Facilities Master Plan - 2012 - Chesapeake College

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Chesapeake College January 2012 Facilities Master Plan UpdateThe Economic Development Center has expansion opportunities to the east or west. Expansion to the west shouldtake into account the service and loading access to the LRC and Caroline College Center. Expansion to theeast should take advantage of the opportunity to reinforce the central drop off area as the campus “front door”.The Maintenance Building could expand to the southeast or west. Telecommunication infrastructure is constraintfor eastward expansion. Expansion to the west and south will displace surface parking and services.NEW BUILDINGS WITHIN COREIn addition to building expansion opportunities, there are numerous development sites that could accommodate newbuildings. These include:The Manufacturing Training Center as described in other chapters should ultimately be demolished. Areplacement building could be constructed in its place or further to the west to create an architectural presenceon the secondary entrance road and to create a more useable parking service lot adjacent to the MaintenanceBuilding. Any new building development in this area should reinforce the north-south pedestrian connection tothe core of campus. The Technical Annex cannot be demolished until surge space is constructed that couldaccommodate its programming.The land north and west of Kent Humanities is an opportunity to site a new building on the LRC Quad, reinforcingthe definition of this space. Site planning and design of this building should take into account the existingevergreen grove and future opportunities to expand parking resources in this area.The land east of the Economic Development Center provides generous space for a new building site, if the EDCdoes not expand east. This building site offers an opportunity to reinforce the central drop off area and enhancethe sense of arrival to the campus.The Queen Anne’s Technical building site offers a good opportunity for redevelopment, assuming this building’sprogram is relocated to a new facility elsewhere on campus.NEW BUILDINGS OUTSIDE COREThere are a number of opportunities for future development outside of the core area. Because there is a significantamount of land available, there is a danger of building where it is easiest and most convenient. Consideration shouldbe given, however, to using development outside the loop road to continue to reinforce significant campus spaces.LRC Quad Extension: The obvious and most important development sites are to the west of the LRC Quad, tocontinue to reinforce this space. The placement of buildings here will play an important role in shaping thewestern terminus of the LRC Quad and enhancing the arrival from Rt. 662. Building expansion here needs toconsider realignment of the loop road to minimize pedestrian/vehicular conflicts.6-22
Chesapeake College January 2012 Facilities Master Plan UpdateParking Lot D North Site: This site located between Rt. 50 and parking lot D offers great visibility to Rt. 50. Therecently installed wind turbine and proposed CLEEn building are slated to be located here. As the wind turbinehas done, a building here offers an opportunity to strengthen the College’s identity from Rt. 50.PARKINGAs buildings are expanded and added, it will be important to expand parking facilities, but in the short term, it will beimportant to better locate parking resources. Much of the area to the southwest of the core should be preserved forparking resources since this is where the greatest shortage is. Parking could be developed inside and outside theloop road. In addition, parking should be developed convenient to Rt. 213 and the athletic fields.While there is great land availability for surface parking, long-term consideration should be given to providing for“placeholders” for future structured parking. Parking structures should be located to the periphery of the campus.One location would be to the northeast in the existing surface parking lot near the Higher Education Center. Aparking structure could be developed in conjunction with new building development to help accommodate theconnection to the future mixed-use development north of Rt. 50. Another logical location to preserve flexibility forstructured parking is the area to the southwest of the core where the parking demand is highest.LOOP ROAD REALIGNMENTOne of the inherent problems with the loop road and the existing parking is that the parking is located on the outsideof the loop road, thus creating many opportunities for pedestrian/vehicular conflicts. Some consideration might begiven to relocating portions of the loop road to outside the existing parking areas to minimize these conflicts. Thearea where this would seem to be feasible, with the fewest conflicts, is from the east side of the tennis courts to thesecondary access road near the Higher Education Center. In addition, there is the possibility of moving the loop roadoutside of future parking areas on the south side of the existing loop and should be considered in conjunction with thedesign of expanded parking facilities.RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTThere has been some discussion about whether or not to provide student housing on campus. There are a number offactors that need to be considered before deciding whether or not this is feasible. However, a few areas of thecampus lend themselves better to housing than others. The area to the south of the main entrance road would besuitable as it would be convenient to Rt. 213 and the recreational resources of the athletic fields and pond, howeverstudent housing here will be highly visible to campus visitors.Another suitable area would be in the vicinity of the eastern expansion of the LRC Quad west of the Higher EducationBuilding. This site places housing conveniently located near the campus core, future parking areas and access to Rt.662. Additionally, this site preserves the landscape character and openness of the main entrance on Rt. 213.OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTSIn addition to accommodating building, parking and open space projects, there may be the need to accommodateother programs that may not require a building. For example, there is an interest in considering a CDL/Transportation6-23
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