Redefining the Campus of the Future
Through Discovery, Research, and Planning, universities have the power to fundamentally change the future of the world.
Approach ― 5 Projects ― 9 Contents
Front Cover: The University of Alabama, Huntsville
Left: Georgia Tech, Harrison Square
― Campus Master Planning
Redefining the Campus of the Future.
Higher education campuses have evolved from the traditional model of rigid organizational structures housed in buildings to more shared environments of knowledge, partnerships, and flexibility. The campus itself is being redefined as a network of immersive education, social and cultural experiences, and industry skills. Our approach focuses on breaking down siloes and what will be seen as significant cultural shifts in the education model. As planners, designers and engineers, we see opportunities in bridging siloes in research and innovation, student mobility, blurring campus boundaries as the evolving education model.
It is time for a new perspective.
For universities to continue to be dynamic, agile, and at the forefront of their missions in this evolving higher education landscape, it is important to have a perspective that will break down traditional silos with the integration of the academic mission, physical facilities, and financial realities.
We believe our collaborative and deeply inclusive process is valuable to universities in uncovering the hard truths to meeting evolving student needs. We have honed our planning approach to shift away from traditional static plans to dynamic and agile Master Plans. They serve as powerful guiding tools for universities in decision making, near and long-term thinking, and ways to be resilient in the face of uncertainty. This leads to consensus and ownership amongst stakeholders, leadership, and student community at the highest level.
Partnerships
Interdisciplinar y Collaboration
Lifelong Alumni
Vision for Future Experience
Subscriptions
Brand
Innovation Hubs Virtual Learning
Open Space
Health and Wellness
Space Utilization
Innovation Hubs
Infrastructure Systems
Campus Experience
Growing without the burden of growing
Campus planning sets the stage that enables an institution’s physical environment to fully support its mission and vision. Perkins&Will’s approach to campus planning and design is strategic, deeply collaborative, sustainable, and data-driven. Our work is informed by internationally recognized specialists in a diverse array of higher education project types. For each project, we delve deeply to understand its distinct context, setting, and goals. Every plan is a unique response that provides a flexible and inspirational road map for the future, to support innovation, promote stewardship, and strengthen community. Our team has led many such campus planning efforts bringing bold design strategies, people-first sensibility, vibrancy, and community collaboration.
― Campus Master Planning
Selected Projects
The University of Kansas
2024 Master Plan:A Resilient Campus
Lawrence, Kansas
Client: University of Kansas
Size: 1,000 acres
Completion: 2024
― WHAT IT IS
A dynamic and data-informed master plan highlighting opportunities for improvement in all space categories.
University of Kansas, Campus Master Plan
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A visualization of Jayhawk Boulevard’s crucial intersection with the path of migration of monarch and Nymphalidae family butterflies.
The plan led to policies that optimize use and reduce the University’s footprint, operational costs, and environmental impact, and carbon footprint.
30% Increase in biodiversity
1200 MT of Carbon sequestered per year
, an organization that has tagged over 1.5 million monarch butterflies to study their migration patterns since its inception in 1992.
The Kansas Biological Survey is grounded in its historic studies of the state’s flora and fauna dating back to 1866.
KU is home to Monarch Watch
KU
Migration Path of Monarch Butterflies
Campus Ecologies
“This master plan is a work based on thousands of voices expressing what we value and how we should use this place on Mount Oread, we have an obligation to be good stewards of this campus. Our goal is to be sustainable and resilient, and this is our path forward.”
― PROVOST BARBARA BICHELMEYER
The Prairie Acre is an unplowed, native prairie remnant established in 1932 on campus.
Housed at KU’s historic Dyche Hall, Kansas Biodiversity Institute is one is of the world’s leaders in collection-based research into past and present life on Earth.
The University of New Hampshire Framework Plan
Durham, New Hampshire
Client: University of New Hampshire
Size: 1,100 acres
Completion Date: 2024
― WHAT IT IS A 10-year Campus Master Plan supporting UNH’s strategic priorities: enhancing student success and well-being, expanding academic and research excellence, embracing the roots of rural New Hampshire, and building financial strength.
