CUA Draft Master Plan Sept LowRes

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Campus Analysis

16 November 2010

2012 Campus Master Plan

Draft Master Plan

September 2011

2 Planning Process

Observations

Precedents, Program, & Place

Draft Plan & Design Guidelines Final Plan & Report

Guiding Principles &

Campus Concept Precinct Studies

Test Ideas

3 Community Concerns

• Balance between on/off campus housing

and student growth

• Increased traffic at existing conflict

intersections

• Build and increase interaction between

university and neighborhood

• Pedestrian safety at campus edges

• Concerns of safety and cleanliness of

Taylor Street, especially the woods

• Concerns about overflow parking,

especially during special events at DuFour

• Focused activity around metro

• Open activity centers to community

• Maintain and celebrate historic architecture

• More campus green space that can be

shared and enjoyed by the university and

the community

Open Community Meetings

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Observations Review

5 Regional Topography

Washington

National

Cathedral

US Capitol

National

Shrine

6 Campus Development 1889-1920

Building Name Year Constructed Addition / Renovation

1 Caldwell Hall 1889 1960

2 McMahon Hall 1895 -

3 Marist Hall 1900 -

4 O’Boyle Hall 1900 -

5 Power Plant 1910 -

6 Gibbons Hall 1912 -

7 Father O’Connell Hall 1914 1959, 1962, 2010

8 Maloney Hall 1917 1926

9 Salve Regina Hall 1917 1920, 1924, 1967, 1985

10 Edward M. Crough Hall 1919 1989, 1997

1889 - 1920

7 1915 Shahan Master Plan



1 John K. Mullen of Denver 1925-1928 1958

2 Ward Hall 1930 1955, 1974

3 Marist Annex 1932 1999

4 Curley Hall + South 1939 -

5 Nugent Hall 1940 1948

6 Ryan Hall 1946 -

7 Regan Hall 1949 -

8 Shahan Hall 1949 -

9 St. Vincent de Paul Chapel 1949 1991

1889 - 1920 1921 - 1950



1 McGivney Hall 1957-1958 2009, 2010

2 Father O’Connell East 1959 2010

3 McCort-Ward Building 1961 -

4 Gowan Hall 1961 -

5 Pangborn Hall 1961 -

6 Eugene I. Kane Student Ctr. 1962 1999

7 Father O’Connell West 1962 2010

8 Flather Hall 1962 1997

9 Nursing-Biology Building 1966 -

10 Leahy Hall 1966 -

11 Hartke Theatre 1970 -

12 Aquinas Hall 1977 -

1889 - 1950 1951 - 1980



1 Raymond A. Dufour 1985 -

2 Hannan Hall 1987 -

3 Centenial Village 1988 -

4 Columbus School of Law 1994 -

5 Curley Court 1999 -

6 Millennium North + South 2001 -

7 Edward J. Pryzbyla 2003 -

8 Ground Complex 2008 -

9 Opus Hall 2009 -

1889 - 1980 1981 - 2010

11 Topography

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• Asset and a Challenge

• Adds to lack of clarity

• 100+ foot grade change

• Views up to the campus core

12 Pedestrian Walking Distance – Metro Station

Pedestrian Walking Circle

5-min walk

10-min walk

15-min walk

• Land within a 5 minute walk of the metro is an

important real estate asset

• Key Issues include:

• Use

• Relationship to edges

• Links to campus core

• Arrival and Gateway

13 Automobile Circulation + Parking

Underground Parking Garage

Primary Roads Secondary Roads

Metro Station

University Roads

Brookland --CUA

• Urban south east corner

• Confusing roadway and intersection alignments

• Redundant or superfluous street connections

14 Pedestrian Conflicts

• Several vehicle-pedestrian conflicts exist on and

around campus

Taylor Street

Brookland - CUA

15 Pedestrian Islands

• Most iconic buildings are surrounded by roads and

parking

• Metro tenuously connected to campus core

McMahon

Hall

Library

Caldwell

Hall

Student

Housing

Father

O’Connell

Hal

Columbus

Hall

Centennial

Hall

Shrine

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Draft Plan

17 Master Plan Objectives

• Reflect the University’s Catholic mission and values:

