IV. The Plan to Meet the University's Facilities Needs
C. District Development Plans
Southwest District
This district is bounded by the Historic Core to the north, Mowatt Lane to the west, and privately owned properties to the west and south. This district is part of the watershed into Guilford Run. This district shares boundaries with the Route 1 Sector Plan and includes the Buddington property.
The Southwest District Plan calls for priority capital improvements and potential public-private venture; i.e., existing building renovations and new infill development focused on the creation of well-defined open spaces between buildings that will create stronger links to the core of the campus (Figure 10).
- The proposed new mall or linear green space for this area conceptualizes a core that will spatially organize new development and will scenically tie this district, by channeling pedestrian movement patterns, to the Historic Core of the campus. This new mall terminates to a view of the cupola of Anne Arundel Hall.
- Colonnade Drive will be relocated and redeveloped as an east-west, tree-lined pedestrian link from the new addition to Van Munching Hall to new student residential facilities to the east.
- Future academic buildings in this district are projected for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Schools of Architecture, Business, and Public Affairs, plus renovation and new infill development for student residential and recreational facilities.
- Planned new buildings and open spaces will replace many existing surface parking lots, resulting in the development of structured parking facilities.
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