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L ANDSCAPE + PL ANNINGENTRY CORRIDORS STUDY

CONCEPTUAL L ANDSCAPE SCENARIOS:

MPC COMMITTEE MEETING 10.1.2014

M I C H A E L V E R GA S O N A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C TS , LT D .L

Schedule


University / Emmet / Ivy District Planning Schedule: February - November 2014

Capacity/Suitability Analysis1 GIS analysis of scope area: opportunities/constraints2 Overlay previous studies within study area3 Develop suitability direction4 Develop district suitability model5 Develop district suitability map (Complete)

Land Use Analysis6 Overlay 2008 Grounds Plan redevelopment zones7 Assess existing and potential district land use 8 Develop conceptual land use scenarios9 Select preferred scenario of redevelopment zones10 Approve revised redevelopment zones

Circulation Analysis11 Review existing/completed area analyses12 Develop circulation issues overlay13 Develop circulation matrix of modes14 Circulation workshop with working group15 Define circulation opportunities/issues (Complete)

Landscape Planning16 Review previous landscape planning17 Develop entrance corridor precedent typologies18 Integrate/expand landscape analysis to entire district19 Develop conceptual landscape scenarios20 Select/refine proposed landscape scheme21 Approve landscape guidelines

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Previous Phase


Zone 1: Emmet Nor th

Zone 2: Emmet/Ivy Intersection

Zone 3: Emmet South

Zone 4: Ivy Road

Zone 5: Universi ty Avenue

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S U M M A R Y O F F I N D I N G S Universi ty Precedent Studies His torical Overview Exis t ing Entry Experience Strengths + Oppor tunit ies

L A N D S C A P E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S Guidelines + Principles Threshold Studies

F E E D B A C K + D I S C U S S I O N

Agenda


S U M M A R Y O F F I N D I N G S University Precedent Studies His torical Overview Exis t ing Entry Experience Strengths + Oppor tunit ies



Agenda



Introduction: Project Understanding

> What are the campus approach, arr ival, entry typologies?

> What are the specif ic def ining characteris t ics of the UVa Entry Experience?

> How can we improve the quali ty and legibil i ty of that experience?

Previous Studies: Takeaways

University of virginia MccorMick road corridor

and Pavilion alleys

Historic landscaPe stUdy

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University of virginia, office of tHe arcHitectcHarlottesville, virginia

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virginia beacH, virginia

in association witH:JoHn Milner associates, inc.

cHarlottesville, virginia

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FINAL | October 2013

Emmet/Ivy/University INTERSECTION STUDY

Context + Walking Distances

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Academical Village

Central Grounds

Alderman Library

Health + Medical Area

South Lawn

Scott Stadium

Engineering School

Rotunda

The Corner

Mad Bowl

Carr’s Field

Lambeth Field

Carr’s Hill

Arts + Architecture

Memorial Gym

Alumni Hall

The Dell

Lambeth House

Old Dorms

Cemetery

New Dorms

Education School

Newcomb

Brown Residential

College

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Context + Walking Distances

1” = 400’200’0’ 400’ 800’

SITE BOUNDARY

WALKING DISTANCE RADIISTREAMS + WATER

SITE BOUNDARY

STORM POND BASIN

STORMWATER LINE

WATER LINE (POTABLE)

SANITARY LINE

TELECOMM LINE

PROPOSED SANITARY LINE

ELECTRIC LINE

STREETLIGHTS

FIRE HYDRANTS

TUNNEL STRUCTURES

STORM DETENTION +STORM DRAIN INLET +STORM HEADWALL +STORM MANHOLE +STORM STRUCTURES

WATER FITTINGS + WATER METERS

STREAMS + WATER

SITE BOUNDARY

STORM POND BASIN

STORMWATER LINE

WATER LINE (POTABLE)

SANITARY LINE

TELECOMM LINE

PROPOSED SANITARY LINE

ELECTRIC LINE

STREETLIGHTS

FIRE HYDRANTS

TUNNEL STRUCTURES

STORM DETENTION +STORM DRAIN INLET +STORM HEADWALL +STORM MANHOLE +STORM STRUCTURES

WATER FITTINGS + WATER METERS

ALUMNI POND +REFLECTING POOL

MEADOW CREEK PATH +FEEDER SPRING

HISTORIC WATER:

ALUMNI POND WEIR +WEIR OPENING

NOTE: ALL SITE WATER IS FLOWING WEST TO EAST AND SOUTH TO NORTH.

