Rutgers University
Camden, NJ

Ayers/Saint/Gross was commissioned by Rutgers University to develop the Building Aesthetics and Environmental Design Guidelines and Standards for the New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark and Camden Campuses. These guidelines and standards provide the detail necessary to realize the recommendations from the 2003 Physical Master Plan prepared by Ayers/Saint/Gross. The Design Guidelines establishes a clear University identity and responds to the individual campus' context and character. They are used for all development, rehabilitation and restoration projects.

Campus-wide guidelines define features, styles and the vocabulary of a campus. At Rutgers University the campus identity is defined by the quality of its open space. This open space in turn defines the buildings that surrounds it. The Design Guidelines are therefore structured around three proto-typical open space types, Connections, Places, Parks, which together make up the fabric of the Rutgers campuses. These three Spatial Typologies serve as a framework for the application of standard principles to the design of paths, quadrangles, gardens, and buildings. The guidelines create a standard of quality and identity throughout the Rutgers campus while providing significant latitude for the University and its design consultants in the design of individual projects.

Completion: 2008