Campus Design
Tiger Team
President’s Forum Presentation
February 27, 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
Included over 40 Information Clusters
• APSAC, CSSAC, Physical Facilities
• Architecture, Landscape Design and Planning
Committee
• BCC, LCC, Black Caucus
• Boiler Green Initiative (student group)
• Discovery Park – Energy, Climate, Environmental
Centers
• Intercollegiate Athletics, Learning Spaces
Directors
• L/WL Economic Development Committee
• Retirees, Transportation Services, CityBus
• Sustainability Council
• WL Mayor and Staff
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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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Campus Design Feedback
What like most about existing
campus design?
• Green/open space, tree paths
• Tradition of red brick
• Different shops/vending in facilities,
new food courts
• Proximity of classrooms (10 minute
rule)
• Connectivity to city by bus system
• International village
• Fountains
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Campus Design Feedback
What like least about existing
campus design?
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State Street division
Transportation time to 65
Campus signage
Insufficient classroom space
Insufficient lab and programs space
Outdated recreation facilities
Limited campus student housing
Poor lighting in parking areas
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Campus Design Feedback
Most like to change in future campus
design?
• Become more pedestrian friendly
• Access for handicap and aging
population
• More open areas and LEED certified
buildings
• Better signage and mapping
• Additional parking
• Better lighting, particularly in remote
parking areas
• Improved recreational facilities
• Provide a welcoming entrance
• Transportation options
• Consistency in technology across
campus
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Sample Benchmarking
Brown University
Cornell University
Iowa State University
Michigan State University
North Carolina State University
Notre Dame
Penn State University
The Ohio State University
Smith College of Liberal Arts
University of Illinois
University of Wisconsin: Madison and Green Bay
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of California at Davis
Virginia Commonwealth University
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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
Connectedness between north and
south campuses
Compact and dense campus
Renovations of existing buildings
Signature buildings
Open spaces
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Culturally diverse
Green space
Gathering spaces
Safe and universally accessible
walking paths
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1. Campus Living and
Learning Initiative
Art and culture
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More and a greater variety of public
art
Policy development, decision process
Promote and expand museum art on
campus
Commissioned art from both wellknown and lesser known artists
Living and learning laboratory spaces
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Additional and well-designed
classroom spaces
Utilize residential and libraries spaces
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for learning needs
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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Convenience and efficiency of public
transit system
Supplemental, two-way, campus transit
loop or shuttle system
Reduce traffic congestion
Encourage alternative-vehicle usage
Create a safe, interconnected, and
efficient street system
Safe, efficient, and easily accessible
service to buildings
Safe, convenient, universally accessible
pedestrian paths.
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2. Accessibility Initiative
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
Find new uses and/or research
collaboration opportunities for the
Purdue Airport
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3. Environmental Initiative
Organization
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Facilitate
communication/collaboration
among environmentallyrelated researchers
Formalize the Sustainability
Council’s role
Position for university
sustainability director
Promote sustainable best
management practices and
research
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3. Environmental Initiative
Environmental Systems
• 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
• Support and use the ash recycling
project
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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
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3. Environmental Initiative
Discovery and Outreach
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Publish assessment and
measurement statistics
Inventory and study
greenhouse gas emissions
Encourage more industrial
partnerships
Promote sustainability
Maximize opportunities for
students for research
Reward personal
responsibility for environment
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4. Community Partnership
Initiative
Sustainable economic development
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New economic business, residents 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
Collaborate on marketing, branding, visitor
publications
Establish a campus/community marketing strategy
Integrate multi-culturalism into the entire
community
Sell Purdue and cities as destination site
Relax ticketing and towing policies during major
events
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4. Community Partnership
Initiative
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.
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4. Community Partnership
Initiative
Extension of Living Laboratories
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Overcome physical, jurisdictional, social
barriers
Maximize partnerships that offer learning
opportunities
Extend physical facilities into the community
Youth development, education and support
programs
Partner with local schools to improve
graduation rates
Support collaborations between Purdue and
local mental health initiatives
Science/College Bound programs for local
youth
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Leadership
Responsibility
Campus Community:
• Trustees, President, Provost, Executive Vice President and
Treasurer
• Office of Engagement
• PRF
• Office of University Architect
• Discovery Park and Centers
• Office of Advancement – Development, University Relations,
Marketing and Communications
• Physical Facilities, Housing and Food Service
• Intercollegiate Athletics
• Employees, Students
Partners:
• State and government
• Municipal and community business leaders
• Corporate and industry constituents
• Community at large
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Resources
• Capital building projects
• R&R
• Private support – fundraising: individuals,
corporations and foundations
• Private partnerships and grants
• Tuition and fees
• Municipalities – TIFS
• Federal and state money
• Bonds
• 21st Century Fund
• INDOT and Federal Highway
• Industrial partnerships – environmentally
friendly research, programs
• Energy savings reinvestment
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Examples of Metrics
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Cost reductions
Number of sustainability projects funded
Number of projects initiated by Purdue students and
employees
New project outcome measures
Number and kind of training and certificate projects
initiated
Kinds and number of internships created with
sustainability focus
Resource recovery measures
Carbon footprint changes
Sustainability national grading
LEED certifications earned
Emission reductions
Computer energy reductions
Performance of building utilities
Ecosystem preservation inventories
National acknowledgment of campus environment
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Sustainability Report Card
Sustainable Endowments Institute
2008
Grade A: University of Washington,
Dartmouth, Middlebury College, Carleton
College, University of Vermont, Harvard
Grade B: Oberlin, Stanford, Yale,
Universities of Wisconsin, Michigan &
Minnesota, Cornell, Penn State
Grade C: Boston College, Ohio State,
Indiana, Purdue, Universities of Maryland &
Massachusetts, Notre Dame
Grade D: Brown, Creighton, George
Washington, Pepperdine, North Carolina,
Wake Forest, Houston
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Campus Design
Tiger Team
Thank you