SITE PLANNING. USC Village will be a mixeduse urban environment. creating a common ground with the surrounding community. Our planning goals include:

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1 North University Park West North University Park East 5 3 North of Jefferson University Village/ Cardinal/Century Downtown Los Angeles University Park Academic Core University Park East Area 2 University Park East Area USC Village SITE PLANNING 2 USC campus Vicinity Plan University Park USC Village will be a mixeduse urban environment creating a common ground with the surrounding community. Our planning goals include: Introduce a planning framework of pathways that provide permeability, flexibility and durability Promote connections to the surrounding patterns of land use Integrate multiple uses including shops and restaurants, residences, academic facilities, and hotel Foster pedestrian connectivity with the surrounding community Pedestrian and Vehicular Connections Open Space and Green Space Network Line streets with uses that engage pedestrians Hoover Street Provide a network of usable open space Town Square Ma in S tre et Market Square ule var d e Bo Trousdale Terrace Mc Cli nto ck Ave n ue e nu ve na so fer Jef enu son r Av fer Ho ove Jef Proposed Plan Proposed Massing

2 OPEN SPACE Town Square The surrounding open space network will be extended and enhanced: Town Square Market Square Provide a diversity of open space including spaces devoted to public gatherings, pedestrian movement, and other social and recreational functions Design open space areas to give them the character of outdoor rooms defined by buildings Integrate seating, lighting, shop and building entrances into the pedestrian ways Market Square fer son Bo ule var d Trousdale Terracee Ho Bou over leva rd Jef Trousdale Terrace

3 Main Street STREETSCAPE Streetscape is a combination of street, sidewalk, and building base: Main Street Hoover Street Elevation Plan for a hierarchy of street types, recognizing vehicular capacity, adjacent land use, and building edge Pedestrian pathways provide wide sidewalks that accentuate street furniture, street trees, outdoor dining (where appropriate) and articulation of storefronts Main Street Elevation Jefferson Boulevard Elevation

4 Clay tile or simulated tile roof ROOF Sloped roofs typical along pedestrian street (4:12 slope typical) Student Housing MIDDLE Student Housing not coplanar with base 35 % Glazing / 65 % Wall BASE Retail Section Multi-Tenant Retail 70 % Glazing / 30 % Wall Partial Building Elevation - Fundamentals STREET FACADE Top floor is defined by material or color change or setback Deep punched windows with full brick returns Building masses and facades will be designed for the appropriate scale: Diverse storefronts representing individual identity of shops. No neutral piers. Partial Building Elevation - Definition of Elements Student Residences over Retail Promote pedestrian scale by definition of mass and proportion to foster active ground floor uses Organize urban street facades to have a definitive base, middle, and top TOP Student Housing coplanar with base 35 % Glazing / 65 % Wall Student Housing MIDDLE Student Housing coplanar with base 35 % Glazing / 65 % Wall To enhance streetscape and pedestrian activity, provide connectivity between buildings plaster cornice Balconies (occupiable and/ or Juliette) provided at up to 50 % of units (graduate housing only) Vary building heights to produce a skyline which has the variety of a true urban village Stone or precast concrete lintels and sills plaster facade Deep punched windows with full brick returns Campus Services Section BASE Campus Services 50 % Glazing / 50 % Wall Partial Building Elevation - Fundamentals plaster facade Articulated storefront entrances to Campus Services Partial Building Elevation - Definition of Elements Student Residences over Campus Services ROOF Mech. Mechanical penthouse set back from facade TOP Mechanical penthouse screen (possibly incorporate solar panels into screen) Metal panel or shingle facade Top floor is set back and may change material Brick or stone facade MIDDLE Faculty Office Office/Academic coplanar with base 40 % Glazing / 60 % Wall BASE Campus Services Section Campus Services 50 % Glazing / 50 % Wall Partial Building Elevation - Fundamentals Deep punched windows with full brick or stone returns plaster facade Articulated storefront entrances to Campus Svcs. Partial Building Elevation - Definition of Elements Office over Campus Services

5 BUILDING MATERIALS Building materials will be diverse, durable, and appropriate to place: Use building materials that belong very specifically to this place and provide connection between university and surrounding community Select quality and durable building materials

6 NEW STOREFRONTS AND RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES Pedestrian streets will be an important part of the public realm with ample sidewalks, street furniture, street trees, lighting and signage. Our goals include: Specialty Retail Provide exclusive visibility into street level interiors to engage pedestrians Define the building base which will be composed of first floor or first two floors, to enhance public retail presence on the street Create strong street walls to define sidewalk and provide continuous active edge Restaurant Destination Retail

7 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS Enhancements to Jefferson Boulevard will be beneficial to the community while producing minimal change in day-to-day traffic capacity. Existing Jefferson Blvd. Views Four lanes of traffic plus a turn or median lane exist now and will continue to exist after renovation Designated bike paths will replace the parallel parking, promoting a safer environment for cyclists, pedestrians, and motorists cut section Sidewalks will be widened creating a more pedestrian friendly street crossing experience and allowing more space for streetscape enhancements Existing Jefferson Blvd. View Existing Jefferson Blvd. Section M A Y Proposed Bike Lane Proposed Jefferson Blvd. Section