Stewardship of the campus

Faith and reason

Service and outreach to the community

Student life

• Support academic excellence:

Integrate campus life and learning

Enhance interdisciplinary collaboration

Provide a stimulating campus setting

• Foster a collegiate atmosphere and a vibrant campus

experience for students, faculty, staff and visitors

• Create a more cohesive campus

• Sustainable campus environment

• Strengthen connections (pedestrian, spatial, neighborhood)

• View corridors, edges, arrival

The goal of this Master Plan is to support the University’s Strategic Plan

through the following objectives:

18 15 year Head Count Projections

Goal (Academic year) 2010 2011 2012 2016 2022 2027 New freshmen 850 1,026 850 950 950 1,000

First year retention rate 85.8% 85.8% 85.8% 85.8% 85.8% 85.8%

Second year retention rate 77.4% 77.4% 77.4% 77.4% 77.4% 77.4%

Full-time

Undergraduate 3,422 3,347 3,331 3,479 3,636 4,100

Graduate 847 924 930 940 960 1,000

Law School 576 560 540 540 540 560

Total 4,845 4,831 4,801 4,959 5,136 5,660

Part-time

Undergraduate 232 226 245 245 245 275

Graduate 1,548 1,609 1,615 1,620 1,640 1,800

Law School 331 301 290 290 290 300

Total 2,111 2,136 2,150 2,155 2,175 2,375

Total headcount

Undergraduate 3,654 3,573 3,576 3,724 3,881 4,375

Graduate 2,395 2,533 2,545 2,560 2,600 2,800

Law School 907 861 830 830 830 860

Total headcount 6,956 6,967 6,951 7,114 7,311 8,035

Projected Faculty and Staff

2010 2011 2012 2016 2022 2027

Full-time

Faculty 366 385 388 395 405 445

Staff 958 952 955 980 1,000 1,045

Total 1,324 1,337 1,343 1,375 1,405 1,490

Part-time

Faculty 349 361 355 360 375 410

Staff 202 211 211 215 215 230

Total 551 572 566 575 590 640

Headcount

Faculty 715 746 743 755 780 855

Staff 1,160 1,163 1,166 1,195 1,215 1,275

Total 1,875 1,909 1,909 1,950 1,995 2,130

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Concept Plan

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Better connect the Campus Core to the

Metro, Student Housing precinct, and

DuFour Center

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Strengthen the Open Space and

pedestrian environment on campus

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Build upon the picturesque, pastoral, and

formal landscape qualities of the campus

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Strengthen axes and focal points as

organizers to the campus

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Separate vehicular and pedestrian traffic

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Create a new Vehicular approach from North

Capitol Street onto West Campus

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Nurture sacramental and contemplative

spaces

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Enhance the historic qualities of spaces and

buildings on campus

Taylor Street

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Draft Concept Plan

• Improve connections, safety, lighting,

signage, and landscape at campus edges

Taylor Street

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PAVING – CITY STREETS

Michigan Avenue

• Trees

• Lights

• Curbs

• Edge

Proposed Michigan Avenue Street Section

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Support a continued leadership in

Sustainability

Enhance student housing and on campus

amenities

Create a Transportation Demand

Management Plan

Master Plan Initiatives

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• Continue the long-standing policy that requires full-time traditional

undergraduate first and second year students to live on-campus;

• Expand single gender residence halls for first year students;

• Accommodate junior and senior housing needs;

• Provide appropriate facilities to accommodate the residential

education, student faith formation and Living-Learning Community

programs;

• Maintain a highly residential undergraduate population of at least

70%;

• Continue the commitment to renovate existing, older housing to

create a more modern environment.

Housing Goals:

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Future reconnect,

re-create green

corridors

Current development

interrupted the flow of

dense woodland into

the campus, leaving

isolated remnants

Past 1970s

• Expand on current initiatives

• Reducing impervious surface

• Increase Tree cover

• Low impact storm water design

• Reduce energy consumption and carbon

emissions

• Building placement and design

• Meet LEED standards in building design

• Make students active participants in realizing

a more sustainable campus (e.g. academic

initiatives & energy challenges)

• Transportation Demand Management Plan

Sustainability Initiatives

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Taylor Street

Taylor Street

Exiting Conditions Concept Plan

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