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NORTH ACADEMIC CORE URBAN DESIGN / FACILITIES
SITING STUDY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY August
14, 2007
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Introduction
While OSUs greatest capacity for expansion in
this new century lies West of the Olentangy
River, there remains, in the highly desirable
North Academic Core, considerable opportunity for
growth.
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The North Academic Core

• 85 acres
• 4.3 million GSF of buildings
• Home to
• - Federation of Arts and Sciences
• - College of Engineering
• - College of Education
• Loosely organized by discipline
• Urban character
• Walkable collegiate scale
• In the heart of the Central Campus

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Project Approach and Scope
Big Picture Long View

• Evaluate existing conditions
• Analyze district as a whole
• Review / Coordinate past studies (campus-wide)
• Propose comprehensive growth strategies
• Optimize potential of a desirable district
  without compromising its character

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Opportunities for Optimizing District

• Replace inefficient buildings
• Optimize underdeveloped sites
• Over 1 million additional GSF of building is
  possible
• Reinforce open spaces with consistent building
  edges
• Activate open spaces with ground floor program
• Facilitate / Promote interaction
• Strengthen connections to adjacent districts
• Upgrade infrastructure to support increased
  capacity
• Provide flexible framework for growth
• Provide attractive building sites for future
  donors

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Open Space
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Campus Function
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District Function
GENERAL CLASSROOM
ARTS
SCIENCES LABORATORIES
PARKING SUPPORT
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Affiliation by School
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Place and Circulation
PRIMARY PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
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The Campus Edge
EXISTING GATEWAY
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Campus Linkages
POTENTIAL LINKAGE
EXISTING LINKAGE
PROPOSED LINKAGES
DESTINATIONS

• LIBRARIES, CULTURAL CENTERS, RECREATION
• CENTERS, COMPUTER LABS AND FOOD SERVICE

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Student Amenities

• Dining
• The Arts
• Retail
• Student Computer Centers
• Recreations Sports, Fitness and Health

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Potential Projects

• Renovation or New Building planned for Koffolt
  Laboratories
• Possible Demolition of Haskett Hall to extend
  North Green Corridor
• Development Sites to screen parking garage and
  reinforce streetwall
• Possible new building for Social and Behavioral
  Sciences
• Possible new Interdisciplinary building (w/
  ground floor maintenance parking) / demolition
  of maintenance building
• Possible new building for English
• Possible renovation of Denney Hall or new
  building
• Possible demolition of Lord Hall for New School
  of Music building
• Possible addition to McCracken
• Possible projects at Hopkins Hall courtyard
• Renovation Planned for Oxley Library
• Possible Renovation of Hughes Hall
• Possible Renovation of Weigel Hall

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Supporting the Campus Master Plan
The Urban Design Concept and supporting
recommendations for the North Academic Core are
founded on the principles and goals of the 1995
Master Plan.
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Master Plan Goals

• Open SpacePlan first for open space and then
  plan for buildings and other facilities to
  reinforce those spaces
• Land ResourcesPlan future development at
  densities that conserve land, avoid excessive
  sprawl and reinforce the collegial, walking
  environment
• Civic StructurePreserve and extend the campus
  grid to join the campus neighborhoods and
  districts together in a more integrated way
• Campus and CommunityForm a continuous urban
  setting yet campus edges will be distinguished
  by gateways, landscape and changes in land use
• Campus RoadsReinforce a system of connecting
  (academic) boulevards between districts and
  internal streets that follow the campus and
  city grid
• ParkingReplace displaced parking in
  strategically located, well-designed
  structures while pursuing strategies for
  reducing per capita parking demand

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Master Plan Open Space Guidelines

• Urban street grid
• Interconnected open spaces
• Unified network of outdoor paths
• Buildings to reinforce civic structure
• Lane Avenue as campus gateway
• Woodruff as academic boulevard
• High Street as urban front door

BUILDINGS URBAN COURTYARD PEDESTRIAN
PROMENADE SERVICE COURT
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Master Plan Building Guidelines

• New buildings in the North Campus should be four
  floors high at minimum
• Where new buildings exceed the height of
  neighboring buildings, setbacks should be
  employed
• Building facades should be located along
  indicated build-to lines to create a consistent
  street or quadrangle wall
• Facades located on service areas or secondary
  spaces may vary to suit the requirements of the
  building
• Facades and adjacent public spaces to be
  harmoniously linked and reinforce each other
• Facades facing major public spaces should have
  primary entrances and abundant windows to
  enliven spaces
• Employ compatible materials and scale
• Mechanical equipment and service areas should be
  concealed and inaudible from adjacent public
  spaces

EXISTING BUILDINGS PROPOSED BUILDINGS
COMPLETED/UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED
FORDEMOLITION
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Urban Design Concept

