North Campus Neighborhoods Planning Study

Overview

The North Campus Neighborhoods Planning Study creates a conceptual framework for development of this important part of the campus in a way which will preserve and enhance the magic which Roger Revelle found here. In UCSD lore, he often stood on the ridge along old highway 101 looking over the Pacific Ocean imagining.

This study is intended to provide an understanding of the site and the program for the North Campus area. In addition, it describes the University's needs and aspirations to provide not simply a program fit on the site, but also an evocative concept to stimulate creative design of future projects.

The plan accommodates the approximate level of development indicated in the 1989 Long Range Development Plan and the 1989 UCSD Master Plan study, which, for this area of campus constituted a total of 1,400,000 GSF of academic use, 2600 beds of residential use and 4250 parking spaces. This program includes development of two neighborhoods and describes the potential for two colleges within the 60 acres of the overall site.

The program as refined in this study includes slightly less intensity of development than the Master Plan study: total proposed academic and support space, including existing development for academic/administrative use (including the Recreation and Intramural Athletic Complex) is approximately 1,000,000 GSF, residential use includes 2800 beds, and parking is indicated for 2750 cars. The North Campus Study emphasizes the impor- tance of incorporating substantial areas of open space related to views to the ocean and mountains. The open space is developed into a strong landscape framework for development. This is the fourth UCSD neighborhood study completed in the context of the Master Plan study.