| Growth
and Capacity |
| Issue: |
The university has
grown from 13,000 gross square feet of building space to nearly 4 million
gross square feet in 45 years and is essentially landlocked.
As a result, the plan needs to address the campus' capacity to
support future development. It must also address how the university can most efficiently
increase infrastructure capacity levels to meet future demands.
|
| Goal: |
Assess and quantify
the campus' ideal development capacity including thresholds where
significant infrastructure improvements are required to support the
desired growth.
|
| Distinctive
Environment |
| Issue: |
The campus has
evolved in response to its unique physical setting and academic mission.
The campus must be well organized, safe, and portray a physically
distinctive setting specifically tailored to UNLV.
|
| Goal: |
Identify
appropriate development patterns and design guidelines representing the
campus' urban and high desert environment.
|
| Image
and Identity |
| Issue: |
The campus'
physical appearance is a direct reflection of the institution's ability
to achieve excellence. The
plan shall provide recommendations and design guidelines that
appropriately reflect UNLV's position as a premier urban research and
academic institution.
|
| Goal: |
Establish
planning recommendations and design guidelines that will provide a high
quality image and identity for the campus.
|
| Student
Life |
| Issue: |
The university's
enrollment, programmatic, and physical growth require new and/or improved
facilities devoted to student life.
|
| Goal: |
Improve the
physical environment for students in terms of facility types and facility
quality.
|
| Implementation |
| Issue: |
A successful master
plan is one that can be implemented over time while continually
reinforcing its overarching planning principles.
|
| Goal: |
Establish a
flexible overall planning framework that will define general directions
while maintaining the ability to respond to unanticipated opportunities. |