LEGEND

SITE BOUNDARY

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

WALK BETWEEN DELLAND ROTUNDA

BIKE LANES

SITE BOUNDARY

SUMMER SUN PATH

HOURS OF DAY

WINTER SUN PATH

LEGEND

LEGEND

LEGEND

LEGEND

1994Ivy Road Study

1996UVA Master Plan

2013Emmet/Ivy/University

Intersection Study

2014NBW Contemplative StudiesNameless Field + The Dell

LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN

2007Conceptual Design PhaseMcCormick Road Corridor & Pavillion Alleys

Recurring Recommendations

• Improve walking & biking experience: paths

•Reduce traffic congestion & enhance multimodal use

•Create a sense of continuity with site elements: plants, lights,

signage

•Connect & expose natural systems: water & woodland

•Address drainage issues


1 . M E T H O D O F . . . . G R O W T H . . . . . . . P L A N N E D O R O R G A N I C

2 . N A T U R E O F . . . . . S E T T I N G . . . . . . . . C I T Y O R C O U N T R Y

3 . T Y P E O F . . . . . . . . . . V I S I T O R . . . . . . . . F I R S T , R E T U R N I N G O R D A I L Y

Clear or Fuzzy Boundaries

Pedestr ian or Vehicular

Prospective, Alumni or Student/Staf f


Precedent Studies: Typologies


C I T Y

•ColumbiaUniversity•YaleUniversity

•HarvardUniversity•UPenn

•RiceUniversity•UC,Berkeley

Precedent Studies: Typologies

•PrincetonUniversity•UniversityofNorthCarolina

PLANNED PLANNEDORGANIC ORGANIC

C O U N T R Y


Precedent Studies: Princeton University


Precedent Studies: University of North Carolina

S U M M A R Y O F F I N D I N G S Universi ty Precedent Studies Historical Overview Exis t ing Entry Experience Strengths + Oppor tunit ies



Agenda



Historical Overview: 1826 CLS Plan

University of virginia • MccorMick road corridor and Pavilion alleys • Historic landscaPe stUdy • MarcH 2006

Period Plans • 35

Period Plan

1853-1866

Figure 82: Sachse, 1856. View of the University, looking east with Robert Mill’s addition to the Rotunda.

Figure 83: Bohn, 1856. View of the Lawn, looking north.

Figure 84: McKennie, Harper’s Magazine, late 1800s. The University, looking west.

A R R I V A L F R O M S O U T H


Historical Overview: 1913 Warren Manning Plan

Holsinger circa 1913, UVA Special Collections

A R R I V A L F R O M E A S T


University of virginia • MccorMick road corridor and Pavilion alleys • Historic landscaPe stUdy • MarcH 2006

Period Plans • 37

Period Plan

1914-1931

Figure 89: Ca. 1930. West Range, looking north.

Figure 90: 1914. East Range, Italianate terracing, east side, Key Alley.

Figure 91: Ca. 1917. Looking south along the Lawn.

Figure 92: Ca. 1939. Rotunda Alley.

Historical Overview: 1914 - 1931

Memorial Gym1 9 2 4

Emmet Street Extended (Rte 29)1 9 3 1

A R R I V A L F R O M N O R T H / W E S T

S U M M A R Y O F F I N D I N G S Universi ty Precedent Studies His torical Overview Existing Entry Experience Strengths + Oppor tunit ies



Agenda


A P P R O A C H

A P P R O A C H

A R R I V A LA R R I V A L

E N T R Y

E N T R Y

> Defined by passing through a series of thresholds which signal the grounds.

> Clear sense that you have entered the grounds by reaching the signature University landmark (the Rotunda).

> First indications of approaching grounds.

Exis t ing Experience: Sequence


Approach: Overall

A. Ivy Road

B. Emmet Street

C. West Main Street

D. Jef ferson Park Avenue


UVA: Clark Park


Arrival: Defining Characteristics


W A T E R

B R I D G E S

P A T H S

W A L L S

P L A N T I N G


Defining Characteris t ics: Water: Reemergence

M E A D O W C R E E K A L O N G E M M E T

T H E D E L L


Defining Characteris t ics: Bridges

Defining Characteris t ics: Paths


Poor

Medium

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Defining Characteris t ics: Walls



Defining Characteris t ics: Planting

Woodland

Evergreen

Tur f and Trees


Defining Characteris t ics: Evergreen Planting


Defining Characteris t ics: Matrix

S T R E N G T H S : O P P O R T U N I T I E S :

