Over time, the University of Georgia campus evolved into two distinct campuses - the historic north and the sprawling south. conflicting geographic entities that impeded the academic mission.
ASG was selected to provide a Physical Master Plan to allow this campus to grow from 30,000 to 35,000 students and to reconnect these two campuses through the careful addition of buildings and grounds. This transition will benefit the University as well as adjacent businesses and the civic core of Athens.
The consensus from multiple stakeholder meetings was that the plan should reflect UGA's values and the spirit of its academic and strategic missions. Eventually, ASG recommended:
- Creating a sense of place that uses open spaces as the way-finding system: Pedestrians now can go from the archway entrance on the north to Lake Herrick on the extreme south through a series of open spaces.
- Achieving campus order and structure: Strategies were developed to site future buildings and develop open spaces. By increasing density, agricultural lands are preserved and efficiencies are realized in infrastructure and transportation systems.
- Contributing to the community: In addition to sharing simultaneous planning initiatives with Athens-Clark County, the University supports the essence of the college town.
As the plan is implemented, the campus will be prepared for enrollment growth by 2008. The plan also guided the Georgia Board of Regents in allocating funds for future physical improvements system-wide.
Completion: 1999
Size: 605 acres
