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The existing campus has
evolved rapidly over its 45-year history.
As the campus has grown (acreage, additional buildings, population,
etc.), its physical organization has become more complex.
An overarching goal of this master plan is to create a well-ordered, safe, and pleasant environment by strengthening existing physical
relationships.
After conducting numerous
open houses, advisory committee meetings, and an independent campus
assessment, the following issues surfaced as most important.
They are not intended to be all inclusive, rather they represent
key issues that warrant focused attention to improve the campus'
physical order.
Vehicular
Circulation
- There
are multiple perimeter entrances without appropriate university
identification or directional signage.
- The
university needs a signature main entrance that properly indicates
arrival at a premier urban university.
- Surface
parking adjacent to and/or within the campus' expanding academic
core interferes with cohesive future building development.
- Inefficient
and small internal parking lots and interior roadway segments
(vestiges of former road systems) should be eliminated to enhance the
pedestrian environment and visual aesthetics.
- The
extension of Harmon Avenue to the west (bridging Interstate 15) will
change the current access patterns to and around campus.
- Future
extension of the monorail linking the airport with the Las Vegas Strip
will impact future development of the campus' southwest quadrant.
Pedestrian
Circulation
- Beyond
the historic L-shaped malls, newer pedestrian corridors are evolving
in a disjointed manner with little attention to aesthetic detail and
human scale.
- There
are few well-defined portals into campus that provide effective links
between the campus and surrounding community.
- Increasing
conflicts between pedestrians and service carts are a concern.
Open
Space
- Campus
growth is moving away from the historic L-shaped mall requiring
expansion of an integrated open space system.
- The
campus' central open space is not well designed nor incorporated
into the overall open space system.
- Few
perimeter open spaces and/or image buffers exist along the campus
periphery.
Buildings
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