4 Main MAI CAMPS Campus ha is comprised of he core campus and is primarily locaed in he Ciy of urlingon in addiion o Souh urlingon, includes an analysis of he exising condiions, an analysis of he frameworks idenified for campus planning, an overview of he design guidelines differeniaed by archiecural disrics, and he illusraive campus maser plan wih concepural drawings of proposed prioriy landscape projecs. 4.1 Exising Condiions 19 4.2 Proposed Frameworks for Campus Planning 55 4.3 Disric Design Guidelines 85 4.4 Maser Plan Developmen 117 Chaper 4 Main campus 17 Chaper Main campus 17
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4.1 MAI CAMPS: EXISIG CDIIS he Main Campus: Exising Condiions includes an analysis of exising condiions and faciliies on he Main Campus. Main Campus Disrics & ocal Conex 20 Zoning 21 Campus and se 23 Campus opography 24 Campus Waershed & Hydrology 25 Microclimaes 27 Campus Geomeries 28 Campus Edge Condiions 29 Archaeological Sies on Campus 30 Campus andmarks & Viewsheds 31 Campus andscape Exising pen Space 36 ransiional Spaces wih Poenial 37 Campus Accessibiliy 38 Campus ighing 39 Campus Signage & Wayfinding 40 udoor Ar on Campus 41 Faciliies Campus uilding Disribuion y se 42 Suden Services Disribuion 43 Campus esidenial Disribuion 44 Hisoric esources 45 uilding Condiion Assessmen 46 Fully & Parially Air Condiioned uildings 47 ransporaion & Parking Pedesrian & icycle Circulaion 48 icycle Circulaion & Conflics 49 Campus Service Access 50 Vehicular & Campus Shule Circulaion 51 egional ransi 52 High Vehicular/Pedesrian raffic Paerns 53 Parking Invenory by Campus Archiecural Disric 54 Campus iliies 55 CHAPE 4.1 Main campus: Exising Condiions 19
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IIY DISIC Main Campus Disrics & ocal Conex CEEIA DISIC CEA DISIC ESEI ECSYSEM A IVESIY HEIGHS DISIC riniy Disric (Primarily Academic) AHEIC DISIC Cenral Disric (Primarily Academic) EDSE DISIC niversiy Heighs Disric (Primarily esidenial) edsone Disric (Primarily esidenial) Ahleic Disric Cenennial Disric Cenennial aural Area EDSE QAY VM Propery ine Ciy oundary ine he niversiy of Vermon s Main Campus conains he niversiy s primary academic core on a 459-acre rac wihin he ciies of urlingon and Souh urlingon. he niversiy of Vermon s Main Campus grew from he original fify-acre hillop given o he niversiy by Ira Allen in 1791. he Main Campus expanded wih he addiion of niversiy Heighs in he 1860 s and he A.A. uell Esae (edsone) in he 1920 s and oher subsequen land acquisiions. he Main Campus is comprised of he following Campus Disrics: Cenral Disric is locaed wihin he Ciy of urlingon and conains he majoriy of academic, adminisraive, research, and academic and suden suppor faciliies. Some residenial faciliies are also locaed wihin his disric along wih open space available for fuure developmen. Wihin he boundaries of his campus disric is he Insiuional Core verlay (IC) zoning disric ha allows for greaer developmen flexibiliy wih respec o building design and increased lo coverage on campus. he Cenral Disric comprises he niversiy s hisoric core and some of is mos iconic buildings and open spaces, including niversiy ow and he niversiy Hisoric Green. Cenral Disric is oriened owards academic and adminisraive uses and is he niversiy s primary inerface wih visiors and he local communiy. Cenral Disric acs as a gaeway o he campus from he ciy and forms a signaure image of he niversiy. riniy Disric was acquired in December 2002. riniy Disric reains he characer of a small residenial college wih clusers of residence halls and small academic buildings perched on he edge of a wooded ravine. I is a mixed-use academic and residenial disric. Cenennial Disric is locaed wihin he ciies of urlingon and Souh urlingon. he Cenennial Disric conains: he Cenennial Field Ahleic Complex; Cenennial Woods and he designaed aural Area; he Grove Sree propery; he Cenennial Cour Faculy/Saff Aparmens, which