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Campus Planning and Design-A Workshop in the Basics (Offsite workshop, bus departs at 8:00 am)
Presenter(s): William H. Colehower, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott; Janet Gavarrete, University of Miami; David A. Lieberman, University of Miami ; C. Alyn Pruett, Wallace Roberts & Todd; Sergio Rodriguez, University of Miami

The composition of buildings and landscape that makes up every college and university campus is a culmination of years of decision-making by countless campus planners, administrators, presidents, trustees, alumni, donors, grounds maintenance personnel, and design consultants. Often, planning, programming, and design decisions for campuses are made without the benefit of a common vision. Different people with varying responsibilities play roles in designing campuses, however, each may see the campus through different lenses. This workshop will offer participants insight on the roles the planner, programmer, campus administrator, and designer play in creation of the modern campus so that they can help their respective institutions articulate a vision. It will also provide a practical set of tools and techniques for defining and realizing that vision. This workshop will be led by professionals from different positions and points of view (administrator, planner, architect, and landscape architect), each of whom has a stake in maintaining a well-planned and designed campus. The program will take a lecture/discussion format in the morning, with an on-campus field exercise in the afternoon. This workshop will take place on the University of Miami campus, only 30 minutes from the Hilton. The bus will depart from the hotel at 8:00 am for the short trip and will return at 5:00 pm. William Colehower is a seasoned campus planner who has worked with more than 25 colleges and universities across the United States. Janet Gavarrete is a registered landscape architect and planner with extensive experience in land use, urban design, planning, and development. Alyn Pruett is an architect and urban designer with 20 years of direct relevant experience in institutional master planning. Sergio Rodriguez is the vice president for real estate for the University of Miami.


This knowledge resource from SCUP is a preconference workshop presented at the Society's thirty-eighth annual, international conference and Expo, SCUP–38, in Miami Beach, FL (USA), in July of 2003.

Audiocassettes and MP3's (on CD's) of these and other SCUP–38 sessions are available for purchase here.


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