Florida State University Campus Master Plan
Tallahassee and Panama City, Florida
Client: Florida State University
Size: 3 Campuses, 1,200 acres (486 hectares)
Main Campus, 475 acres (192 hectares)
Southwest Campus, 740 acres (300 hectares)
Panama City Campus, 26 acres (11 hectares)
Completion Date: Ongoing
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Campus Master Plan
Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Wentworth Institute of Technology
Size: 1,440,000 square feet (28 acres)
Completion Date: 2023
― WHAT IT IS
An open space framework that leverages Wentworth’s unique location for a cultural transformation.
WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE
The data collected from digital surveys was tabulated and translated into spatial mapping visuals, resulting in unique insights for both the client and design team.
Delaware State University
Campus Master Plan
Dover, Delaware
Client: Delaware State University
Size: 613,143 square feet
Completion Date: 2022
Awards: MERIT Award, Analysis & Planning, Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 2023
The reimagined campus framework fosters innovation and collaboration through a node and network system that supports the technological, scholastic, social, and creative needs of the students.
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The Stinger Spine Pavilion creates moments of happenstance engagement and respite for students navigating campus. A celebration of the rich history, sculptural modules put the campus’ rich history on display.
― WHAT IT IS A comprehensive plan promoting diversity and long term student growth, resulting in an elevated student experience.
Georgetown University, Capitol Campus Master Plan
Washington, D.C.
Client: Georgetown University
Size: Confidential
Completion Date: 2024
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Strategically distributed spaces for collaboration and gathering will welcome partners and neighbors into the campus, fostering an open, inclusive academic landscape that is deeply embedded in its community. This plan will uniquely position the client for its next 100 years of growth and empower the university to fulfill its mission to drive positive global change through education and leadership.
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WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE
The
capitol campus will be transformed into vibrant campus with student activity that nurtures future leaders around social equity, climate change, problem solving, and educational aspirations.
University of Virginia
Ivy
Gardens Master Plan
Charlottesville, Virginia
Client: University of Virginia
Size: 1.4M square feet
Completion Date: Spring 2020
― WHAT IT IS
An academic mixed-use development with three different housing market typologies, residential amenities, innovation hub, retail and commercial, and a program development model of over 1.4M square feet.
MULTI MODAL SYSTEM
Framework of bikeways and pedestrian walkways for improved connectivity
GRADUATE
STUDENT COMMUNITY
Living commons with social hubs for collaboration, dining and recreation
RESIDENTIAL COMMONS
PEDESTRIAN SPINE
Residential communities with
Native street trees to provide shade and reduce Heat Island effect
GREEN COURTYARD
Reduce paved areas with mitigate heat island effect
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
Bio-swales and stormwater BMPs to collect, purify and
Michigan State University
Crescent Road Redevelopment Master Plan
East Lansing, Michigan
Client: Michigan State University
Size: 140 acres (57 hectares)
Completion Date: 2018
― WHAT IT IS
Optimizing the university’s existing land holdings by creating a vibrant, walkable, urban destination.
Western Michigan University
Hilltop Village Master Plan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Client: Western Michigan University
Size: 150 acres (61 hectares), 3.1 M square feet (288,000 square meters)
Completion Date: 2018
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WHAT IT IS
A long-range vision that
includes phasing aligned with real estate market realities and integrated with the university’s space needs.
University of Florida Innovation Square Vision Plan
Gainesville, Florida
Client: University of Florida
Size: 60 acres (24 hectares)
Completion Date: Ongoing
Awards:
Donald E. Hunter Excellence in Economic Development Planning
Award,American Planning Association, 2012
Award of Merit, Planning Category, Florida American Planning Association, 2012
Honor Award, Planning & Analysis Category, Florida ASLA, 2012
Out of the Box Award, Florida
Redevelopment Association, 2012
President’s Award, Florida
Redevelopment Association, 2012
― WHAT IT IS A walkable, high-density district that attracts researchers, students, and start-ups with lively spaces to live, work, play, and collaborate.
― WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE
Breaking down barriers between “town and gown” to create a collaborative space for research and discovery.
Wake Forest Innovation Quarter Master Plan
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Client: Wake Health, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter
Size: 28 acres, 10 buildings, 2.7 M square feet
Completion Date: May 2021
An aerial perspective view of the Innovation Quarter with the focal green spaces in the center framed by mixed-use buildings.
― WHAT IT IS
Innovation Quarter is one of the latest incarnations of creativity, collaboration, and cooperation in Winston-Salem connecting and enhancing the network of green open spaces, streets, and trails that unite varied neighborhoods.
University of Wisconsin-Madison West Campus District Plan
Madison, Wisconsin
Client: Aaron Olver, University Research Park
Size: 127 Acres / 4.8M square feet
Completion Date: October 2023
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Sustainable rooftop technology on strategically chosen buildings of all uses to provide on-site energy generation
HEATING AND COOLING PLANT
Providing and enhancing habitats for native species along lakefront and Lakefront Nature Preserve
Trees lining roads and walking paths provide shade and help mitigate heat island effect
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Collecting clean, renewable energy from the earth. (Location for illustration purposes)
RAPID TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY
Multimodal interchange between bus, bicycles, and pedestrian
WATER
The Co Gen facility provides electricity, steam heat, and chilled water, reducing costs and emissions, exemplifying clean energy.
BUILDING REUSE
Repurposing the WARF fosters sustainability and efficient space utilization.
ZERO WASTE
Planning for efficient and effective resource and materials management
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Bioswales along roads and lake edges are designed to manage stormwater and runoff
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Green roofs can providing insulation and reduce the need for heating and cooling, which helps reduce energy consumption.
BIKEABLE & PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY CAMPUS
Routes connect this district to the rest of campus supporting an active and healthy lifestyle as well as reduces traffic and parking needs
― WHAT IT IS
The first major initiative under UW-Madison’s new real estate strategy, which aims to support the mission of the university through revenue generation by optimizing land use.
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Campus Plan and FORGE Innovation District Plan
Killeen, Texas
Client: Fort Hood Regional Economic Development Corporation
Size: 672 acres
Completion Date: 2022
― WHAT IT IS
Forge is a dynamic, defense-driven research community that celebrates Killeen’s unique context.
A&M-Central Texas, along with its partners in the Department of Defense, local government, economic development agencies, affiliated educational institutions, workforce development organizations, and private industry seek to create a coalition of change, build on the booming knowledge economy in the Central Texas region, and develop a more diversified economy.
― WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE
Design that embraces the unique natural character and ecosystems that characterize the Texas Hill Country, while preserving and enhancing critical wildlife habitat.
Capitalizing on a unique opportunity to create a center of innovation within the A&M-Central Texas campus, a new trajectory can be launched—one which will set in motion a vibrant and everexpanding innovation ecosystem.
Open space connections and park network
Tarleton State University Campus Master Plans
Stephenville and Fort Worth, Texas
Client: Tarleton State University
Size: Stephenville 200 acres ; Fort Worth 80 acres
Duration: 6 years ongoing work with Tarleton State
― WHAT IT IS
A plan addressing specific near-term priorities while providing a framework for long-term growth, identifying six priority areas of need on two campuses: academic space; student housing; athletics, recreation and student life; parking; campus landscape; and infrastructure.
Aerial of the Master Plan including Main Academic Quad and Chisholm
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University of Virginia, Brandon Avenue
Master Plan and Green Street Design
Charlotesville, Virginia
Client: University of Virginia
Size: 8 acres
Completion Date: 2020
Awards: Georgia ASLA , Honor Award, Analysis & Planning category, 2022; Best Ultra Urban Project, Chesapeake Stormwater Network BUBBA, 2021; Best Landscape/Urban Development Project, ENR MidAtlantic, 2020; Honor Award, ASLA Southeast, 2019
A bioremediation corridor and civic promenade define an entirely new urban district of UVA's renowned Academical Village.
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