Strategic Plan Goal Area: Facilities
The 2008 Student Affairs Strategic Plan establishes the BHAG “to be the preeminent residential university.” Achievement of the BHAG requires realization of an ambitious program of new capital construction to renovate and repurpose Student Affairs buildings. The successful program will be achieved over a period of fifteen to twenty years with significant components completed by 2020. Facility renewal will rely on a constellation of funding sources purposefully directed to minimize competition among Student Affairs partners and projects. Careful targeting and segmentation of financial resources will permit staging the four prioritized initiatives forward in parallel schedules: Residence Halls, Erb Memorial Union, Student Recreation Center, and Oregon Hall Success Center. Two constructs are fundamental to success: build and repurpose spaces to purposefully promote community and inclusivity, and development of campus linkages that integrate academic engagement into the student “residential” experience.
The following goal and objectives have been established for the Facilities Area.
Goal: Design and build exceptional facilities integral to achieving the residential university experience.
Objective (1) Establish and begin implementation of a divisional capital construction plan and sequence.
Objective (2): Develop funding strategies to achieve a divisional construction plan.
Objective (3): Develop creative learning and community spaces in existing and new facilities.
Four primary facility renewal initiatives have been prioritized for emphasis: 1) Residence Halls; 2) Erb Memorial Union; 3) Student Recreation Center; 4) and Oregon Hall. A fifth initiative, Targeted Academic Integration Opportunities, applies to all our facility renewal efforts and requires creativity and flexibility. Each of the areas is described below.
The schedule for completion of projects is:
2012 East Campus Residence Hall
2014 Erb Memorial Union
2015 Hamilton Residence Hall complex
Student Recreation Center
Oregon Hall
2018 Walton Residence Hall Complex
2021 Bean Residence Hall Complex
2024 East Campus Residence Hall II
2025 East Campus Residence Hall III
East Campus Residence Hall (ECRH).
The new 450-500 bed, $50-70 million dollar residence will be built on the north end of the Bean parking lot. The hall will include dining seating for 400 to serve as surge space while Hamilton dining is off-line for renovation or rebuilding. Student living spaces will be a combination of traditional double and single rooms with group bathroom facilities, and a variety of semi-suite configurations offering increased independence desired by sophomore through senior students. A faculty in-residence apartment, faculty offices, seminar rooms and multi-purpose spaces will provide opportunities for academic collaboration. Lounges, laundry facilities, and public spaces will be purposefully designed to foster community. The project design will reflect a commitment to sustainable practices, and flexibility to adapt spaces over time.Hamilton Residence Hall Complex.
Hamilton Complex will undergo major renovation or demolition and rebuilding. Construction will modernize student living spaces, create public spaces to foster community, and add multipurpose rooms capable of supporting collaboration with academic programs. The rebuilt Hamilton Complex, nearer the heart of campus, will include a major dining hall and permit scaling back and repurposing surge dining space in the East Campus Residence Hall. The complex will include a higher percentage of traditional double and single rooms to accommodate anticipated long-term use by freshman students. The Hamilton project and improved adjacent outdoor space will strengthen 13th Street as a major pedestrian street and bring design unity and campus connection to the family of buildings at the corner of 13th and Agate Streets. Hamilton’s location within the seven-minute classroom walk, and proximity to other buildings scheduled for renovation, makes it a preferred site for integrating an academic support program.Walton Residence Hall Complex.
The Walton Complex will undergo major renovation or rebuilding. Student living spaces will be primarily traditional single and double rooms to accommodate freshman living in the core of campus. Located within the seven minute classroom walking zone, Walton is best situated to advantage the integration of academic uses into the program of spaces. Adjacent to the Living Learning Center, Walton’s renovated spaces may be influenced by proximity and the desire to function in tandem. The east-west orientation of the LLC and designated open space provide opportunity to enhance outside spaces further enriching the residential campus experience.Bean Residence Hall Complex.
The complex will undergo major renovation or rebuilding. The project likely will include a mix of traditional and non-traditional student living units. Unique opportunity exists to reset building siting in relationship to a completed East Campus Residence Hall, basketball arena, and Hamilton Complex enhancing the residential experience of the superblock framing the Humpy Lumpy area.East Campus Residence Hall II and III.
Following renewal of Hamilton, Walton, and Bean complexes, these two new residence halls will provide needed increased resident capacity. The target resident swill be sophomores through seniors, and living spaces will be largely non-traditional semi-suites and suites-type living.
Erb Memorial Union 2003 Master Plan.