serve as faculy and saff renal housing; he Pachen oad Park, which is leased o he Ciy of Souh urlingon as a recreaional park; he Sheraon Inn & Conference Cener parking lo, as well as research and adminisraive/academic suppor services, niversiy parking and undeveloped open spaces. he characer of Cenennial Disric is defined by Cenennial Woods and low-inensiy land uses such as he Ahleic Faciliies, suppor faciliies and faculy/ saff residenial housing. niversiy Heighs Disric is locaed primarily in he Ciy of urlingon, souh of Main Sree and o he wes borders residenially scaled communiy housing and mos of he niversiy s edsone Walkway, an imporan insiuional buffer wih residenial neighbors. o he eas, he disric includes he jug handle souh of Main Sree in he Ciy of Souh urlingon. his Disric is one of he niversiy s primary residenial disrics and is characerized by large 60 s and 70 s era residenial and dining faciliies and he niversiy Heighs Suden esidenial earning Complex which brings an addiional 800 sudens o he disric. his faciliy is currenly under consrucion, wih he orh Complex scheduled o open in January 2006 and he Souh Complex in Sepember 2006. his rich densiy of housing is offse by generous lawns and walkways ha are an ameniy o boh sudens and neighbors and he overall pedesrian conneciviy of he campus. carriage house (obinson Hall), and gaehouse of he former A.A. uell esae, and residence halls from he 1920 s and 1960 s. I houses he music deparmen and some adminisraive suden suppor funcions. he edsone Disric, is one of he mos disincive and rich hisoric landscapes of he campus. he eclecic layering of hisoric srucures and well-esablished landscape impar a rich sense of place ha is a much loved living and working environmen for sudens. Ahleic Disric is locaed in he ciies of urlingon and Souh urlingon and is bordered o he eas by a residenial neighborhood. his Disric conains he primary ahleic/recreaion indoor and oudoor faciliies and commuer and visior parking. he characer of he Ahleic Disric is largely defined by he wideopen landscape of spors fields, and a panoramic view of he Green Mounains. edsone Disric is locaed wihin he Ciy of urlingon across from residenially scaled communiy housing, and a niversiy affiliaed sororiy o he wes. he norh and eas boundaries are coniguous o niversiy Heighs Disric and he Ahleic Disric respecively. he Disric is bordered by he urlingon Couny Club o he souh. he Disric includes he saely urn-of-he-cenury mansion (edsone Hall), CHAPE 4.1 Main campus: Exising Condiions 21
Zoning he niversiy of Vermon funcions wihin a regulaory environmen unique among comparable universiies across he counry. he niversiy is required o apply for all local and sae regulaory permis, including environmenal permis for any building aciviy, similar o any landowner or commercial for-profi developer. Ac 250 is he sae s land use environmenal law which requires ha all large scale developmen and/ or small-scale projecs ha fall under specific crieria undergo a rigorous sae review. he niversiy mus prove ha he projec does no adversely impac: 1. Waer and air polluion; 2. Fuure waer supply; 3. Exising waer supplies; 4. Soil erosion; 5. raffic; 6. Educaional services; 7. Municipal or governmen services; 8. Scenic and naural beauy, aesheics, naural areas, hisoric sies; 9. Conformance wih capabiliy and developmen plans (public and privae financial and uiliies capaciy); 10. Conformance wih duly adoped local and regional plans. In addiion o and separae from Ac 250, all niversiy developmen mus comply wih all oher sae permi requiremens for hisoric preservaion and environmenal qualiy such as, sormwaer qualiy, erosion conrol during consrucion, air and waer polluion. Finally, local jurisdicions also wan o make sure ha he niversiy complies wih all local zoning requiremens. oh he Main and Souh Campuses are locaed wihin he ciies of urlingon and Souh urlingon which boh have exensive and deailed zoning review