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Wesleyan University Campus Master Plan
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Wesleyan University Master Plan

• September 12 Introduced to the Board of
  Trustees
• September 18 Master Executive Committee,
  Academic Affairs, Facilities.
• October 21 Res. Life, Communication and Dev.,
  Student Groups, Neighborhood Groups.
• November 8 Present Observations to the Board of
  Trustees
• November 15 Principles Workshop (Baltimore)
• December 10 Facilities Working Group Workshop
• December 18/19 Principles / Concept Plan
• January 16/17 Precinct 1 The Academic Core
• February 19/20 Precinct 2 Community and
  Student Life
• March 7 - Present Campus Concept Plan to the
  Board of Trustees
• March 10/11 - Final Plan Workshop (Baltimore)

Observations
Concept Development
Precinct Studies
Final Plan
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Wesleyan University Master Plan

• September 12 Introduced to the Board of
  Trustees
• September 18 Master Executive Committee,
  Academic Affairs, Facilities.
• October 21 Res. Life, Communication and Dev.,
  Student Groups, Neighborhood Groups.
• November 8 Present Observations to the Board of
  Trustees
• November 15 Principles Workshop (Baltimore)
• December 10 Facilities Working Group Workshop
• December 18/19 Principles / Concept Plan
• January 16/17 Precinct 1 The Academic Core
• February 19/20 Precinct 2 Community and
  Student Life
• March 7 - Present Campus Concept Plan to the
  Board of Trustees
• March 10/11 - Final Plan Workshop (Baltimore)

Observations
Concept Development
Precinct Studies
Final Plan
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Campus Analysis Planning Principles Conceptual
Plan Precint 1 Academic Core
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Middletown Area
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Geographic Boundaries
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Wesleyan University
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Campus Zones
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Pedestrian Circulation
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Pedestrian / Vehicular Conflicts
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Campus Open Space
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College Row
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Andrus Field and Foss Hill
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Olin Lawn, Science Center, Center for the Arts
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Existing Open Space
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Physical Disconnection
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Open Space Disconnections
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Open Space Improvement Areas
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Existing Open Space
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Potential Connections
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On-going Projects
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External Views
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Internal Views
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Visual Disconnections
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Visual Connections
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Planning Principles
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment A Well-Connected
Community - create and improve visual and
physical connections to the campus core
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment A Well-Connected
Community - create and improve visual and
physical connections to the campus core -
establish appropriate relationships with the
city of Middletown
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment A Well-Connected
Community - create and improve visual and
physical connections to the campus core -
establish appropriate relationships with the
city of Middletown Reaffirm the Wesleyan
Identity project the image of a uniquely
great university
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment A Well-Connected
Community - create and improve visual and
physical connections to the campus core -
establish appropriate relationships with the
city of Middletown Reaffirm the Wesleyan
Identity project the image of a uniquely
great university
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment A Well-Connected
Community - create and improve visual and
physical connections to the campus core
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment A Well-Connected
Community - create and improve visual and
physical connections to the campus core -
establish appropriate relationships with the
city of Middletown
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Planning Principles
A Firmly-Rooted Sense of Place establish a
collective commitment to the quality of the
collegial environment A Well-Connected
Community - create and improve visual and
physical connections to the campus core -
establish appropriate relationships with the
city of Middletown Reaffirm the Wesleyan
Identity project the image of a uniquely
great university
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Regional Concept Plan
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Regional Concept Plan
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Regional Concept Plan
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Regional Concept Plan
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Concept Plan
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Concept Plan
Dispersed Open Spaces
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Concept Plan
Formal Open Spaces
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Concept Plan
Proposed Connections
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Concept Plan
Discrete Areas
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Concept Plan
Consolidated Housing
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Concept Plan
Ongoing Projects
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Existing Conditions
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Humanities Village

• Issues
• ADA access/building entries
• Historic character of existing buildings
• Identity of Humanities Village and integration
  into rest of campus

