William Rainey
Harper College
New York
Master Plan
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15, 2010
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EHRENKRANTZ ECKSTUT & KUHN ARCHITECTS / GRAYWOOD DESIGN in association with NELSON BYRD WOLTZ
Our Presentation Outline
 Insights from Strategic Plan Retreat
 Creative Analysis:
Site and Open Spaces
 Schedule
 Q&A
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Insights from the Strategic Plan Retreat
 College will need to grow
Campus will need to meet needs for more students, courses,
parking
 College must serve a more diverse population
Campus must welcome and support a broader group
 Student aspirations and student success are key
Campus needs to help inspire as well as to be more convenient
 “Permeability” – clear pathways, transparency
Barriers are torn down, move seamlessly, reweaving social fabric
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 College must become more efficient
“More learning per square foot”
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Site Analysis
 Campus has “good bones”
 Natural surroundings, cluster of
buildings around open spaces
 Avante and Performing Arts are
updates to the campus image
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 Campus
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advantage of natural features
Floodway
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Topography
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Soil Study
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Natural Zones
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Issues
 Entry too far from the arrival point
 Spaces on the campus are very large
 But overall campus scale is walkable
 Trees do little to shield winter winds or
enhance sense of place
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 Parking can contribute to sustainability
Arrival Too Far From Entry
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Potential Surface Parking Lot Reductions
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 The campus is divided into
academic and admin/service zones
 Campus leadership is at the edge
 Should admin and services be the
“bridge” in the center of the
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campus?
Classrooms
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Program Zones
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Program Zones
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Open Space Organizing Spine
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Issues
 Students and visitors arrive at all
sides
 The best sense of “place” is at the
south
 Avante is an arrival opportunity
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From Parking to Entries
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Service
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SIDE
SIDE
FRONT
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Bi-Polar Center- Student Center and Avante’
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Landscape Analysis
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Landscape Analysis
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