Created by act of the Ontario Parliament in June 2002, the new University of Ontario will receive its first 1200 students in September 2003. Within five years the enrollment will increase to 4500 students. This session will focus on the planning and design process which is creating a new campus from first principles on a greenfield site. Five academic buildings connect around a campus common headed by the new university library. When combined with new athletics facilities, dining rooms and cafes, a student services building and central mechanical plant, the campus will form an academic village which will foster connection between faculty, student, and staff. Enormous resources are being invested in the landscape, storm-water systems, site infrastructure, and sustainable design to achieve Gold LEED Certification.