Webster University Campus Master Plan

Community Meeting #2 | Preferred Plan February 21, 2012

Scion | Jacobs

Agenda
Master Plan Accomplishments Preferred Plan Program Preferred Plan Direction

Schedule
EXISTING CONDITIONS, SPACE ANALYSIS & GOALS PLAN DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN SYNTHESIS REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

C A M P U S

E N G A G E M E N T

PHASE 1

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

PHASE 4

Master Plan Website

325 responses

MyWebster online survey 325 responses

Social Spaces University Center, Marlettos, Library, Sverdrup lounges, and housing are main sites for socializing. Small academic houses are praised for intimate social areas particularly the Thompson Music House and Pearson. Academics and Studying Top floor of the Library is a favorite space to study, as well as Sverdrup lounges and Marlettos. Students work together through formal tutoring in Webster and group work in the Webster Village apartments. Open Space The west quad and gardens by the Loretto Hilton are used for frisbee, relaxing, reading, and picnicking. Requests for more defined and usable spaces trees, benches in both large and small open spaces. Unsafe areas are focused along streets, parking lots, and campus edges.
Good representation across all years

Strong response from students

MASTER PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Webster University a premier U.S.-based international university

Preferred Plan accomplishments:
Accommodate the Universitys growth goals to educate an undergraduate population of 5,000 students. Enhance the image and identity of the campus through landscape improvements and an improved pedestrian environment. Accommodate key academic program needs Improve the student life experience campus-wide with expanded on-campus residential quantities and variety, a new recreation center to better meet athletics and recreation needs, an expanded dining facility and a centrally located student center.

Create opportunities for cross-functional interactions through larger meeting spaces and interdisciplinary buildings.
Use Websters limited campus land efficiently and sensitively by co-locating related programs or services, ensuring all buildings and landscapes contribute to the campus experience as a whole, and carefully considering neighborhood adjacencies.

Space Needs Summary (Growth to 5,000. Daytime)

Space Type Academic* Student Life/Study Support ASF needed at 5,000 107,000 asf 119,000 asf 18,000 asf *Academic space deficit includes labs and office space. There will be adequate future classroom space once the new East Academic Building opens.

PREFERRED PLAN DIRECTION

Phase 2 Concept Alternatives

Performing Arts Community Academic

1| Learning-Living Corridor

2| Mixed-Use Clusters
Sports and Recreational

3| Collaborative Forum

Preferred Plan

Student Center

Housing

Housing/ Retail

Garden Avenue Arts Athletics & Recreation Housing Dining Expanded Garage
Part of Lot owned by Nerinx Hall

N N
200

Option 1
I.T. Alumni 1-stop Student Center Housing Interdisciplinary Sciences Housing

Part of Lot owned by Nerinx Hall

44
Dining Arts

Housing

Recreation

Option 2
I.T. Alumni 1-stop Student Center Housing Interdisciplinary Sciences Housing

Part of Lot owned by Nerinx Hall

44
Dining

Housing Arts Recreation

Part of Lot owned by Nerinx Hall

Housing

Dining

using

Interdisciplinary Sciences Housing

Arts

Student Center Recreation

Overall view

Big Bend

Part of Lot owned by Nerinx Hall

Overall view

Building Use
Proposed

44
Garden Avenue

Academic/Administrative Academic Student Life/Dining Library Sports and Recreational Community Academic/Community Administrative Other Facilities Retail Residential

N N
200

Pedestrian Circulation
Proposed

44

Major Outdoor Circulation Outdoor Circulation Indoor Circulation Pedestrian Crossings

N N
200

Parking
Proposed

Shared Lot

44
Garden Avenue

Existing Surface Parking Lots Proposed Surface Parking Lots Existing Parking Garage Proposed Parking Garage Proposed Underground Parking Garage On-Street Parking

N N
200

Edgar Road

Arts

Recreation

West Quad

Drexel University Wellness/ Recreation Center

New Student Center and Terraced Landscape Stair across Edgar Road

Campus Center
55 Book store / Caf Function room Office and other activities 3F 165 Meeting room Office

Circulation
Kitchen and storage

*
Function space Student organization Career service Multicultural Center
44

Lounge space Entry lobby Food service

Kitchen/storage
Book store Caf/ Dining N

Big Bend

Housing

Housing

Student Center Interdisciplinary Sciences

East Quad

Interdisciplinary Sciences Building

Proposed

33

33

*
44

1 2 3 4

Basic Lab Module: 33 x 33 Lab Classroom and 11 Circulation 2 Labs, 2 Lab Support Spaces and 8 Offices Ground Level illustrating Classrooms/Auditorium or Learning Commons* Interdisciplinary Sciences Buildings outdoor relationship

Lab
Lab Support Office Building Core/Services

Horizontal Circulation Vertical Circulation Classrooms/Auditorium or Learning Commons*

4
N

Landscape
Proposed

44
Garden Avenue

Main Quads Foreground Landscapes Courtyards Gathering places Parking Garden

N N
200

Sustainability
Landscape Proposed

GREEN ROOF TREATMENT

PERVIOUS PAVEMENT, PLANTING ISLANDS & BIOSWALES

SUBSURFACE STORAGE

INFILTRATION & RECHARGE

RAIN GARDEN TREATMENT & INFILTRATION

NEAR TERM PHASING

Phasing
Near term
1

1 1-Stop Shopping Renovations 2 Sverdrup Renovation 3 Annex

Demolition of Communications

4
2 5

Garden Avenue

4 Interdisciplinary sciences building 5 Landscaped Quadrangle 6 Surface parking

44

N N
200

Phasing
Future phases

Garden Avenue

44

N N
200

SPACE MOVES

Space Moves
Principles and Priorities Are tied into a comprehensive understanding of campus space Plan for and accommodate future growth in academic and administrative space Support interdisciplinary and cross-functional collaboration through new adjacencies Re-locate programs in older houses to enable more efficient use of limited campus land Co-locate dispersed programs
School of Communications in Sverdrup Information Technology group closer to core campus and co-located 1-stop Shopping for Student Services in Webster Hall

Arts and Sciences and Communication

Interdisciplinary Arts

Information Technology

Administration and Student Services

TRANSPORTATION

Parking Requirements at Full Build Out

Future Parking Demand 2,200 total spaces needed (425 net additional spaces) New development displaces some existing spaces Future Parking Supply 2,370 spaces possible in new lots and garage Additional required spaces may be captured in reconfiguration of existing lots New Lots 1. Garage expanded to east 825-900 spaces 2. 220 spaces tucked under proposed Recreation Center 3. New parking garden west of garage - 145 spaces 4. Old Orchard - 187 spaces

3 1 2

200

What is Transportation Demand Management?

Transportation demand management is the application of strategies and policies to reduce travel demand (specifically single-occupancy private vehicles), or to redistribute this demand in space or in time (where and when people travel. Managing demand can be a cost-effective alternative to increasing capacity. A demand management approach has the potential to deliver better environmental outcomes, improved public health, and stronger communities Strategies for Webster might include:
Shuttle service linked to St. Louis transit or to remote parking facilities Car-sharing services Incentives to encourage biking, car-pooling, or transit use. Policy changes related to parking permits on campus, allowances for on-campus residences, or parking fee structures.

Shuttle Service
Options: Provide regular service between campus and Metrolink Shrewsbury or Sunnen Station (1.5 miles) Provide service to off-campus parking (Deer Creek or other locations) Provide service to off-campus sporting events

200

I.T.

Alumni 1-stop Student Center Housing

Housing

Interdisciplinary Sciences

Part of Lot owned by Nerinx Hall

44
Dining Arts

Housing

Recreation