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1973 Master Plan
CONTEMPORARY PLANNING INITIATIVES
The 1973 Physical Development Plan
This plan established many of the planning
assumptions held today, including recognizing
Jayhawk Boulevard as the campus’ academic center
and prioritizing preservation of green spaces. The
plan was completed with the assistance of Caudill
Rowlett Scott, and VanDoren Hazard Stallings
Schnacke. The Physical Development Planning
Workbook, and the Planning Manual, contained
long-range physical recommendations for campus
development, interpreting the campus program
and institutional needs in terms of physical
concepts. These included land use, circulation and
utility systems, environmental design guidelines
for buildings, and general landscape elements. The
1973 plan sought to optimize the academic mission,
improve functional efficiency, visual appearance,
campus-community relationships, and unify the
physical elements of campus into a clearly defined,
human-scale, usable environment. Major themes
included:
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Reinforcement of the academic core, creating
a sense of physical unity through organizing
buildings, landscape elements, spaces, and their
associated activities in such a manner that the
overall physical needs of the academic mission
were served efficiently in the central campus.
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Placement of service and support functions and
the heavily research-oriented and specialized,
non-traditional teaching facilities on the periphery
of campus to free the academic core for
traditional teaching and interrelated activities.
DATA COLLECTION: CAMPUS CONTEXT
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