South Campus Drive Concept
Circulation and Wayfinding:
- Establish Nicolet Entrance as the main entrance to campus with roundabout feature for ease of circulation
- Move visitor welcome booth to Nicolet Entrance
- De-emphasize or close existing main entrance to campus
- Adjust roadway access to the interior of campus from South Campus Drive to become a series of left hand turns ending in circles
Parking:
- Expand parking at various locations within the South Campus Drive boundary
- Create parking streets throughout residential village
Utilities and Infrastructure:
- Locate proposed academic buildings near existing utility tunnel
Context and Community:
- Expand housing in northeast corner of campus to energize future development potential of adjacent land
- Create a second visitor parking lot adjacent to Wood Hall/Rose Hall at main entry
Building Opportunities:
- Site academic building expansion for solar orientation and in proximity to utility tunnel
- Expand housing adjacent to existing housing village
- Accommodate footprint for Kress Events Center
Arboretum:
- Preserve and maintain the Cofrin Arboretum outside perimeter roadways
- Introduce a permanent natural buffer to the core of campus to preserve the open space between the housing village and academic core
Campus Entry:
- Remove signage at Main and Nicolet entrances so that they become the primary ingress/egress points to aid visitor wayfinding from Green Bay to campus
- Create entry sequence through arboretum/open space corridor
Sustainability:
- Increase density of academic buildings within campus core to minimize distances for utility and other infrastructure connections
- Create and protect open space, habitats, and site ecology to preserve green buffer between housing village and academic core
- Accommodate proposed academic buildings expansion by adding on to existing facilities and orient new construction to maximize solar access
- Create areas designated for runoff and storm water recharge
Pedestrian and Site Specific Studies:
- Maintain existing concourse but site new buildings for solar orientation and regardless of potential for connection to concourse
- Develop campus quadrangle between Library/Union/MAC Hall as a traditional quad
- Create green spaces are created at the center of housing pods
South Campus Drive Template
The individual layers of circulation, buildings and parking, and other campus features of this alternative are added to the base aerial photograph and build upon each other.
South Campus Drive Concept
One of three conceptual alternatives, this drawing depicts orienting the campus by an altered circulation pattern which uses South Campus Drive as the main through-road access campus with arterial roads all left-hand turns as one travels from west to east. Click on the image for a more detailed version.