Campus Master Plan (PDF) - Purdue University Calumet

DESIGN CHARRETTE MODEL - CORRIDOR SCHEME
THE MASTER PLANNING COMMITTEE TESTING DIFFERENT SCHEMES
PROCESS
Sasaki began working with PUC on a new
Master Plan in the Fall of 2006. The master
planning process was highly inclusive, with all
members of the Calumet community asked
to contribute. The process included several
phases of work.
First, the Sasaki team embarked on a massive
data gathering phase, which included extended
site visits, facility tours, and interviews with
key stakeholders. The second phase of work
involved the analysis and synthesis of this
data. The analysis defined and quantified
PUC’s changing institutional profile and
related facility needs. It included academic,
environmental, and student life components,
and studied PUC’s relationships with its
neighboring communities. Equipped with
these findings, the Sasaki team worked with
the master planning committee to define
two broad alternative frameworks for future
growth. These alternatives were explored
in detail in an onsite design charrette
using physical models to arrange alternate
building schemes for campus development,
examine where program components might
be accommodated, and define University
priorities through various phasing schemes.
The over-arching goals of the model exercise
were to develop an integrated campus which
efficiently used available space, and to
detail a roadmap for development. The two
alternatives were then synthesized into a
preferred direction for the master plan. This
preferred direction incorporated key elements
from both alternative schemes. Finally,
this preferred direction was investigated
in depth. Utility requirements and cost
projections were calculated. The final plan
which emerged was an organic response
both to the physical configuration of the
campus site, the mission of the University,
and its role as a citizen of Hammond. The
plan is the work of the extended campus
community, and of the Purdue University
system, and equips the University with
a clear direction for future growth.
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