requiremens, including a public process. he niversiy, hrough Campus Planning Services, has developed a sysem of proacive public inpu soliciaion and communicaion wih sae and local planning saff o ensure ha all projecs ake ino consideraion public needs and ineress as well as he laes planning and design requiremens. his sysem has resuled in beer projecs moving faser hrough he required approval seps. urlingon: Wihin he Ciy of urlingon, he niversiy s land holdings are zoned as follows: niversiy Campus Disric (C): Mos of he Main Campus is zoned C, including riniy Disric. his designaion enables he niversiy o use is lands for academic and oher insiuional uses. his includes Cenennial Field and a small par of Cenennial Disric. Insiuional Core verlay Disric (IC): Wihin he C Disric, he par of he Cenral Disric ha is norh of Main Sree is designaed as he IC disric. his designaion permis a densiy of 60% developmen raher han 40% in he res of he C disric. he IC also increases he sebacks and buffers over he C regulaions along wih encouragemen o build srucured parking wihin he IC boundaries. ecreaion Conservaion pen Space Disric (C): Mos of Cenennial Disric wihin urlingon is zoned C. he ciy would like his area o remain primarily open space and naural area. Apar from any ciy or sae mandaes, he niversiy has designaed par of Cenennial Disric as he Cenennial Woods aural Area, hereby ensuring ha i remains a naural area in perpeuiy. his aural Area is locaed wihin boh ciies. riniy Campus verlay Disric (C): Formerly a separae higher educaion insiuion, mos of he riniy Disric reains his hisoric zoning designaion ha is similar o he C parameers bu defines an increased seback from Colcheser Avenue. Adjacen o he niversiy, Flecher Allen Healh Care, Maer Chrisi School and he ed Cross are also zoned for C alhough hey are no par of he niversiy of Vermon. he neighborhoods surrounding he insiuional disrics are zoned for residenial use. Some non-niversiy areas adjacen o he Cenennial Disric are also zoned C. he Ciy of urlingon is currenly rewriing is zoning ordinances and he niversiy is par of his process o ensure ha fuure zoning changes bes mee he needs of he niversiy and he Ciy. Souh urlingon: Wihin he Ciy of Souh urlingon, he niversiy s Main Campus land holdings are zoned as follows: Insiuional Agriculural (I-A orh or Souh): his enables he niversiy o use is lands in Souh urlingon for educaional, conservaion, research and agriculural purposes. I-A orh parcels, locaed in he Ahleic and Cenennial Disrics can also be used for recreaional and limied reail aciviies. Commercial 1(C-1/esidenial 12 (-12)): he Souh urlingon porion of Cenennial Disric, coniguous o he Sheraon and he rugby field, is zoned C-1/- 12. C-1 propery can be used for recreaion faciliies, reail, offices and residenial mixed-use developmen. In addiion o he poenial commercial uses his area can be used for high densiy residenial buildings. Any residenial projec is required o be a Planned ni Developmen (PD). Condiional uses include places of worship, group homes, coninuous care faciliies, social services and recreaional faciliies. he maximum lo densiy is 60% maximum, wih a 40% maximum for buildings only. here is a maximum limi of 12 dwelling unis per acre. A presen i is a mosly undeveloped area wih one parking lo leased o he Sheraon and anoher parking lo used by commuers o he niversiy. he neighborhood o he eas of he Ahleic Disric and souh of he jug handle is zoned for high-densiy residenial use alhough a presen i is all residenially scaled housing. 22 he niversiy of Vermon Campus Maser Plan & Design Guidelines
C C Zoning C C C C 4 C C urlingon H - esidenial, High Densiy H P IC - esidenial, ow Densiy IA / C - niversiy Campus C - ecreaion, Conservaion, pen Space C C - Commercial IC - Insiuional Core verlay C - riniy Campus verlay 4 C C1 / 12 Souh urlingon IA/ - Insiuional Agriculural orh IA / IA/S - Insiuional Agriculural Souh P - Park & ecreaion 4 - esidenial 4 7 - esidenial 7 C1/12 - Commercial 1/esidenial 12 W C CD1 - Cenral Disric 1 C1 / 12 CD2 - Cenral Disric 2 W - Public igh of Way Cenennial Woods aural Area 7 CD2 VM oundary ines Ciy oundary ine 4 CD1 C IA / S CHAPE 4.1 Main campus: Exising Condiions 23
