III. VISION
iii. Visioning framework III.1 Overview A vision is a clear and succinct description of what an institution and its community should look like after it successfully implements its goals and achieves its full potential. It must be the people s expression of what they want their campus to be a preferred future. The visioning stage in this facilities master planning process allowed participants to think broadly about the future of their institutional environment and its relationship to its partners, neighbors, and the larger metropolitan region. Visioning occurred in a series of CLINICAL CARE personalized medicine and translational research RESEARCH clinical and interprofessional education a creative, collaborative convergence population health EDUCATION community of learners COMMUNITY Figure III.1 - Visioning Framework Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Facilities Master Plan III.1
The Research Commons unites education and research as a common cause on the Anschutz Medical Campus. workshops, meetings, and open forums that culminated in the creation and adoption of the Anschutz Medical Campus Visioning Framework. Interwoven in the framework are ideas for a comprehensive live, learn, work, play environment for the campus community. To achieve the university s mission and vision established in the Strategic Plan 2008 2020, CU Anschutz should provide state-of-the-art research, academic, and clinical facilities; manage and utilize space efficiently; provide first-in-class learning, discovery, and working environments; and plan for and effectively manage future growth. Extensive stakeholder engagement and consensus-building have established ambitious goals and principles that support a shared physical vision for the campus that will allow CU Anschutz, UCH, and CHCO to realize their respective strategic plans. The Visioning Framework of the Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Facilities Master Plan is intended to guide, influence, and clarify all campuswide physical planning and design decision making. A challenging yet achievable vision embodies the tension between what an organization wants and what it can have Peter Sage, The Fifth Discipline To that end, the following Visioning Framework for the Anschutz Medical Campus establishes an overarching physical vision for the campus for 2022 and beyond, which includes: Aspirational goals that are broad concepts to which one aims and are by definition difficult to achieve. They serve as beacons for direction. Guiding planning principles that direct us toward achieving our goals. Principles state clear intent and values to be embraced in planning and development. Assessment criteria that are metrics by which planning and development strategies and solutions are evaluated relative to realizing goals and remaining consistent with our planning principles. III.2 Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Facilities Master Plan
III.2 Vision In 2022, the Anschutz Medical Campus is a premier, globally recognized academic, research, and clinical center of excellence that attracts top-notch faculty, students, and staff from throughout the world. The attractive, lively, and bright campus environment is designed to maximize opportunities for collaboration, creativity, and discovery; promote health and wellness; create a distinct sense of place; and enrich the experience of all users, visitors, and partners. The vision is consistent with the campus s current collaborative efforts toward creating a 21st-century AHC with advanced and innovative programs, services, and facilities that make Anschutz Medical Campus a global destination of choice. The university, UCH, and CHCO all understand that a world-class campus needs strong public and private partners and affiliates and a healthy and vibrant host community to attract and retain the best and brightest health science students, academics, and professionals. Working with its neighbors, the Anschutz Medical Campus helped to shape a vision for the larger community of which it is a central constituent. The resulting community vision is: In 2022, the Health Sciences City is one of the region s most exciting, vibrant, and successful cultural, business, and residential areas a destination of first choice for Coloradans. Anchoring the community is the state s largest and most prestigious academic, research, and clinical health center, with nationally ranked hospitals and the prominent University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The successful collaboration of the area s many stakeholders has been leveraged to create jobs, attract businesses that serve the neighborhood and region, foster bioscience and biotechnology entrepreneurship, and enhance the health and wellness of the community s residents, workers, students, and visitors. An aerial view of the campus shows its physical connection to downtown Denver (upper left) and the Rocky Mountain region. Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Facilities Master Plan III.3
III.3 Goals, Principles, and Criteria A. Goal: Innovation Our distinguished identity is founded on our acclaimed collaborative culture of creativity, originality, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We will enhance and build upon our unique physical environment to strengthen our identity and support a global health care destination of first choice that offers premier clinical programs; highly ranked professional schools, colleges, and centers; a vibrant, dynamic, and productive biomedical research enterprise; and an exciting, flourishing, and engaged host community. Innovative research facilities like this neurology lab support the growth of a premier academic and clinical environment. PRINCIPLES Create campus and Site-Wide opportunities both indoor and outdoor for integration, convergence, and collaboration between institutions, entities, schools, colleges, community and business partners, and their missions. Create enhanced opportunities for greater interaction and collaboration among schools, colleges, and centers. Create hybrid, multiuse facilities that enable interdisciplinary, interprofessional, and interinstitutional teamwork, cooperation, and advancement. Create a campus physical environment that is attractive, memorable, sustainable, and embodies our innovative identity. Create an exciting and lively community through a wide variety of activities and amenities available 