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New plazas enhance the area’s pedestrian orientation and the relationship
between adjacent buildings. These plazas should take on the character of
As proposed buildings are designed, new open spaces should be integrated
the buildings they are associated with. Interior gardens or courts should be created in areas where buildings or heavy vegetation create smaller gathering spaces. Forecourts help buildings interconnect with the site and outdoor space. These spaces act as front patios at major entrances to larger buildings and are ideal for a variety of uses.
into the site plans:
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uses should be located fronting onto public spaces to help activate and
animate gathering spaces and create more opportunities to interact.
Specific open space improvements consist of the following:
complement the larger Kafadar Commons.
Buildings should be placed to define rather than occupy open space. The master plan recommends new greens at Residence Halls VII and VIII, Oredigger Park, in the 18th Street Research neighborhood, and in the South Campus Gateway Center. These spaces will provide faculty, staff and students a place for interaction and relief from the rigors of study, research, and work within nearby buildings. These smaller greens should The South Cam
remain natural open space.
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