W A T E R

B R I D G E S

P A T H S

W A L L S

P L A N T I N G

> The Dell at Visitor Parking> Visible at moments along paths (Emmet)

> Act as natural thresholds> Indicate topographic condition

> Brick in historic core> Meandering moments

> Stone walls tie to context> Materiality and scale

> Strongly established typologies> Reinforces series of thresholds> Evergreens at edges

> Enrich pedestrian experience > Expand daylighting opportunities

> Amplify as threshold> Reinforce identity on University owned bridges

> Improve pedestrian comfort> University/Emmet/Ivy Intersection

> Enhance continuity and extension of walls> Replace concrete walls with stone

> Strengthen thresholds > Improve scale and comfort> Reinforce evergreens as boundary

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Agenda



Next Steps: Guidelines + Principles

P R I N C I P L E S :

> Extend landscape character of the historic Grounds to the Entry Corridors

> Enhance Entry Corridors as a sequence of landscape thresholds that improve intuitive wayfinding

> Use open space, views, low stone walls, plantings, water & bridges to enrich entry experience

> Preserve and enhance existing residual woodlands

> Create a sense of place that encourages people to linger

Previous Phase


Zone 1: Emmet Nor th

Zone 2: Emmet/Ivy Intersection

Zone 3: Emmet South

Zone 4: Ivy Road

Zone 5: Universi ty Avenue

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Guidelines: Landscape Recommendations

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1 Protect woodland threshold

Explore median trees/Expand slope plantings

Improve sidewalks

Extend stone walls

Bridge as identity

Preserve filtered views to Carr’s Hill Field

Frame view/open access to the IRC

Improve SW corner walk/wall

Preserve views to tennis courts

Improve Memorial Gym ramp

Improve intersection and identity of visitor parking

Preserve woodland

Maintain filtered views to Nameless Field

Consider widening traffic island on McCormick

Provide generous setback on Ivy

Organize buildings to preserve interior woodland

Develop soft transitional streetscape


Zone 1: Landscape Recommendations

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Improve sidewalks

Extend stone walls

Bridge as identity

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Protect woodland

Propose median trees

Extend stone walls

Widen tree verge andsidewalk



Housing on east side*

Open views at base of Massie

Screen parking

*Proposed buildings in grey


Add shade treesand shrubs

Boston Ivy on wall

Widen tree verge andsidewalk

Path meander at Meadow Creek



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Improve sidewalks

Extend stone walls

Bridge as identity

2 Preserve filtered views to Carr’s Hill Field




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Relaxed watching

Fieldstone seat walls

Riparian plantings

Fieldstone retaining walls

Widen sidewalks

Steps providing access to Munford

Narrow turn lane

Preserve Oak Tree

Fieldstone Wall

Improved sidewalk

Relocate traffic control box

New plantings

Preserve + enhance evergreen edge

Remove 3 tennis courts

Create passive flexible recreation area

Transparent wind screen

Establish 40’ setback

Widen sidewalk and tree verge

Low fieldstone seat wall

Table service and open seating

Views to Carr’s Hill Fields

Carr’s Hill Field

Tennis Courts



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Carr’s Hil l Field

Emmet Street

Seating Area

The CornerPlay Fields


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Relaxed watching

Fieldstone seat walls

Riparian plantings

Fieldstone retaining walls

Widen sidewalks

Steps providing access to Munford

Narrow turn lane

Preserve Oak Tree

Fieldstone Wall

Improved sidewalk

Relocate traffic control box

New plantings

Preserve + enhance evergreen edge

Remove 3 tennis courts

Create passive flexible recreation area

Transparent wind screen

Establish 40’ setback

Widen sidewalk and tree verge

Low fieldstone seat wall

Table service and open seating

Views to Carr’s Hill Fields

Carr’s Hill Field

Tennis Courts


BEFORE REMOVALOF TENNIS COURTS

AFTER REMOVALOF TENNIS COURTS



Hold back slope with stone retaining wall

Increase visibility of bike lane with paint

Augment existingtrees with evergreens

Plant taller shrubs tohide utilities

Increase width ofsidewalk if possible

Convert to ZebraCrosswalk

Hide traffic box





Augment existingtrees with evergreens

Stone wall to hold back grade



Hide traffic box





Underground utilities



Pave with brick





Improve bike lane with paint


Stairs to IRC



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Improve sidewalks

Extend stone walls

Bridge as identity

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Extend tabled sidewalk across driveway apron

Fieldstone WallExtension

Add Zebra Crosswalkand LED lights

Signage?

