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within the residential land use area and adjacent to the Parker Student Center

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community open space corridors, the outdoor athletic fields should remain for Parking areas are prime targets for future building sites. As these get utilized for academic and other space, parking structures will be necessary to provide

fields are in an ideal location. the long term. adequate parking.

Outdoor recreational fields are concentrated into the west side of campus and the Student Recreation Center. Although limited in size, the recreational Outdoor athletic facilities are located on the northwesterly edge of campus, adjacent to the Clear Creek corridor, a major recreational corridor in the Golden community. Due to topographical constraints and a good fi The natural area west of Highway 6 will likely not be developed and r

OPEN SPACE AND VISTAS
Guggenheim Hall anchors the west side of the open space along its east-west
Many of the older buildings have forecourt spaces at the main entries. These
Main academic facilities are organized around a formal quadrangle (Kafadar
building. Much like a front patio, they are smaller in scale and are conducive
academic core but are somewhat isolated from other spaces. Mines intends
Open space on the Main Campus is very scarce. The campus sits within an
are transition areas between larger open spaces and the interior space of a
axis. This space is sacred to the campus community and is considered the
to bring order to these spaces so each become interconnected and play a
Commons) developed with the closure of 15th Street in the early 1990’s.
A few smaller gathering spaces (intimate/passive) are scattered in the
major role in the overall space organization of the environment.
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3.11 OPEN SPACE urban environment in which open space is very limited. “heart” of the campus. to gathering and study. Colorado School of Mines Facilities Master Plan 144