Northwest Campus Redesign
Jack Ritchie LAND 4900 Professor Spooner April 18, 2012
Introduction Senior project theme: Campus Planning Location: The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia USA Objectives: • To create a new space for university schools and colleges • To promote pedestrian circulation • To retain vehicular parking and flow • To exhibit sustainable practices • To continue UGA’s sense of place through architecture
Site Map
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Site Map
Yellow= Site
Blue=UGA
Site Map
Yellow= Site
Blue=UGA
Red=Downtown
Site History • • • •
Wray-Nicholson property University parking lots Public Housing(urban renewal) Holiday Inn(old Athens YMCA site)
Accessory Houses
c. late 1800s/early1900s
Wray –Nicholson House, c.1825. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2415/2490438753_b52ec6927b_m.jpg
Site Problems • • • • •
Connection to campus Existing roads and infrastructure Privately owned properties Topography of the site Unused or abandoned buildings
Site Needs The following new structures were required: • • • • • • •
Office of Vice President of Research Terry College of Business Family & Consumer Sciences School of Public & International Affairs Hull Street Parking Deck Extension Dining Hall Alumni Center
Additional needs: • Green space • Parking • Community involvement
Inventory Purpose: • Identify what is there • How can it be used in my design? • Save and use existing site features • Draw analysis from results
Arrows show direction of water flow across site
Red=UGA Gold=Church use Blue=Public Housing Orange=Holiday Inn Green=Private, commercial use
Red & Green=Historic structures that must stay Red & Gold=Historic structures that may be demolished
Green=Go Yellow=Caution/slow down Burgundy=Stopped or parking lots
Red=Stop
Red=Primary views Orange=Secondary views Gold=Tertiary views
Analysis Decisions made from inventory: • View corridors to keep • Tree masses to keep • Connections to be made
Red=Most suitable for development Gold=Leave alone, do not touch Arrows represent connections to be made
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Master Plan • • • •
Modified concept #2 Designed building footprints Designed sidewalks and streets Rendered to scale
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Site Plan The new Terry College of Business Courtyard
Terry College of Business
Additional Drawings
20 foot wide walkways •Allow for set up of tents •Large amounts of people •Easy flow of pedestrian traffic
Additional Drawings Experimenting with different building designs and layouts for Terry College
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Breaking up the college into a group of buildings
Notice the parking created underneath Terry College of Business. This will allow for easier access for professors and distinguished guests.
Additional Drawings
Final Terry College of Business building design
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Grading Plan
planting Plan
Construction details
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