Painted bike lanes


Extend tabled sidewalk across driveway apron

Fieldstone WallExtension

Add Zebra Crosswalkand LED lights

Painted bike lanes

Signage?



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Improve sidewalks

Extend stone walls

Bridge as identity

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40’ Setback

Section through Ivy Road Looking East

Double AlleeIrregular spacing

Ivy Road WiderSidwalk

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FieldstoneRetaining

Wall

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Improve sidewalks

Extend stone walls

Bridge as identity

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Preserve woodland

Maintain filtered views to Nameless Field

Consider widening traffic island on McCormick





Preserve Woodland

Maintain veil of trees leading up to the

Rotunda

Explore options to widen traffic island and

Shorten crosswalk

Painted bike lanes




Agenda


Grounds Improvement FundOffice of the Architect

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Report to Master Planning CouncilOctober 1, 2014

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Grounds Improvement Fund (GIF)Facts at a Glance

• 1.5% Assessment to capital projects in the Academic Division, Medical Center and College at Wise

•Maximum contribution per project is $500,000, collected at the time of contract award

•Up to $1,000,000 per year is available in an expendable account for the support of projects proposed by academic or auxiliary programs on the main University grounds or research stations

•Project proposals typically due March 1

•Types of projects considered for funding include improvements to pedestrian and bicycle facilities, outdoor areas, lighting, site furnishing, plantings and public art

•Annual project list is recommended to the Vice President for Management and Budget for approval

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Grounds Improvement Fund (GIF)Selection Criteria

• Eliminates/prevents an existing health, environmental or safety hazard

• Supports University planning and/or sustainability objectives

• Improves the efficiency, accessibility and/or connectivity of transit, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure (ie, bike racks, sidewalks, ramps, steps, lighting, etc.)

• Has a positive impact on the University’s operating budget expenses (ie, reduces maintenance costs, reduces energy use, etc.)

• Satisfies a particular academic or auxiliary program need

• Improves the overall landscape and/or aesthetic quality of the University Grounds

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Locations of Grounds Improvement Fund Projects, 2008-2014

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Emmet Street & University Avenue Improvements, 2011-2012 project

afterbefore

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Lambeth Stream Restoration, 2011-2012 project

before

after

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Dell Area Interpretive Signage, 2011-2012 project

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Stadium Road Pedestrian Safety Improvements, 2013- 2014 project

Jefferson Park Avenue Steps To Central Grounds, Engineering Feasibility Study, 2013-2014 project

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Ruffner Hall Raingarden, 2013-2014 project

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North Grounds Sidewalks & Stormwater Management Study, 2014-2015 project

Clark Park Improvements- 2014 project

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McCormick Road West Study, 2014-2015 project

Open Grounds Streetscape Study- 2014/2015 project

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Office of the Architect for the University

Master Planning CouncilOctober 1, 2014

Ubike: UVa Bikeshare SystemJulia Monteith, Senior Land Use Planner

Office of the Architect


Planning Process and Coordination

P&T/OAU Joint Planning:VDOT Transportation

Enhancement Grant (TEP)2010 – Planning Grant

2012 – Implementation Grant

Coordination and Support from the City + MPO

Operated by P&T with UVa + Community Use


Capital Bikeshare Bixi: 1,100 Bikes


Citibike Bixi: 6,000 Bikes


The Grid: Sobi in Phoenix


Social Bicycles (Sobi) System


Bikeshare Stations

Bike w/ integrated computer and lock

Rack

Kiosk withInfo sign


Kiosk and Informational Sign Design


Bikeshare Experience

Reserve a bike online or from the bike


Bikeshare Access

Unlock the Bike with your PIN


Bikeshare Access

Place the lock in the holster and enjoy your ride!


Bikeshare Return

Return the bike to any UBike rack on Grounds. Remember to lock it to complete your ride!


Bike and System Amenities

Integrated computer and lock

Utility basket

3-Speed, shaft driveDynamo powered LED lights


Membership: UVa, Community, Visitors

Membership OptionsDaily

MonthlyAnnual

Rental Options1 Hour Free per dayHourly Fee thereafter

“Out of Hub” Fee


UBike Rates


18 Station Locations: 228 Racks/120 Bikes


Next Steps

Station Installation and System Start: Fall 2014

Marketing Materials and Events+ Website Implementation

Redistribution and Maintenance by Blue Ridge Cyclery

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