esidenial Academic ffice/adminisraive Ahleic E I Y ue en Av lch Co re e Propery ines Pearl Sree S Colcheser Avenue I H G VM Propery eased u I G VM aural Area Gr ov es er es PE Suden Suppor P Campus and se Medical Ciy ines/oundaries nue Ine rsa e 89 Eas Ave Ma 24 he niversiy of Vermon Campus Maser Plan & Design Guidelines Sr ee Henderson errace Wil liso n oa Ahleic uses occur more a he periphery of campus in he Cenennial and Ahleic Disrics. Addiional campus faciliies, such as he heaer aached o he Dudley H. Davis Suden Cener and he Caamoun Aparmens have been approved for consrucion by he niversiy oard of rusees bu placed on emporary hold. When compleed, hese addiions will mainain and augmen exising paerns of land use. in esidenial life ceners on niversiy Heighs and edsone Disrics, he Chienden-uckham-Wills (C--W) Quad, he norheas and souheas corners of riniy Disric, and For Ehan Allen. d Prospe c Sree Spear Sre e Exi 14 Inersa e 89 Souh Suden suppor services are primarily locaed in he Cenral Disric wih academic and suden suppor services, such as he Dudley H. Davis Cener ha is convenienly sied a he hinge beween he niversiy Heighs Disric and Cenral Disric near Main Sree. Place niversiy Souh Prospec Sree Main Sree Souh Prospec Sree he niversiy s academic, research, and adminisraive life is largely concenraed in he Cenral Disric, wih academic faciliies also in he riniy Disric, edsone Disric, Souh Campus, and Colcheser esearch Campus. College Sree Summi Sree he analysis of exising Campus and se pains a broad picure of how he niversiy of Vermon funcions day-o-day on a macro-scale. I allows us o undersand daily paerns of movemen around campus, desinaions and poins of deparure, and o evaluae curren and fuure locaions for key services and pedesrian corridors. Souh Willard Sree Pa c h en o ad
High Poin idge ine I E Y PE e u en Av Gr ov es re e G VM Slopes P Co er es lch Sreams and rooks Pearl Sree Colcheser Avenue I S VM Propery ines I H G Sorm Waer reamen & Collecion Ponds Campus opography Areas of Significan Grade Change Ciy ines/oundaries Pa c he n ae 89 Eas Ave nue College Sree Ine rs c Sree * Wil liso n oa d Exi 14 e Henderson errace Sr ee Spear Sre Souh Prospec Sree * Ma in Prospe Inersa e 89 Summi Sree Main Sree Souh here is a dramaic 50 grade change beween Colcheser Avenue and Flecher Allen Healh Care ha effecively forms a wall beween FAHC and he surrounding residenial neighborhoods. Cenennial and riniy Disrics si a he edge of wooded ravines ha slope owards Cenennial rook and he Winooski iver, respecively. Place niversiy Souh Prospec Sree d Sree ad opography and he naural seing of he niversiy of Vermon define he unique characer of he campus. Changes in elevaion can play a posiive role in defining he characer of he campus landscape by creaing views and defining disrics, and presen challenges from he poin of view of pedesrian access. opographic change wihin he campus amouns o roughly 145 from he highpoin of 435 above sealevel a he norhern edge of edsone Disric o he low poin of 290 above sea-level a he norhern end of riniy Disric. A ridgeline runs on a roughly norh/ souh axis from he Cenral Disric s easern edge hrough he cener of he niversiy Heighs and edsone Disrics. here are high poins on Main Sree a he norhern edge of niversiy Heighs Disric and a he border beween niversiy Heighs and edsone Disrics. Cenral Disric sis on a genly sloped plane wih a wesern exposure and views o ake Champlain and he Green Mounains. he eas side of he cenral ridgeline slopes genly down o Cenennial Woods and Cenennial rook. o Wihin campus, here is a significan grade change up from he C--W Quad o he Aiken Cener hill ha necessiaes a swich-back walkway o allow for disabled accessibiliy, and presens a challenge o esablishing a broader norh/souh pedesrian corridor. CHAPE 4.1 Main campus: Exising Condiions 25