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Humanities Village

• Issues
• ADA access/building entries
• Historic character of existing buildings
• Identity of Humanities Village and integration
  into rest of campus

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Humanities Village

• Issues
• ADA access/building entries
• Historic character of existing buildings
• Identity of Humanities Village and integration
  into rest of campus

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Center for Fine Arts

• Issues
• ADA access/building entries
• Inconsistent landscape
• Relationship to High St. houses
• Teaching Museum
• Additional academic buildings

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Center for Fine Arts

• Issues
• ADA access/building entries
• Inconsistent landscape
• Relationship to High St. houses
• Teaching Museum
• Additional academic buildings

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Center for Fine Arts

• Proposals
• Williams/Tsien scheme
• Object building
• Defines edge of CFA quad

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Center for Fine Arts

• Proposals
• Defines CFA quad
• Fronts High Street
• Connects to CFA theater
• Colonnade screens High Street houses

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Center for Fine Arts

• Proposals
• Defines 2 CFA quads
• Fronts High Street
• Connects to CFA theater
• Colonnade screens High Street houses
• Additional academic building

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North Field

• Issues
• Field location
• New academic development
• New residential development
• Campus parking
• Access to Film Studies
• Relationship to faculty housing

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North Field

• Issues
• Field location
• New academic development
• New residential development
• Campus parking
• Access to Film Studies
• Relationship to faculty housing

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North Field

• Proposals
• 3 new dorms
• Frames access of Fayerweather
• Rotates field
• Creates Admissions lawn
• Blocks Admissions view of CFA
• Close to faculty housing
• Creates connection to Film Studies

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North Field

• Proposals
• 3 new dorms
• Frames axis to Fayerweather
• Rotates field
• Creates trees buffer between field and new dorms
• Creates Admissions lawn
• Blocks Admissions view of CFA
• Close to faculty housing
• Creates connection to Film Studies

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North Field

• Proposals
• 4 new dorms
• Adds faculty/staff parking (90 spaces)
• Removes field
• Creates Admissions lawn
• Blocks Admissions view of CFA
• Parking buffers faculty housing from dorms
• Creates connection to Film Studies

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North Field

• Proposals
• 4 new dorms
• Adds faculty/staff parking (90 spaces)
• Removes field
• Creates Admissions only parking lot (30 spaces)
• Blocks Admissions view of CFA
• Parking buffers faculty housing from dorms
• Creates connection to Film Studies

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North Field

• Proposals
• 4 new dorms
• Adds faculty/staff parking (90 spaces)
• Removes field
• Creates Admissions lawn
• Frames view of CFA from Admissions
• Parking buffers faculty housing from dorms
• Creates connection to Film Studies

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North Field

• Proposals
• 4 new dorms
• Adds faculty/staff parking (90 spaces)
• Removes field
• Creates Admissions only parking lot (30 spaces)
• Frames view of CFA from Admissions
• Parking buffers faculty housing from dorms
• Creates connection to Film Studies

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North Field

• Proposals
• 1 new dorm
• Adds faculty/staff parking (60 spaces)
• 255 space parking deck (3 levels)
• Removes field
• Creates Admissions only parking lot (30 spaces)
• Blocks view of CFA from Admissions
• Parking buffers faculty housing from dorms
• Creates connection to Film Studies

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Andrus Field

• Issues
• Field location
• University Center
• Connections to the rest of campus
• Landscape improvements

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Andrus Field

• Issues
• Field location
• University Center
• Connections to the rest of campus
• Landscape improvements
• New buildings (Bacon Plan)

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Andrus Field

• Issues
• Field location
• University Center
• Connections to the rest of campus
• Landscape improvements
• New buildings (Bacon Plan)

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Andrus Field

• Proposals
• Reuses Fayerweather and the Cage for the
  University Center
• Removes parking lot behind College Row
• Creates tree lined path behind College Row

