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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY MASTER PLAN February 2002
Fairfax Campus
Prince William Campus
Arlington Campus
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Agenda

• Introduction and Overview
• Fairfax Campus
• Prince William Campus
• Arlington Campus

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Headcount and FTE Enrollment ProjectionsExtrapo
lated from census bureau data and GMU estimates
of campus distribution
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Summary Data Supporting Master PlansAll campus
and off-campus programsGreater percent percent
increase in square footage reflects correction of
current space deficiency
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Summary of Existing Conditions
Fairfax Prince William Arlington Other Total
Site Area (acres) 677 124 5.2 806
Building Area (gsf) 2,839,907 275,346 273,000 3,388,253
Parking (spaces) 9,174 927 470 (on-site and off-site) 10,571
Enrollment (full time equivalent) 16,371 413 1,030 427 18,240
Enrollment (headcount) 21,255 1,176 1,376 853 24,660
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Overview

• FAIRFAX
• Accommodate growth for next twenty years on East
  Campus
• Plan for mixed use to enhance vitality
• Establish campus framework of pedestrian streets,
  quads, gateways, and informal play fields to
  structure future development
• Preserve streams and woodlands
• Planning parking, roadway, and infrastructure to
  accommodate future growth

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Overview

• PRINCE WILLIAM
• Create a flexible plan for significant campus
  growth (housing, performing arts, research)
• Establish a campus framework following the
  principles of Fairfax Campus

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Overview

• ARLINGTON
• Implement current urban design plan at Arlington
• Accommodate additional growth with Foundation
  property acquisition

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Fairfax Campus
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FairfaxCampus Facts(existing)

• Site Area
• East Campus 360 Acres
• West Campus 202 Acres
• Shirley Gate 80 Acres
• Other Parcels 35 Acres
• TOTAL 677 Acres
• Building Area
• Total 2,839,907 GSF
• Parking
• East Campus 8,261 spaces
• West Campus 677 spaces
• Other Parcels 236 spaces
• TOTAL 9,174 spaces

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Base Dataand Core Assumptions for Fairfax Campus
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Plan Parameters7 year plan defined by
projections and capital plan process recommended
phasing and priorities20 year plan
hypothetical, protects long-term development
options, phasing not determined, and dependent on
emerging priorities
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Plan Parameters7 year plan defined by
projections and capital plan process recommended
phasing and priorities20 year plan
hypothetical, protects long-term development
options, phasing not determined, and dependent on
emerging priorities

• 7 year plan defined by projections and capital
  plan process recommended phasing and priorities
• 20 year plan hypothetical, protects long-term
  development options, phasing not determined, and
  dependent on emerging priorities

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Capacity and Distribution

• Fairfax campus can accommodate projected growth,
  mid-term and long-term
• Some research programs should and can be
  distributed to Prince William and Arlington
• The West Campus is reserved for affiliated
  research institutes but is not necessary to
  accommodate projected growth at Fairfax for the
  next 20 years
• Research at Fairfax should be integrated with
  other academic activity

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Campus Character and Community

• The projected limitations of the Johnson Center
  must be addressed
• An increased residential population must
  strengthen the overall campus community at
  Fairfax
• The ten-minute walk circle for academic buildings
  should be maintained as far as possible at
  Fairfax
• The role of public amenities on all campuses
  should be continued and expanded to maintain ties
  to the larger community
• A distinctive sense of place and a clear logic of
  campus organization should be reinforced at
  Fairfax and Prince William

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Elements of the Plan
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Framework

• Compact, rational, readable, with emphasis on
  streets, quads, quality open space and vistas

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Academic and Research Facilities

• Dense, walkable and mixed or integrated buildings
  and zones

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Housing

• Critical-mass clusters of living-learning centers
  with stronger links to campus core

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Student Life and Public Amenities

• Campus-wide amenities, indoors and out, not
  limited to Johnson Center expanded public
  services on perimeter

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Traffic and Parking

• Improved flow on campus and approach roads and
  development of structured parking to provide
  quick and convenient access to campus core

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Public Private Partnerships

• Public private partnerships developed in campus
  format at West Campus, with eventual reversion to
  University as needed joint-venture development
  of facilities such as hotel/conference center

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Parking

• Issues Assumptions
• Overall parking supply is currently sufficient to
  meet present demand
• There is a perceived shortage of convenient
  parking serving the campus core
• Development of new facilities will displace 3,600
  existing surface spaces which need to be replaced
• Demand calculations do not account for increased
  usage of Public Facilities
• Data Source
• The parking supply numbers taken from the Study
  of Campus Parking Capacity, Sheladia
  Associates,1999
• Methodology
• Establish current parking ratio for
  faculty/staff, commuter students, and residential
  students
• Project future demand based on projected head
  count growth for 2007 and 2020
• Provide additional supply beyond projected demand
  to allow for further flexibility

