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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FUTURE LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN
CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, 2005-2015 DATA & ANALYSIS
V. Campus Sectors
In order to evaluate and understand contiguous areas of campus at a smaller scale, the main
campus was divided into twelve planning sectors as presented on the following figure. These
sectors were delineated based, to some extent, on land use patterns and function. Pragmatically,
they were also delineated so as to be proportionally correct for display on maps contained in this
document. Some areas beyond the campus boundary were included in the planning sector
coverage for the purpose of providing a community context and symmetric boundaries.
However, this inclusion does not imply that the university will be making any recommendations
in the non-campus areas.
A general description of each planning sector is as follows:
• Planning Sector “A” includes the University Golf Course as a unique land use situated
on University Athletic Association lands and included in the campus master plan
boundary.
• Planning Sector “B” includes the Law School, student housing complexes, Greek
housing, athletic and recreation facilities, student support facilities and open spaces.
Because it includes large athletic fields and open spaces, its character is largely one of
lower density development with expansive open spaces between clusters of development.
It includes small linear portion of the Historic Impact Area which straddles Gale
Lemerand Drive to include Tolbert Hall and the former site of Flavet housing.
• Planning Sector “C” includes the National Register Historic District, the Historic
Impact Area and a concentration of campus buildings often referred to as the “core
campus” or “northeast corner”. It is the portion of campus that is most interconnected
with the Gainesville community across W. University Avenue and W. 13 th Street. The
building pattern in Sector “C” is one of generally modest building sizes places in close
proximity to one another with formal open spaces defined by the building locations and
gridded streets.
• Planning Sector “D” includes a large western part of campus containing student housing
complexes, athletic and recreation facilities, physical plant facilities, and the new
Orthopaedic Center west of SW 34 th Street.
• Planning Sector “E” contains Lake Alice and its perimeter including a hydrologicallyconnected
area south of Mowry Road, and the Bat House and student gardens north of
Museum Road. Significant IFAS academic facilities also exist in this area including
Fifield Hall, Microbiology and Cell Science building, and numerous greenhouses and
support facilities some of which utilize access to Lake Alice for research.
• Planning Sector “F” includes a significant built area south of Museum Road containing
a mix of academic buildings, student housing complexes, support facilities and open
space. Its function is most similar to that of Planning Sector “C”, although its newer
development period resulted in somewhat different patterns than in the historic part of
campus. It includes small linear portion of the Historic Impact Area which straddles
Museum Road to include University Police Department building (former WRUF radio
station). Compared to Sector “C”, buildings in this sector tend to have larger footprints
and modernistic designs. This Sector contains the only high-rise residence hall on
campus at Beaty Towers. And unlike Sector “C”, Sector “F” contains several large
surface parking lots and open spaces that are retained in a more natural state (i.e. not
manicured or formally landscaped).
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