Show r2 Novemfcjr 24 kills iio it-- i O b ilk OOO From pcs to future Mew - BY ofem MELINDA ANDERSON Life Wirter Does anyone remember horses in the Art Barn sheep pens just west of there the the how about the tin supply sheds in the engineering building park- ing lot? Surely someone must remember the TJ’s next to the library Don’t begin a frantic search for them all they are no longer existing Part of a Master Plan for USU included removal of the unnecessary buildings and supply facilities on campus Many of these buildings have been moved to 14th North The present Master Plan Is an elaboration of a plan drawn up in 1912 by a Boston firm The lay-ou- t centered around a quad that was twice as long as the present one Most of the buildings bordering the quad were In that plan As USU grew the need for a new plan became evident New buildings required by the university should follow an outline lems in the design of the campus were: to create circulation corridors for pedestrians and to deal with vehicular circulation and parking The corridors or "backbones” criss-cros- s the campus so that students don’t have to meander around an obstacle course to get from one end of campus to t? 3 other They provide a direct route to major buildings on camp-u- s The location of the new stadium was greatly influenced by the location of the corridor to campus It is in a straight line with the new PE building and the Special Events center The'PE building and the cen- ter are good examples of new building sites that come from planning The land area for USU is limited on all four sides so the land available must be used to the best advantage The demolition of the old Romney stadium created new land area for buildings and play areas The play areas will help to relieve the quad of athletic events Second quad to students is that of parking There are several possible so-lutio- The best use for limited camp-u- s land is obviously not for park-in- g lots Since the administra-tio- n can't count on the disappear ance of automobilies by the time the present building plans are completed the problem of parking must be considered One solution would be to allow peripheral parking only People with cars would have to walk to campus anyway if the only park 7 ing was off campus parking could be accomplished if the students are willing to finance the building of a parking structure It could follow the same operational principles as the University center The building would belong to the students in the same sense that the UC does now according to On-camp- When a site is considered for a building an evaluation must be can be handled” Taylor said "The master plan is a vehicle made The proposed build- for solving problems" One of the fascinating dreams ing is drawn on a photograph of the site This method helps to for the future of USU is for show how the building will sit utilization of the escarpment in the location when the need for expansionthe The new Business Administra is pressing Taylor said thatreach tion building was originally plan-neenrollment would have to to sit further out into the about 30000 before the dream structure would be necessaij89 parking area than it does now After studying a picture of the Air rights over Highway the proposed location planners saw would be used to allow for pof an overpass that by moving it to its pre-sen- t as well as vehicles edestrians of the view position Logan sloe canyon could be preserved The building on the other the steep of the highway would use Taylor said "Old Main re foundation-I- t mains an integral part of the slope for a partial would house several levelsof campus” He explained that The "A” on Old Main tower is an parking dormitory accommoaa-tionbu and administrative "architectural identity” on the d s USU campus "If we don’t grow the plan is still applicable If we double it the This is an example of siblities for USU in the poj Taylor He said that in deciding howto best use the land they had to decide what permanent buildings would stay Some areas would be cleared and used for buildings or play areas others would be saved for the uncertainty of the future Prestige site i Designing: Teamwork A Many people are involved in designing the layout University personnel are used when they are Qualified the state building board bas influence and a professional firm is called in for consultation when it is necessary "The collective decision is under the personal supervision of the president Burton Taylor head of the landscape archi-"ctur- e department said He also said that twokeyprob- - second quad is in the masto be located where the engineering building parking lot is now The two quads will form a general figure-eigh- t configu-ratio- n ter plan As USU continues to grow more problems arise One is the problem of getting "the highest and most effective use of land and the maximum utilization of existing buildings” accordingto Taylor Another problem well known The decision not to building on Jill certain "prestige sites” is part of a land reserve plan Places like the hill in front of Old Main and the quad will not be used for building sites in the plan These sites will be saved to main- tain open spaces in the campus It is doubtful that it will be necessary to use them for build-ing- s Taylor said that we could double the enrollment and have twice as much open space as we OVER FOURTH NORTH It’s only a dream now kut ov have now if we go up in the air at USU who peer into the future see this d a little bit” connecting the existing campus with a new section glass-enclose- P855 |