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Current ParkingEast Campus8,261West
Campus677Off Campus236TOTAL9,174CURRENT
PARKING RATIOSALL .34 space/person Residents
.57 space/personStaff/ Commuter .32
space/person
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Current ParkingSufficient parking to
accommodate current typical demand, but a
perceived shortage in convenient parking. Most
Convenient26 (2,038 of 7,940 spaces) within
Patriots CircleLeast Convenient19 (1,400 of
7,940 spaces) more than a ten-minute walk from
the campus core and housingReasonably
Convenient55 (4,382 of 7,940) within a
ten-minute walk from the campus core and housing
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Phase 1 ParkingEast Campus9,549 (16)West
Campus857 (27)Off Campus513
(17)TOTAL10,919 (19)Demand 275 spaces
beyond the existing inventory Supply plan adds
1,745 spacesbeyond the current inventory
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Phase 1 Parking(East Lots A-V 9,143
spaces)Most Convenient 23 (down from 26)
2,104 spaces within patriots circle Adds 366
spaces Least Convenient14 (down from 19)
1,260 spaces more than a ten-minute walk from the
campus core and housing Reasonably
Convenient63 (up from 55) 5,778 spaces within
10 a ten-minute walk from the campus core or 5
minute walk from housing Adds 1,700 spaces
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Phase 2 ParkingEast Campus13,049 (58)West
Campus3,400 (402)Off Campus648
(175)TOTAL17,097 (86)Demand 3,000 spaces
beyond the current inventory. Supply plan adds
5,200 beyond current inventory 4,500 are
contained in three new garages
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Phase 2 Parking(East Lots A-V 12,550
spaces)Most Convenient 19 (down from 26)
(2,404 spaces within patriots circle Adds 366
spaces Least Convenient7 (down from 19) 890
spaces more than a ten-minute walk from the
campus core and housing Reasonably
Convenient74 (up from 55) 9,287 spaces within
a ten-minute walk from the campus core or 5
minute walk from housing Adds 4,905 spaces
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West Campus ParkingPhase 2 (2008-20)2,500 new
spaces in lots W-1 W-4 support 600,000 SF
Research Park (assuming 4 spaces per 1,000
SF)Alternatively, or in the interim, these
lots could serve remote East Campus commuter
parking
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Traffic

• Data Source
• External traffic volumes supplied by VDOT for all
  signalized intersections around the university
• Internal traffic volumes extrapolated from
  traffic counts at external intersections (actual
  counts for internal intersections were
  unavailable)
• Methodology
• Determine current Level of Service (LOS) rating
  for all intersections to determine congestion
  points
• Project future LOS rating (with and without
  proposed improvements) to determine relative
  impact of proposed improvements

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Traffic EvaluationEvaluate Level of
Service (LOS) Ratings for intersections at peak
hour (am/pm) with and without proposed
improvementsLOS RATINGSA Free FlowB
Reasonable Free FlowC Stable FlowD
Approaching Unstable FlowE Unstable FlowF
Forced Break- down Flow
Current C am/B pm
Current B am/A pm
UNIVERSITY DRIVE
2020 with improvement C am/C pm
RAPPAHANNOCK
GEORGE MASON
OCCOQUAN
2020 with improvement B am/B pm
2020 without improvement E am/D pm
2020 without improvement F am/C pm
RIVANIA LN
OX ROAD (ROUTE 123)
SHENANDOAH RIVER LN
SANDY CREEK
ROBERTS RD
Current B am/B pm
Current A am/A pm
PATRIOT CIRCLE
A B C D E F
2020 with improvement C am/B pm
ROANOKE RIVER RD
2020 with improvement A am/B pm
MATTAPONI RIVER LN
NOTTOWAY RIVER LN
2020 without improvement E am/E pm
2020 without improvement C am/C pm
BRADDOCK ROAD (ROUTE 620)
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Traffic ImprovementsPHASE 1 CAMPUS ROADWAY
IMPROVEMENTS2002-2007
GEORGE MASON BLVD
UNIVERSITY DRIVE
OCCOQUAN
OX ROAD (ROUTE 123)
Expand turn lanes
RIVANIA LN
SHENANDOAH RIVER LN
SANDY CREEK
ROBERTS RD
PATRIOT CIRCLE
ROANOKE RIVER RD
NOTTOWAY RIVER LN
BRADDOCK ROAD (ROUTE 620)
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Traffic ImprovementsPHASE 2 CAMPUS ROADWAY
IMPROVEMENTS2007-2020Coordinated with parking
and other improvements as funding allows
Realign Roadway
UNIVERSITY DRIVE
GEORGE MASON BLVD
OCCOQUAN
OX ROAD (ROUTE 123)
Extend Roadway
RIVANIA LN
SHENANDOAH RIVER LN
SANDY CREEK
ROBERTS RD
PATRIOT CIRCLE
ROANOKE RIVER RD
NOTTOWAY RIVER LN
BRADDOCK ROAD (ROUTE 620)
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Traffic ImprovementsEXTERIOR ROADWAY
IMPROVEMENTSDOT interaction required
Extend Roadway
Expand turn lanes
UNIVERSITY DRIVE
GEORGE MASON BLVD
OCCOQUAN
OX ROAD (ROUTE 123)
RIVANIA LN
SHENANDOAH RIVER LN
SANDY CREEK
Bridge to West Campus
ROBERTS RD
PATRIOT CIRCLE
ROANOKE RIVER RD
NOTTOWAY RIVER LN
BRADDOCK ROAD (ROUTE 620)
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TransitExtend CUE bus route to serve south
campusNew shuttle link to West Campus
University wide transit system with links to
Arlington and Price William CampusesT
Transit Stop
UNIVERSITY DRIVE
GEORGE MASON BLVD
OCCOQUAN
OX ROAD (ROUTE 123)
RIVANIA LN
SHENANDOAH RIVER LN
SANDY CREEK
ROBERTS RD
PATRIOT CIRCLE
ROANOKE RIVER RD
NOTTOWAY RIVER LN
BRADDOCK ROAD (ROUTE 620)
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BikewaysNew bike path along Patriot Circle
linking to the Campus Core, West Campus, and
possibly Old Fairfax Center
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Housing

