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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FUTURE LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN
CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, 2005-2015 DATA & ANALYSIS
D. The 1957/1958 Master Plan
The 1957/1958 plan continued to reiterate some of the recent campus planning directions that first
emerged in the 1948 master plan. The new spatial configuration suggested in the 1948 plan
became the major feature of the 1957/1958 plan. The open space branched out even further than
that suggested in 1948 to create a new open space corridor starting from the suggested location of
the student center, and ending close to the married housing units near Archer Road. Consistent
with the 1948 plan, the open space corridor also extended west to the location of Flavet Field
today, where men’s dorms are suggested in the plan.
Another significant difference is related to building orientations. Most of the newer buildings are
not at right angles and have different orientations. A large number of the suggested buildings
frame the new open space corridors. In some cases, particularly the new dormitories, the angular
placement of some buildings was designed to take advantage of prevailing winds. In this master
plan, the area covered by campus land uses grew dramatically especially through agricultural
functions. The agriculture land use expanded south beyond Lake Alice, and even further beyond
Archer Road. Some important buildings were also shown in this plan. Such buildings include the
Health Science Center, Shands Hospital, married housing units, Corry Village, sororities,
fraternities, the president’s home, P.K. Yonge Laboratory School, Tigert Hall, and women’s
dormitories.
Another major difference in the 1957/1958 plan is that it shows a number of parking lots in
different areas of campus. This indicates the wide use of vehicles on campus for the first time,
and could be one of the most dramatic changes in campus development history. Yet, although
there are a number of parking lots shown in the map, no separate land use is designated for
parking. Such designation took place in later stages of the campus planning evolution. The
presence of automobiles on campus influenced and continues to influence the development of
campus, especially campus open-spaces and circulation. Other than sweeping open spaces, the
1957/1958 master plan reflects few pedestrian sidewalks with most of the emphasis on
automobile-oriented access. The 1958 Master Plan document includes the land use and open
space patterns consistent with the 1957 document.
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