Campus Design Tiger Team

1. Campus Design Tiger Team Strategic Planning Public Forum Presentation March 3, 2008

2. Campus Design Tiger Team • 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

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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

6. Second Core VisionSustainability 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

7. Four Primary Initiatives • Campus Living and Learning Initiative • Accessibility Initiative • Environmental Initiative • Community Partnership Initiative “The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children” --Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian

8. 1. Campus Living and Learning Initiative Campus structure • Vibrant learning community • Compact, dense, connected campus Open spaces • Culturally diverse, green, gathering spaces • Safe and universally accessible walking paths Art and culture • More & greater variety of public art • Policy development, decision process • Promote and expand museum art on campus Living & learning laboratory spaces • Additional and well-designed classroom spaces • Utilize residential and libraries spaces for learning needs

9. 2. Accessibility Initiative Signage and Wayfinding • Purdue website as a navigational portal • Implement the proposed wayfinding system Transportation Network • Safe, convenient universally accessible and efficient public transit and pedestrian paths • Encourage alternative-vehicle usage • Create a safe, interconnected, and efficient street system Parking • Redistribute facilities to better accommodate demands • Establish financial incentives for carpooling, use of public transit and/or remote parking Regional Access • Facilitate collaboration among local, state and federal agencies for direct regional access

10. 3. Environmental Initiative Organization • Facilitate communication/collaboration among environmentally-related researchers • Formalize the Sustainability Council’s role • Position for university sustainability director • Promote sustainable best management practices and research 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

11. 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 Discovery and Outreach • 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

12. 4. Community Partnership Initiative Sustainable economic development • New economic business, residence opportunities • Revitalize core residential and commercial areas • Cultivate community/Purdue partnerships Public relations • Partner with cities on planning and renovation efforts • Promote student participation in community efforts • Establish a campus/community marketing strategy • Integrate multi-culturalism into the entire community Good Neighbor Policies • 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. Extension of Living Laboratories • Overcome physical, jurisdictional, social barriers • Maximize partnerships that offer learning opportunities

13. Campus Design Tiger Team Thank you