speed limit signs to achievement
0
Bike racks on wolf line buses
0
Moving sidewalk
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Get cars off roads
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Dedicated roads
0
Walkable amenities - i.e., Town Center
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Improve Connectivity
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Get APM ASAP - plan ahead
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Commute to TTA user friendly
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Continued cooperation with TTA & CAT - More access to TTA in Cary
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No need to construct extra parking with Lake Raleigh Woods project because Centennial parking can be
utilized - Centennial Middle School Parking
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Underground or substructure parking in building?
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Clear marked and visible visitor parking
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Permeable parking lots
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More underground parking
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Car free zones & viable alternatives
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Minimize surface parking
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Varsity Drive/Main Campus Drive Intersection - stop sign 4 X 4/cross walks
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Topic: Effective and Appropriate Vehicular Movement
Votes Comments
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If when putting road to connect Centennial Middle & Centennial Campus, put on south side of Ridgeline,
away from Lake Raleigh Woods
0
Improve the guard station - relocate closer to Avent Ferry
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More teleconferencing
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Bus Lanes?
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Bus priority corridors
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Regional transit connections
0
Bus shelters - covered - GPS on buses for tracking - in buildings and in shelters
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Parking for visitors, corporate, gov't partners
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Centennial Campus Precinct Workshop Feedback
Topic: Other Planning Issues
Votes Comments
6
Go beyond compliance, be a model for community
5
Preserve 80 acres of Lake Raleigh Woods for outdoor classes and future generations - dedicate as
sacred space
4
Preservation of 311 acres of Dorothea Dix as a park
3
Extend Pullen Drive to Centennial Campus
2
Connectivity to Mission Valley and shopping center to south of Centennial Campus
1
High density housing - Spring Hill, but good to Spring Hill neighbors
1
Work with City of Raleigh to make sure plan for Dorothea Dix is compatible, not competitive with
Centennial Campus- hotel on Dorothea Dix in Raleigh Plan
1
Electronic signs showing daily activities and directions to parking/venue
1
Connectivity - cross over major arteries
1
Need emergency evacuation plan, including designated assembly area
1
More NCSU events - pep rallies
1
Green buildings including dorms
1
Reduce emphasis on profits and more on university goals (education)
1
Need affordable conference space, not necessarily five star hotel like Kellogg Center
0
Trade some centennial space for Dorothea Dix space - golf course
0
A good neighbor for Dorothea Dix
0
Centennial Campus signs on 40/440, Gorman Street, Lake Wheeler exits
0
Better web maps showing buildings close up for better understanding and viewing
0
Accessibility
0
Good signage in buildings and outside
0
Emergency Medical Service, fire protection and support
0
Complete greenway connections
0
Emergency preparedness plans related to transportation, etc.
0
Respect limits of Centennial satellite campus police station
0
Incorporate way-finding into paths
0
Wayfinding from parking lots: should be a "front door" on side where people are approaching from
(should not have to walk around entire building)
0
Pullen & Western Blvd.- dangerous intersection forces people leaving campus to get out of car and push
pedestrian signal to change light and safely get on to Western Blvd.
0
Creation of common space between university and Raleigh
0
Purchase Tryon Hill (RGA) golf course instead of building one
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Topic: Other Planning Issues
Votes Comments
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Public/private partnership creates conflicting goals
0
Make sacred places explicit in Physical Master Plan - include a list
0
Better interior/exterior building directories
0
Developer building the buildings on Centennial Campus: developer values vs. university values
0
Compatibility of development with neighbors
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