Campus Waersheds &Hydrology Since he 1990s he niversiy of Vermon has aken a proacive role in sormwaer managemen wih he developmen and adopion of a comprehensive sormwaer managemen policy (es Managemen Policy (MP)) and plan. he niversiy s goal is o miigae he impacs of sormwaer run-off from exising faciliies, any fuure projecs, and non-niversiy sources ono he niversiy s propery. he niversiy expecs sormwaer from non-niversiy adjacen developmen o be re-mediaed o he same sandards as oncampus sormwaer in alignmen wih he niversiy s es Managemen Policy (MP), he Ciy of urlingon and Ciy of Souh urlingon policies, and wih he applicable regulaory permis of record. VM s es Managemen Policy (MP): In associaion wih leading expers wihin VM s School of aural esources, he niversiy formulaed echnical guidelines for he evaluaion of sormwaer qualiy o minimize any undue adverse impac of sormwaer runoff affecing neighboring properies or drainage sysems. he resuling policy (MP) formally adoped in 1997, also provides evaluaion mehods for he accepance of off-sie flows ono universiy propery by specific easemen. he MP saes ha VM will follow sae-of-he-ar sormwaer managemen pracices. his includes: reamen and conrol of runoff; proper engineering; use sae-of-he-ar echnology when economically feasible and appropriae; comply wih all curren sae and federal regulaions; and leadership role wihin he communiy o ensure ha he highes sandards are moniored and mainained. In addiion, he niversiy follows a limied sal policy associaed wih all new developmen projecs locaed peripheral o campus sormwaer collecion and aural Areas. his policy saes ha sal will no be uilized in parking los excep for enrances and exis, as required for safey, or in he case of severe ice condiions where de-icing may be uilized in he driving lane for safey purposes. he campus encompasses porions of nine waersheds: he orh Campus Waershed, which measures 78.2 acres and encompasses much of he Cenral Disric, Flecher Allen Healh Care excluding he parking los souh of Given Hall, and he Cenennial Disric excluding he Cenennial Woods; he Colcheser Avenue Waershed measures 10.3 acres and encompasses he norhwes quadran of he Cenral Disric; he Eas Campus Waershed measures 79.36 acres and encompasses he parking los of Flecher Allen Healh Care, niversiy Heighs Disric and he Ahleic Disric excluding he fields o he souh of Guerson Fieldhouse; he Souhwes Campus Waershed measures 43.1 acres and encompasses he edsone Disric and a porion of he Ahleic Disric spors fields; he Main Sree Wes Campus Waershed measures 30.4 acres and encompasses he niversiy properies on he souh side of Main Sree and wes of niversiy Heighs Disric; he Main Sree Eas Waershed, which measures 26.93 acres and encompasses he easern porion of he Agriculural Engineering parking lo and land adjacen o he Eas Avenue ugby Field; he riniy Waershed measures 19.7 acres and encompasses he riniy disric norh of Colcheser Avenue; he Colcheser esearch Faciliy Waershed, which encompasses he easerly porion of he Colcheser usiness Park; and he Ahleic Campus Waershed, which measures 12.65 acres and encompasses he souhern ahleic fields in he ahleic disric. here are hree sreams in he viciniy of he campus: Cenennial rook, Englesby rook and Poash rook. he beginning of Cenennial rook is locaed norh of he Eas Campus Sormwaer reamen Faciliy and flows norheaserly combining wih Wool Pullery rook before discharging o he Winooski iver. he beginning of Englesby rook is locaed souh of he souhwes campus Sormwaer reamen faciliy and flows souhweserly o ake Champlain. ribuary 3 of Poash rook bisecs he Miller esearch Farm locaed on Spear Sree. he ribuary flows weserly ino he main branch of Poash rook and hen discharges ino ake Champlain. Porions of he niversiy also flow o Sunderland rook, he