Shown here are six of the seven precincts outlined in "Yale University: A Framework for Campus Planning" -- Core; Broadway, Tower Parkway; Hillhouse; Science Hill; Upper Prospect; and Medical Center. The other precinct is Yale's Athletic Fields. This illustration is one of hundreds included in the framework, which was released this week.

Yale unveils 'Framework for Campus Planning'

Culminating a three-year process of consultation among faculty, students, staff and city officials, Yale unveiled to the campus community and city leaders a major planning document that will guide future efforts toward the physical development of the campus. "The document is decidedly not a master plan; it does not attempt to plan specific buildings for specific purposes in specific locations," President Richard C. Levin said of "Yale University: A Framework for Campus Planning," a 185-page study by Cooper Robertson & Partners, a nationally recognized arch- itecture and urban design firm. "Instead, it offers guidance about how to develop our campus in the future and emphasizes the opportunities for planning improvements to the periphery of our campus that can enhance the adjoining areas of this city." The report analyzes the various systems that unify the campus such as landscaping, lighting, signage, vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow and parking, and the report offers recommendations about each. Yale Provost Alison F. Richard stated, "As we continue the largest program of construction and renovation at Yale since the 1920s and 1930s, this document will inform our thinking about ways of simultaneously respecting the distinctive character of the various parts of our campus and providing better connections among them." The framework will assist Yale as it continues its extensive program of renovation and building in the next decade. In addition to spending over $850 million on building construction and renovations in the last seven years, the University has announced plans to invest over $1 billion in its physical facilities during the next decade. This initiative includes $500 million for science and engineering and another $500 million for the teaching and research facilities for Yale's medical school. Also, Yale is investing additional funds to continue the renovation of the residential colleges and to renovate and expand the arts area, among other projects. The seven precincts studied in the report are: * The central campus, which includes Old Campus, Cross Campus and the residential colleges. * Science Hill. * Broadway/Tower Parkway. * Hillhouse. * Upper Prospect - Sterling Divinity Quad-rangle. * The Medical Center. * Yale's Athletic Fields. Among the planning recommendations for campus-wide attention are the following: Campus open spaces -- undertake a series of open space projects to help clarify pedestrian routes and provide improved landscaping throughout the campus. Signage -- develop a system that welcomes Yale visitors, New Haven and regional residents, tourists, potential students and new students and faculty and guides them to destinations within Yale. Parking -- reduce the number of small surface parking lots by consolidating parking and locating it close to primary destinations. Traffic -- support the city's ongoing efforts to convert streets to two-way traffic to improve the pedestrian environment and enable drivers to reach their destinations more easily. Lighting -- develop a lighting system to benefit pedestrians. Buildings -- place new buildings to respect street frontages, to define better the campus' open spaces and to connect the various sections of the campus with one another and with surrounding neighborhoods. One theme of the study is that Yale and the City of New Haven are uniquely intertwined and interdependent, which implies that future decisions about the campus and its interfaces with the city will require our active involvement and collaboration with our neighbors. An example of this cooperation is underway as the University works with the city on a lighting demonstration project for York Street between Chapel and Elm Streets. The project, to be completed in the fall, has been the subject of conversation with the Mayor and city officials during the last two years. The University selected Cooper Robertson & Partners to develop the framework because of its outstanding record of working successfully with both cities and universities. For example, the firm had worked with the City of New York in developing Battery Park City and with Duke, Ohio State and UCLA. 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