• Capacity
• Phasing
• Relationships to other program components

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Housing 5,000 student housing beds by
20076,500 beds in 2020
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EG/Research

• Program requirements
• Mix assumptions
• Phasing
• Relationships to other program components

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Education/ General700,000 Gross Square Feet of
Academic and Research space by 2007 (including
Library addition and Physical Plant
Expansion)1.2 Million Gross Square Feetby 2020
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Education/ GeneralPhase I and Phase II academic
and research projects extend the current
10-minute walk circle to two intersecting
circles, each including the campus core, or main
street
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Student Life/Other Non EG

• Program requirements
• Assumptions about Johnson Center
• Character of new proposed facilities
• Phasing
• Relationships to other program components

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Student Life and Other Non-Education/
GeneralPHASINGAquatic Center Addition in 2002
2002-2007 Projects 2008-2020 Projects
Aquatic Center Addition (2002 Capital Project)
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Campus PartnershipsResearch Park and
Hotel/Conference Center
Addition
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Campus Framework

• Framework principles as synthesis of all above
  components
• Need for landscape design guideline development
• Protection and enhancement of natural systems
  (woodland, streams)

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Natural Systems Preserve Streams and
GreenwaysMaintain woodland borders along campus
edge
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Open Space Network EXISTINGPondQuadsNorth/So
uth Axis Plaza
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Open Space Network A network of plazas,
pedestrian streets, and quadsPHASE
12001-2008Framework Projects
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Open Space Network New entry quad to the north
and southPHASE 22008-2020Framework Projects
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Campus Framework The natural systems and the
network of plazas, pedestrian streets, and quads
combine to create the campus frameworkThe
framework provides a coherent structure for the
campus program elements while creating a unique
sense of place
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Summary of PhasingEXISTING
Remove Temporary Modules
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Summary of Phasing 2002 CAPITAL PROJECTS
Projects currently under construction
Non-General Fund projects that are
committedProjects alreadyfunded by the General
ObligationBond
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Summary of Phasing 2002-2008 Projects
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Summary of Phasing2008-2020 Projects
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Summary of Phasing 2008-2020 ProjectsIncluding
West Campus
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FairfaxEast CampusIllustrativeMaster Plan
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FairfaxEast andWest CampusIllustrativeMaster
Plan
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Overview

• PRINCE WILLIAM
• Create a flexible plan for significant campus
  growth (housing, performing arts, research)
• Establish a campus framework following the
  principles of Fairfax Campus

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Prince WilliamSite Area124 Acres Building
Area317,000 GSFParking927 spaces
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Base Dataand Core Assumptions for Prince William
Campus
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Price WilliamNATURAL SYSTEMSPreserve Streams
and GreenwaysMaintain woodland borders along
campus edge
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Prince WilliamOPEN SPACE NETWORKStreetsQuads
PlazasCourtyards
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Prince WilliamPARKINGFY 2007Staff/Commuter
Students(5,793 x .32) 1,854 spaces FY
2020Staff/Commuter Students (9,753 x .32)
3,121 spacesResident Students (700 x .57)399
spacesTotal3,520 spaces
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Prince WilliamBUILDING USE
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Prince WilliamPHASINGExistingPhase I Phase
II
Academic IIIa 2002 Project (GOB Funded)
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Prince WilliamILLUSTRATIVEMASTER PLAN
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Overview

• ARLINGTON
• Implement current urban design plan at Arlington
• Accommodate additional growth with Foundation
  property acquisition

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ArlingtonSite Area5.2 Acres Building
Area273,000 GSFParking370 on-site100
off-site
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Base Dataand Core Assumptions for Arlington
Campus
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ArlingtonImplement current urban design plan at
ArlingtonPlan for additional growth with
Foundation property acquisition
200,000 SF Office Building Site (Foundation)
Arlington II 2002 Project (GOB Funded)
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Conclusion

• The Campus Master Plans . . .
• Reinforce the University Mission and Strategic
  Plan
• Refine the Distributed University Model to create
  a specific vision for each campus
• Establish the identity and physical environment
  to support GMU as a major research university