Riverside Campus Plan - Office of Facilities Coordination - Texas ...

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY RIVERSIDE CAMPUS PLAN30FIGURE 1The Joint Library Facility,designed by Harrison KornbergArchitects, located on WarehouseRoad.LIFE AT THE ENTRANCE GATEThe new entrance gate and 24/7 security at theRiverside Campus was the first major physicalimprovement at the campus since the Koreanagency facilities wait for the electric shuttle thatloops round the campus, itself a research vehiclejointly developed by TTI and the Energy ResearchLaboratory. There is talk of it being turned into anunmanned vehicle following a buried guide alongvolumes and has a staff of five, and the concretetrucks lumbering by on a regular schedule overthe next three weeks will bring materials for thetilt-up wall system. It is interesting to comparethat warehouse with those from the 1940s andWar. As with any research and teaching facil-the roads, and capable of being ‘called’ using per-1950s that still serve other storage needs.ity there was a need to develop greater awarenesssonal communication devices. Several cities haveof the role of the Riverside Campus in the TexasA&M University mission, with the parallel needto ensure the safety and security of the increasednumbers of users and visitors.indicated a willingness to support this research.The final phase of the Joint Library Storage Facilityon Warehouse Road is finally under con-A large panel truck containing a crated Europeanpassenger car is checked though with a security tagand instructions to get to the TTI Environmentaland Emissions Buildings. The completed facilitystruction. The JLSF already houses two-millionin the 1990s was one of only three in the world ca-There are two security staff on duty at all times,and they have direct contact with the UPD onMain Campus, video monitoring of the entry, andof the emergency exit from an extended AvenueA to Highway 21. The Campus Administrator’steam is housed at the Riverside Center and servesas backup during business hours. Security can beroutine, but it is always varied.The April 2020 delegation that gathered to reviewjoint research between Architecture and Engineeringwas typical of many such teams that visitthe campus every month. Regulars drive throughusing passes on their windshields. The CampusShuttle drives through and parks at the RiversideCenter, where passengers headed for academic or1