Winooski iver, and ake Champlain. he able below idenifies he desinaion for Sormwaer runoff from each of he 9 waersheds. Cenennial rook orh Campus Waershed Eas Campus Waershed Main Sree Eas Waershed Englesby rook Souhwes Campus Waershed Poash rook (ribuary # 3) Ahleic Campus Waershed Winooski iver Colcheser Avenue Waershed riniy Waershed Sunderland rook Colcheser esearch Faciliy Waershed ake Champlain Main Sree Wes Waershed (hrough cisern and combined municipal saniary/sorm sysem) here are four major sormwaer reamen faciliies ha serve he niversiy s Main Campus. hese include: he orh Campus Sormwaer reamen Faciliy and Collecion Area ha serves he orh Campus Waershed; he Souhwes Campus Sormwaer reamen Faciliy and Collecion Area ha serves he Souhwes Campus Waershed; he Eas Campus Sormwaer reamen Faciliy and Collecion Area ha serves Eas Campus Waershed; and he Main Sree Eas Sormwaer reamen Faciliy and Collecion Area ha serves he Main Sree Eas Waershed. For all four sormwaer faciliies on campus, VM s Physical Plan Deparmen is responsible for he operaion and mainenance of he sormwaer reamen faciliies. hey also mainain he collecion sysem and upsream waershed on niversiy propery. he niversiy has esablished boh baseline and on-going monioring of applicable physical elemens for all of he four waershed areas. As par of he MP, VM will coninue o monior he 26 he niversiy of Vermon Campus Maser Plan & Design Guidelines
E I Pearl Sree * Colcheser Avenue orh Campus Sormwaer Faciliy Main Sree Wes Campus Waershed (30.4 Acres) Pa c he n Place niversiy Souh Prospec Sree Sreams and rooks College Sree ae Souh Prospec Sree Ma in ** Sr ee Henderson errace Eas Campus Sormwaer Faciliy Wil liso n oa d Prospe c Sree Spear Sre e Exi 14 Souh Summi Sree Main Sree 89 nderground Sorage Conainers Ine rs VM Propery ines Cenennial rook nue Eas Ave Weland Ciy ines/oundaries o ad Souh Willard Sree * e S I H G I G Main Sree Waershed (26.93 Acres) Souhwes Campus Waershed (43.1 Acres) condiions ensuring effecive means of reamen and conrol of runoff along wih coninuing is leadership role in he regional waershed planning. re Eas Campus Waershed (79.36 Acres) Sormwaer Faciliy Gr ov es VM Colcheser Avenue Waershed (10.3 Acres) ue en Av P er es lch Co PE Y orh Campus Waershed (78.2 Acres) * * pper asin Englesby rook Inersa e 89 Campus Waersheds & Hydrology ower asin Souhwes Campus Sormwaer Faciliy CHAPE 4.1 Main campus: Exising Condiions 27
E I Y PE Gr ov es re e G P VM I H G I microclimaes Co ue en Av r se e lch Summer Prevailing Winds Pearl Sree S Colcheser Avenue Winer Prevailing Winds Place niversiy Souh Prospec Sree pimal Solar Aspec, Shelered From Prevailing Winds Souh Willard Sree Pa c he n College Sree Eas Ave nue VM Propery ines Ine rsa e 89 Ciy ines/oundaries Souh Prospec Sree Main Sree Summi Sree Microclimaes are small, defined environmens ha are shelered from climacic condiions ha prevail in he larger landscape. A microclimae can be formed by landscape feaures such as, opography, waer bodies, vegeaion, or man-made elemens such as, buildings, planed windbreaks or landforms. pimal microclimaes a he niversiy of Vermon offer sheler from he prevailing winer winds from he norhwes and souhern exposure for sunligh hroughou he day. Microclimaes, such as he ailey each on he souh side of he ailey/howe ibrary, he lawn beween illings and Voey Halls and he Marsh-Ausin-upper awn are ceners of he campus oudoor social life. Sr ee Henderson errace Wil liso n oa d c Sree Spear Sre e Exi 14 Inersa e 89 Souh Prospe he analysis of exising microclimaes informs he design of new spaces on campus. Well-esablished and beloved spaces are proeced and augmened, and new spaces and srucures capialize on he lessons learned o esablish a more user-friendly climae. Ma in 28 he niversiy of Vermon Campus Maser Plan & Design Guidelines o ad
