1. PREPARED BY: JOSHIMA V.M., UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA
Campus Landscape
ARCH 408 LANDSCAPE DESIGN
PREPARED BY: JOSHIMA V.M., UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA

2. Princeton’s university, usa
Princeton’s campus is renowned for its quality of physical environment and the way its landscape design supports and reflects the excellence of the institution.
The first building in the campus was Nassau Hall in 1756 on the northern end known as Historic Core.
The green lawn in the front of this Nassau hall contributed the term ‘campus’.
There is an existing woodland area on the south.
The size of new campus has grown to 5 times the historic core.

4. Landscape objectives
Landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand( ) was commissioned to prepare the landscape plan for the campus.
As the campus continues to grow, the main constrain was to maintain the continuity of open spaces between the historic core and new campus.
The aim was to have a balance between the elements of historic campus landscape and modern campus.
To host activities on the campus greens , courtyards and smaller campus spaces.
To locate landscape areas for improvements.
Recognize the importance of storm water collection, planting communities, programming, topography and land management practices.

5. Landscape principles The landscape principles they formulated:
Get inspired from the traditional pattern of campus making.
Translate topography into campus form.
Reassert the presence of woodland threshold.
Move closer to sustainable practices.

6. Inspirations from traditional patterns
The north and south end of campus developed to have very different feels.
The North end the historic core with similar size buildings and open spaces in between.
Defined by light filled courts with open corners, High canopy trees & Stone walks
The South end had the woodland as major feature and buildings existed as semi- independent structures.
Defined by woodland areas.
The middle land had parking lots, dumb yards etc.

7. Inspirations from traditional patterns
The transition space or the middle land became problematic with no character.
The new landscape plan tries to eliminate this middle landscape by
improving the functional performance of these areas with introduction of storm water landscapes
ecological improvements to the woodland area
development of new landscape language in campus path finding and connecting networks.

8. Topography into campus form
The campus has two basic types of circulation that are shaped from the campus topography.
North-south path that go around the buildings connecting them and characterized by steps and gradations with shift in geometry and elevations.
East-west walks that connect smaller north-south paths and characterized by consistent elevations and straight geometry.

9. Topography into campus form
Introduction of beech trees to give importance to the main processional pathway.
Introduction of blue stone pavement for the new campus circulation paths inspired by the pathways near the historic core.
Blair archway blends the outside hillside into the architecture and landscape of the campus.
New diagonal pathway brings in a continuity of the campus landscape and presents a clear pedestrian path.

10. Woodland threshold
The campus woodlands is considered to be a valuable campus asset that needs to be protected and restored.
This natural landscape creates a separation to the campus entrance from the highways.
The new campus plan proposes new woodland plantings creating recreational opportunities and incorporating nature paths that will link the university to the recreational activities.

11. Sustainability practices
Major sustainability initiative in campus landscape was maintaining sustainable approach in treating the basic mediums of landscape architecture
Planting
Soils
Paving
Rainwater
These mediums are not treated individually but as components of a self-sustaining and integrated system.

12. Rio hondo college campus, usa
Rio Hondo college, USA is a relatively new campus with construction works in progress.
The landscape plan for the campus includes all the major elements of outdoor space.
Circulation routes (vehicular and pedestrian)
Parking lots
Outdoor gathering areas(plazas, malls, courtyards, open spaces)
Site furnishings (seating, trash boxes, lighting)
Walls
Plants(trees, shrubs, ground covers, grasses, annual and perennial flower)

13. Landscape Objective
Physical environment of the campus should make a powerful first and lasting impression.
Should play a key role in recruiting and retaining students, faculty and staff.
To give order and continuity to the campus.

14. Landscape principles Create and strengthen a unique sense-of-place.
Create an openspace-framework with interdependent system of gathering spaces and circulation routes.
Create a sustainable model.

15. Site opportunities & constraints

16. Site opportunities & constraints
The college is on a hilltop with views to the west, south and south east.
Unofficial drop-offs within the central part of the campus create unsafe traffic situations.
Shared use of vehicular and pedestrian paths in some areas.
Lack of seating area in shades and lack of spatial varieties.

17. Design suggestions Use landscape elements to unify campus character.
Restore native habitat vegetation towards a viable ecosystem.
Develop awareness program about built and natural campus environment.
Provide directional and informational signage and lighting.

18. Reduce amount of lawn area (to conserve resources and minimize maintenance, but retain enough lawn area for passive relaxation.

19. Clearly defined pedestrian paths.
Transit courts between parking lots and campus buildings to act as new drop-offs.

20. Trees and shrubs to screen the unwanted views.

21. Low concrete walls to guide pedestrian paths and division of spaces.

22. Native plant garden