24/7 that enhance the quality of life of Site-Wide and campus users and visitors. Create first-rate infrastructure, utility, information technology, and support services that enable continuous innovation within the planning horizon and beyond. CRITERIA Develop dense building clusters that encourage interaction, collaboration, and shared resources though physical proximity and easy access. Land use districts should minimize or eliminate single-function silos and encourage mixed-use, multifunction development. Develop amenities that facilitate convergence cafes, atriums, commons, and restaurants in key campus and Site-Wide locations to maximize planned and impromptu meeting opportunities. Plan and design the Site-Wide public realm to function as an integrated and attractive system that reinforces identity and facilitates wayfinding. Identify open spaces that could serve as individual precinct gathering/convergence spaces and support the Site-Wide area s open-space system. Plan, configure, and develop the Site-Wide public realm to incorporate smart, innovative, and highperformance sustainability elements. Provide and manage campus and Site-Wide parking through a collaborative and inventive system that reduces parking demand and private auto trips within the core environment. III.4 Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Facilities Master Plan
B. Goal: Connectivity Our advanced, shared infrastructure, resources, and services will give rise to a highly efficient and integrated physical environment that supports and adds connectivity to the missions and strategic plans of all stakeholder entities. Through development of safe, intuitive, and universal access into and throughout the campus, we will enhance user experience and promote a collaborative, engaged community of learners, educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and health care providers. Physical campus connectivity as typified in the research complex will support a collaborative and engaged community. PRINCIPLES Create an environment without borders that is physically and symbolically integrated Site-Wide, with its host community, and with the larger city, region, and state. Create roadway, pedestrian, bike, trail, and transportation networks that interconnect the campus, Site-Wide area, and surrounding community. Create campus and Site-Wide connectivity through a cohesive network of memorable, multifunctional open spaces that orient users to the campus and facilitate interaction. Create a comprehensive, advanced information technology system that maximizes opportunities for interaction and connectivity between Site-Wide educators, researchers, and clinical practitioners and their state, national, and global peers. Create a campus and Site-Wide association that implements and manages shared resources. Create a patient- and visitor-friendly environment that is welcoming, understandable, and notable. CRITERIA Locate patient and visitor parking and shuttle stops adjacent to key destinations such as clinics and support functions. Enhance existing roadways and develop new roadways into and throughout the campus and Site-Wide area to maximize access and reduce congestion. Redesign roadways-as-barriers (Colfax Avenue, Peoria Street, and Montview Boulevard) into streets that facilitate safe pedestrian movement. Design streets to accommodate and balance the needs of all modes of movement and also serve as attractive, essential open-space corridors. Locate a multi-modal transit station within the Site- Wide area that creates greater connectivity between light rail and all other forms of circulation and transit. Physically and symbolically connect university and hospital facilities to enhance interaction and ease of movement. Develop public realm open space to integrate the environment and create a variety of activities and interactions in memorable landscapes. Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Facilities Master Plan III.5
C. Goal: Stewardship We will successfully collaborate with local, regional, state, and national public, private, and nonprofit partners to improve the health, wellness, and quality of life of our students, faculty, staff, patients, and community partners. Our enduring commitment to good stewardship will result in a more economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable community. Students provide community services through wellness programs like Colorado SmileMakers. PRINCIPLES Create smart growth strategies to ensure that the campus and Site-Wide stakeholders have sufficient land to accommodate their missions and strategic plans for short- and long-term expansion. Create strategies to ensure that the environmental, social, and economic sustainability commitments of the campus and Site-Wide stakeholders can be realized. Create a high-performance built environment landscapes, public realm, parking, and buildings that reduces energy use and storm water outflow from the campus and Site-Wide area. Create a comprehensive Site-Wide shuttle system with a fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles that encourages use of alternative modes of transportation to campus, reduce intra-campus personal auto trips, and encourage use of satellite parking. Create more opportunities in which campus and Site-Wide services can be provided to the host community. Create a parking management strategy that promotes right-sized campus and Site-Wide satellite surface and structured parking options that are environmentally, financially, and socially sustainable. CRITERIA The built environment existing and new should incorporate universal accessibility. Open spaces should be developed to provide passive or active recreation and serve as components of a comprehensive storm water management system. The comprehensive public realm open-space system should incorporate health and wellness amenities. Avoid or minimize environmental impacts within the existing and new built environment. Incorporate information technology into infrastructure, utilities, and parking management systems to achieve greater efficiency. Design streets to reduce vehicle speeds and increase pedestrian safety. Where possible, develop alternative renewable energy resources. Land banks should serve a short-term sustainability function, such as a Site-Wide area tree nursery, urban farm, or a site for renewable energy generation. III.6 Anschutz Medical Campus 2012 Facilities Master Plan