Campus and Site Design and Planning

CAMPUS PLANNING
The campus is being defined as to include all open & closed spaces, open & green spaces within the
boundaries.
The residential areas of the universities are called “campus”. Campuses are areas where the educational
activities are carried out, while at the same time there are also places providing opportunities for the
students to improve their social and cultural developments and to benefit from the behavior and
communication skills inside the community.
Open spaces whether formal or informal are essential places to accommodate the life of campus
community with its various outdoor activities. In order to have a self-sufficient structure in university
campus; apart from the educational structures, there should be other areas such as health, central
administration, socio-cultural centers, libraries, sports center and areas, research and development
center, accommodation, shopping center, support units and outdoor areas should be included.
While the university campuses are designed, the priority factor is the pedestrians and all planned
activities should be fed from the main pedestrian circulation as much as vistas. There are also resting
localities, paintball spaces proposed alternatively. Campus planning and designs should be accessible,
holistic, sustainable and developable.
According to studies; there are four major aspects of landscape design on campus claimed to associate
with campus sustainability;
Ease of movement
Sense of identity
Quality of public realm
Accessibility
The utilized areas in the campus are evaluated under five titles.
Health units (hospital and other related units),

Education units (faculties, classrooms, labs),
Social activity centers and
Sport units (amphitheatre, library, square, ceremonial ground, campus path, students center
and sport complex),
Recreation forestry and forest.
Campus and Site Design and Planning

Avoid construction on agricultural land, flood plains, areas near wetlands, containing parkland,
or threatened or endangered habitat or species
Build in downtowns or brown fields rather than in Greenfields.
Consider mixed use buildings, including shared community or commercial uses
Avoid or reduce runoff, treating any runoff that does occur
Reduce heat islands by providing shade
Minimize light pollution
Take advantage of topography by building into slopes to create structures tucked into the earth
Ensure adequate erosion and site sediment control including minimizing the development
footprint, and restoring native planting on previously developed sites
Transportation :-
Encourage car and van pooling
Increase density on campus to make mass transit more cost effective
Integrate intra-campus transportation and public transportation
Create pedestrian linkages between campus and off campus services
Use low-emission and alternative energy (natural gas, biofuels, hybrids) vehicles for the campus
fleet and encourage their use by the campus community
Include provisions for bicycles, including bike paths, bike racks and showers
Minimize new parking capacity
Indoor environment Air quality :-

Prohibit smoking in or near the building
Monitor CO2 to insure that levels are no higher than ambient outdoor levels
Provide adequate and effective ventilation
Install materials (paint, carpet, wood) that minimize or eliminate toxic emissions
Provide individual control of temperature, ventilation and lighting
Ensure a thermally comfortable environment through temperature and humidity monitoring
systems
Light:-
Introduce controlled daylight and views into the occupied areas of the building (daylighting)
Noise:-
Minimize indoor and outdoor sources of noise
Water:-
Minimize use of water for landscaping by capturing rain water, efficient irrigation or recycling
rain water Reduce sewage flow by low-flow toilets and/or recycling of gray water
Reduce potable water use through captured storm water, and use of composting toilets or
waterless urinals
Energy:-
Reduce ozone depletion through zero use of CFC refrigerants
Reduce energy consumption below current state code requirements through such techniques as
site and building configuration, interior layout, design and an optimized building envelop,
daylighting and sun control, high-efficiency lighting, electrical systems, mechanical systems and
load management systems
Use rooftops with reflective surfaces or that provide gardens or other green space
Design buildings to efficiently accommodate future technologies when costeffective
Use renewable energy such as fuel cells, photovoltaic cells or wind power
Materials:-
Use materials and products that contain recycled content, are locally produced, degradable and
certified to be sustainably produced or harvested
Use salvaged materials, which are often architecturally unique and aesthetically pleasing
Consider the amount of embodied energy consumed by examining the full amount and
consequences of the extraction, preparation, transportation, installation, and disposal of
materials
Purchase Energy Star or other highly energy-efficient equipment for the building, including
copiers, computers, printers and laboratory equipment
Landscaping:-
Incorporate nature trails, herb gardens and other food production
Use light colored reflective materials for walkways and paved parking and other areas to
minimize heat islands
Use adaptive plant materials with low water use and that require little or no pesticides or
fertilizer
Use pervious surface materials for paving of walkways, driveways and parking areas when
feasible.
Construction:-
Minimize impact on surroundings by careful construction practices
Utilize construction and waste management
Reduce, reuse and recycle materials

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