• Three discreet but linked open spaces from the
  North Green
• Iconic interaction buildings mark both ends of
  the North Green
• Neil Avenue and College Road upgraded as major
  North-South promenades
• New buildings reinforce district edges on High
  Street and Woodruff Avenue
• Ground floor program and amenities activate open
  space
• Strong University presence on High Street for
  community interaction

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Open Spaces
MAJOR PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE PEDESTRIAN ROUTES PRO
POSED GREEN
EXISTING BUILDING PROPOSED BUILDING EXISTING G
REEN
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Organizational Models

• Academic Departments

• Academic Neighborhoods ( Divisional)

• Academic Departments (Inter-Disciplinary)

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Functional Concept

• Flexible functional framework
• Multi-disciplinary interaction
• Discipline-based adjacencies and districts
• Prominent and accessible site for Music
• New gateway on High Street
• Flexible site for English
• Maximized district capacity

GENERAL CLASSROOM
ARTS
SCIENCES LABORATORIES
PARKING SUPPORT
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Potential Near-Term Implementation

• New English and related programs building on Lord
  site
• Brown Hall site ready for redevelopment

EXISTING NORTH ACADEMIC CORE NEAR -
TERM CONSTRUCTION
NEAR - TERM DEMOLITION
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Potential Mid-Term Implementation

• Koffolt Re-Development for Engineering
• Temporary Arps relocation
• Music and Theater Arts to Arps site
• Demolition of Drake Facilitated

EXISTING NORTH ACADEMIC CORE MID -
TERM CONSTRUCTION
MID - TERM DEMOLITION
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Potential Long-Term Implementation

• New Education building adjacent to Arps garage
• Renovation of Hughes Hall and Weigell Hall
• New building TBD on Brown site
• New Engineering buildings at Johnston / Aviation
  / Boyd, Fontana / Macquigg / Watts
• New Engineering Education building on Haskett
  site
• New Arts and Sciences Incubator building on
  Denney site
• New Interdisciplinary Research building on
  maintenance site
• New expansion for McCracken
• New building TBD on Independence site
• New History building on Dulles site

LONG - TERM CONSTRUCTION
EXISTING NORTH ACADEMIC CORE
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Building Site Capacity Guidelines
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Building Site Capacity Chart
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Existing
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Green Space
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Near-Term
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Mid-Term
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Long-Term
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Circulation Guidelines
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Street Wall / District Edge Guidelines
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Bulk and Massing Guidelines

• Street Walls and Alignments with Existing
  Buildings to be Maintained
• New Buildings to Respect Adjacent Cornice Lines
  (60' Initial Setback Typically)
• Iconic Buildings at Haskett, Denney, Arps and
  Independence Can Exceed Neighboring Cornice Lines
• New Building West of Ramseyer to Terminate 19th
  Avenue with Major Entry

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Ground Floor Public Sequence Diagram
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Proposed Districts

• Organized by discipline
• Expansion space for each college
• Prominent New Building Sites for each college
• High Street activated by expansion of Arts
  District
• Expansion space for infrastructure

HUMANITIES/ GENERAL CLASSROOM SERVICE,
SUPPORT PARKING CHILLER PLANT
EDUCATION ARTS SCIENCES ENGINEERING
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A Flexible Framework
To accommodate the dynamic climate of the
University, the concept provides a Flexible
Framework for growth which can accommodate
various development options for building
schedule, location and function without
compromising the core principles.
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LORD - Site Development Options

• Guidelines
• Activate North Green and 17th Avenue
• Respond to adjacent street walls
• Respond to library across green
• Create new East-West linkages
• Main entry on North Green
• Service access from 18th Avenue
• Beakdown Scale
• Create new courtyard

• Program Options
• English and related programs
• Anthropology along 17th Avenue
• ACCAD along 17th Avenue
• Interdisciplinary Research building

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Koffolt / Fontana / Macquigg / Watts Site
Development Options

• Guidelines
• Activate North Green and 17th Avenue
• Respond to adjacent street walls
• Strengthen Woodruff Edge
• Main entries on North Green / Woodruff
• Create new courtyard(s)

• Options
• Floorplate size
• New building or new building / renovation
• Phased implementation

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North Green View
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Woodruff Avenue View
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High Street View
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Integrating Physical and Capital Planning

Realizing the long term vision for the North
Academic Core (And All Campus Districts) in a
challenging economic climate is possible through
a new comprehensive funding strategy.
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Integrating Physical and Capital Planning

• A New Approach
• Strategic
• Holistic
• Pooled resources
• Long-term vision
• Optimized solutions

• The Current Approach
• Incremental
• College-centric
• Competition for donors
• Short-term vision
• Inefficient solutions

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NORTH ACADEMIC CORE URBAN DESIGN / FACILITIES
SITING STUDY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY August
14, 2007
SOM