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Andrus Field

• Proposals
• Reuses Fayerweather and the Cage for the
  University Center
• Removes parking lot behind College Row
• Adds 3 pavilion buildings
• Frames axial view of the Cage (University Center)

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Andrus Field

• Proposals
• Reuses Fayerweather and the Cage for the
  University Center
• Removes parking lot behind College Row
• Adds 3 pavilion buildings
• Creates quad between College Row and new
  pavilions

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Andrus Field

• Proposals
• Reuses Fayerweather and the Cage for the
  University Center
• Removes parking lot behind College Row
• Adds 2 new buildings
• Creates quad between College Row and new
  buildings

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Andrus Field

• Proposals
• Reuses Fayerweather and the Cage for the
  University Center
• Removes parking lot behind College Row
• Adds 1 building
• Creates small courtyard between the Theater,
  Chapel, and new building
• Focuses view from field to North College and the
  Cage

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Wyllys Avenue

• Issues
• Service to the University Center
• Access to Admissions
• Relocation of on-street parking
• Improved landscaping
• Closures vs. crossings
• Alley vs. village street

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Wyllys Avenue

• Issues
• Service to the University Center
• Access to Admissions
• Relocation of on-street parking
• Improved landscaping
• Closures vs. crossings
• Alley vs. village street

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Wyllys Avenue

• Proposals
• Closes the street, replaced with pedestrian plaza
• Campus entrance shifted to Washington
• Moment of arrival created at corner of Andrus
  Field
• Open space connection between Andrus Field, North
  Field, and CFA
• Unresolved issues of service and parking for
  University Center

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Wyllys Avenue

• Proposals
• Closes the street, replaced with pedestrian plaza
• Campus entrance shifted to Washington
• Moment of arrival created at University Center
  and Admissions
• Open space connection between Andrus Field, North
  Field, and CFA
• Unresolved issues of service and parking for
  University Center

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Wyllys Avenue

• Proposals
• Closes the street, replaced with pedestrian plaza
• Campus entrance maintained on High Street
• Second entrance on Washington
• Moment of arrival created at University Center
  and Admissions
• Open space connection between Andrus Field, North
  Field, and CFA
• Unresolved issues of service and parking for
  University Center

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Wyllys Avenue

• Proposals
• Closes the street, replaced with pedestrian plaza
• Campus entrance maintained on High Street
• Second entrance on Washington
• Moment of arrival created at corner of Andrus
  Field
• Open space connection between Andrus Field, North
  Field, and CFA
• Unresolved issues of service and parking for
  University Center

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Wyllys Avenue

• Proposals
• Closes the street, replaced with pedestrian plaza
• Campus entrance maintained on High Street
• Second entrance on Washington
• Moment of arrival created at corner of Andrus
  Field
• Open space connection between Andrus Field, North
  Field, and CFA
• Unresolved issues of service and parking for
  University Center
• Creation of pedestrian plaza between University
  Center and CFA

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Wyllys Avenue

• Proposals
• Closes the street, replaced with pedestrian plaza
• Campus entrance maintained on High Street
• Second entrance on Washington
• Moment of arrival created at corner of Andrus
  Field
• Open space connection between Andrus Field, North
  Field, and CFA
• Unresolved issues of service and parking for
  University Center
• Creation of pedestrian plaza between University
  Center and CFA

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University Center

• Issues
• Service access
• Renovation vs. new construction
• Connection between campus core,CFA and North
  Field
• Location of Parking
• Creation of exterior plazas

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University Center

• Issues
• Service access
• Renovation vs. new construction
• Connection between campus core,CFA and North
  Field
• Location of Parking
• Creation of exterior plazas

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University Center

• Proposals
• Retains existing structures
• Interior connections between Andrus Field and
  North Field/CFA
• Exterior plazas created along Wyllys and on
  Andrus Field (southern exposure)
• Program dispersed in two buildings
• Service access between Cage and Fayerweather
• Parking unresolved