The EMU Master Plan calls for major renovation of both the original 1950’s west side and the 1970’s east side of the building. The plan proposes creation of a state-of-the-art conference center with added meeting rooms; additional ballroom space and auditorium; audio, lighting, and data technology; and unified catering access appropriate to host major conferences. The plan calls for additional student offices, meeting rooms, program space, significant new retail space, and dedicated parking. In 2003 the cost of renovation was projected at $42 million. The proposed schedule for completion is 2014.
Student Recreation Center Phase III.
The Phase III renovation will complete construction of recreational facilities envisioned by staff and students when the Student Recreation Center project was first approved in 1997. The project will add a new ten-lane, 25-meter swimming pool, leisure pool, and spa; a second three court gymnasium, additional weight and cardio facilities, racketball courts, additional shower and locker room facilities, and create informal gathering spaces for socializing or studying. The proposed schedule for completion is 2015. The estimated cost of construction is $50-60 millon.
Oregon Success Center.
This project will renovate Oregon Hall to create student-centered spaces where programs and services are delivered with logic and clarity. The Center will be organized so only things that matter to students will be visible and delivered in a transparent, evident, and intentional way. The Center will serve as a destination point for students to attend to campus business, access services, and connect socially in public spaces. The Center will be as vibrant in the evenings as it is in the daytime. Expanding the footprint of the building to the south toward 13th Street and constructing an atrium-like building entry will provides public spaces and will serve as a multi-story element organizing delivery of services. The proposed schedule for completion is 2015.
Targeted Academic Integration Opportunities.
A component of the Facilities Goal Area and critical element necessary to become the preeminent residential campus is creation of partnerships that integrate academics into residential life. Beyond the specific projects identified above, special targets for academic integration exist and more will become apparent. Taking advantage of these value-adding opportunities will take vision, collaboration, timely decisions, difficult prioritization of space use, and added cost. Collectively, acting on these opportunities will create “tipping weight” toward residential preeminence and compound the value added to the student residential experience. Three possible examples follow:
Example 1: Residential College.
The East Campus Residence Hall currently has plans for creation of a residential college delineated within the larger building. In addition to student living spaces, the college will include a faculty residence, office, and adjacent seminar rooms and multipurpose rooms that will support instructional activities. The notion of spatially articulated theme wings placed in several complexes will help create the norm that teaching staff live in residence and that academic learning is integral to the residential experience. The Bean Residential Complex, as well as future east campus residence halls, is particularly well suited to this concept because of its location on the edge of campus and designation as housing for upper class students.Example 2: Instructional Spaces.
The Living Learning Center demonstrated the success of multipurpose rooms that can be scheduled by the Registrar for instructional activities during the day and programmed by residents at night. Hamilton and Walton, located within the seven-minute classroom walk, make these projects ideal for the next iteration of spaces that host academic programs and instructional activities in custom-designed spaces, provide faculty offices, and add amenities that attract teaching faculty and non-residential students into the halls.Example 3: Connect for Success-Academic Support Node.
The proposed renovation of Hamilton Hall, transformation of Oregon Hall as described above, and opportunities in Carson Hall, all in close proximity and with the recently renovated Health and Counseling Center hold the potential to create a family of buildings framing a node of academic success initiatives: instruction, student residences, services caring for physical and mental well being, and recruitment through graduation services. As an example, placing first year programs in Hamilton Hall at the corner of 13th and Agate Streets creates identity for the building and presents an academic face to our publics. Current plans to move the Housing Food Service kitchen from the lower level of Carson make possible placement of an academic service or program component fronting 13th Street.
Residence Halls.
Revenue to retire construction bonds will come almost entirely from resident room charges. As an auxiliary service residence hall construction projects must be self-funding and self-supporting. It may be possible to supplement construction funding with private gifts, or limited general fund dollars in direct support for academic spaces within halls. The cost to complete residence hall renewal is estimated to be $450-500 million.
EMU Master Plan.
Student Unions are increasingly relying on student facility fees for renovation. A student facility fee is one potential, and likely necessary, funding source under consideration for renovation of the EMU. Other funding sources are Student Building Fees available in the 2011-13
bi-ennium, private gifts, corporate sponsorships and, campus partnerships. At the time the EMU Master Plan was completed in 2003 the projected cost was $42 million. At 10% inflation the cost to begin the project in 2012 is $99 million.
Student Recreation Center Phase III.
Campus recreation centers are increasingly relying on student facility fees for renovation. A student facility fee is one potential, and likely necessary, funding source under consideration. Other funding sources likely are Student Building Fees for the bi-ennium 2013-15, private gifts, corporate sponsorships, and campus partnerships. The project is projected at approximately $60 million.
Oregon Hall.
The primary funding sources possible for construction to transform Oregon Hall into the Oregon Success Center are general fund capital construction dollars and private gifts. A project cost will be estimated fall term 2009.