I E ue en Av Gr ov es re e I H G I G VM Main Sree Grid Pearl Sree Colcheser Avenue S VM Propery ines riniy Disric Grid er es lch Co PE Y Campus Grid P Campus Geomeries Ciy of urlingon Grid Ciy ines/oundaries Place niversiy Souh Prospec Sree nue ae 89 Eas Ave Souh Prospec Sree Ine rs Main Sree Ma in Sr ee Henderson errace Wil liso n oa d Prospe c Sree Spear Sre e Exi 14 Inersa e 89 Souh here are four dominan geomeries acing on campus: he norh/souh oriened grid of he Ciy of urlingon, which exends o he wes side of niversiy Hisoric Green, and all of he edsone Disric. he Campus Grid, which runs a an angle o he Ciy Grid. asly, wo subsidiary geomeries, derived from Colcheser Avenue and Main Sree are dominan on he riniy Disric and around Main Sree orh Disric. College Sree Summi Sree he Campus Geomeries are hose hree-dimensional alignmens and axes generaed by roads, buildings, landforms and vegeaion ha organize he physical srucure of he campus. I is his suble, underlying geomery ha binds he niversiy of Vermon s eclecic blend of archiecural syles ino a coheren campus fabric. Souh Willard Sree Pa c he n CHAPE 4.1 Main campus: Exising Condiions 29 o ad
Mixed-se/Commercial Edge esidenial Edge I E ransiional andscape ue en Av Gr ov es re e P er es lch Co PE Y Woodland Edge VM Campus Edge Condiions Insiuional Edge I G reak in he Fabric Pearl Sree VM Propery ines Colcheser Avenue Ciy ines/oundaries A Woodland Edge consiss of foress and managed 30 e rospec Sree ae 89 nue Eas Ave Ine rs Souh Prospec Sree A reak in Fabric represens a sudden change in landuse, scale of building, or in some insances a dramaic grade change. he Campus Maser Plan has idenified wo dramaic reaks in Fabric: he firs occurs a he boundary beween he niversiy and Flecher Allen Healh Care, where he FAHC faciliies are of a dramaically differen scale han he neighboring residence halls. he second occurs on Main Sree jus norh of he jug handle, where he recreaion areas on eiher side of he road form a vacuum of undefined space beween he landscape of he inersae and ha of he niversiy campus. he niversiy of Vermon Campus Maser Plan & Design Guidelines Ma in Sr ee derson errace Wil liso n oa d Spear Sre e Exi 14 Inersa e 89 An Insiuional Edge consiss of buildings conrolled by he niversiy, or neighboring insiuions such as Flecher Allen Healh Care, Champlain College and Maer Chrisi School. y definiion, he inerior edge of he whole niversiy campus is an insiuional edge. he Colcheser Avenue fronage of Flecher Allen Healh Care, and Maer Chrisi School are also insiuional edges. Main Sree, wes of he niversiy Hisoric Green, conains a mixed insiuional/residenial edge wih Champlain College and some niversiy faciliies inermingling wih he residenial fabric. Main Sree c Sree A esidenial Edge consiss of primarily non-commercial uses such as housing or small-scale offices. he residenial edge is he predominan edge condiion on mos sides of he niversiy Campus. A ransiional andscape Edge consiss of open spaces ha mark he ransiion beween land uses. he niversiy Hisoric Green coninues o mark he radiional hreshold beween he Ciy of urlingon and he niversiy. he jughandle on Main Sree is a more conemporary ransiion beween he landscape of he inersae and he niversiy. Prospe A Mixed-use Commercial Edge incorporaes commercial services ha are no under he conrol of he niversiy. he Mixed-se Commercial Edge occurs a he easern exremiy of Main Sree, and on Colcheser Avenue eas of he riniy Disric. College Sree Souh For he purpose of his analysis, he Campus Maser Plan has defined six edge condiions ha exis a he niversiy of Vermon: or naural open space. he shared boundary beween he niversiy and he urlingon Counry Club is a woodland edge, as is he edge of Cenennial Woods. Summi Sree Edge Condiions describe he appearance and he characer of he niversiy of Vermon and is environs from he ouside. Edge Condiions form he iniial impression of he niversiy for he visior and are an imporan ool for quickly defining he characer of surrounding neighborhoods and land-uses. Souh Willard Sree Pa c he n o ad