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University Center

• Proposals
• Retains Fayerweather, replacement of Cage
• Exterior connections between Andrus Field and
  North Field/CFA
• Exterior plazas created along Wyllys and on
  Andrus Field (southern exposure)
• Program dispersed in two buildings
• Service access unresolved
• Parking unresolved

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Church Street
Issues

• Issues
• Pedestrian safety, crossing Church Street
• Quality of open space

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Church Street

• Issues
• Pedestrian safety, crossing Church Street
• Quality of open space

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Science Center

• Proposals
• Landscape and path improvement to Olin lawn
• Elimination of service dock behind Davenport

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Science Center

• Proposals
• Landscape and path improvement to Olin lawn
• Elimination of service dock behind Davenport
• Creation of rear science quad along Lawn Avenue

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Science Center

• Proposals
• Landscape and path improvement to Olin lawn
• Elimination of service dock behind Davenport
• Creation of rear science quad along Lawn Avenue
• Landscape and path improvement to Science Center
• Open space connections through Science Center

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Church Street

• Proposals
• Landscape and path improvement to Olin lawn
• Elimination of service dock behind Davenport
• Creation of rear science quad along Lawn Avenue
• Landscape and path improvement to Science Center
• Bridges over Church Street using existing grade
  of Olin Lawn

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Church Street

• Proposals
• Landscape and path improvement to Olin lawn
• Elimination of service dock behind Davenport
• Creation of rear science quad along Lawn Avenue
• Landscape and path improvement to Science Center
• Open space connections through Science Center
• Bridges over Church Street using existing grade
  of Olin Lawn
• Church Street lowered, completion of Science/Olin
  quadrangle
• Reduced pedestrian use of Church Street

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Science Center
Issues

• Issues
• Connection to neighborhood and Butterfields
• Relationship to Church Street and Lawn Avenue
• Permeability, physical and visual connection to
  campus
• Phasing, use of existing Hall-Atwater and
  Shanklin
• Service
• Building interconnection

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Science Center

• Issues
• Connection to neighborhood and Butterfields
• Relationship to Church Street and Lawn Avenue
• Permeability, physical and visual connection to
  campus
• Phasing, use of existing Hall-Atwater and
  Shanklin
• Service
• Building interconnection

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Science Center

• Proposals
• Phase 1 Science expansion, 97,000 GSF
• Removal of existing houses
• Defines connection between Butterfields and
  Campus Core
• Service area provided off Lawn Avenue

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Science Center

• Proposals
• Phase 2 Science Expansion, 97,000 GSF
• Renovation of Shanklin
• Total of 194,000 GSF
• Upper story connection to Science Center
• Exterior corridor connection to Core Campus

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Science Center
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Science Center

• Proposals
• Phase 1 Science expansion, 97,000 GSF
• Removal of existing houses
• Defines connection between Butterfields and
  Campus Core
• Service area provided off Lawn Avenue

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Science Center

• Proposals
• Phase 2 Science Expansion, 97,000 GSF
• Renovation of Shanklin
• Total of 194,000 GSF
• Upper story connection to Science Center
• Exterior corridor connection to Core Campus

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Science Center
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Science Center

• Proposals
• Phase 2 Science Expansion, 72,000 GSF
• Renovation of existing science buildings
• Retain existing houses
• Reduced rear science quadrangle

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Science Center

• Proposals
• Phase 2 Science Expansion, 90,000 GSF
• Renovation/replacement of existing Science Center
• Total of 162,000 GSF
• Improved quality of open space and relationship
  to Olin
• Science building as prominent building on campus

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Science Center
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Science Center

• Proposals
• Science Expansion to West of existing Tower,
  150,000 GSF
• Removal of existing houses
• Difficult topography
• New building as gateway to campus along Church
  Street
• Creation of exterior connection to future housing

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Science Center
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Precinct 1 Phases
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Existing Conditions
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Phase 1
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Phase 2
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Phase 3
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Phase 4
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Phase 5
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Wesleyan University Campus Master Plan