The campus framework plan (developed by Ricardo and Gregory at their previous firm) identified several initiatives that this liberal arts campus in central Michigan should focus on. The re-conception of the library to create a clear and distinguished heart of campus was an important recommendation o...
We were asked by university leadership and the project architects, CannonDesign, to place a new recreation building on the hills of the existing campus. The adjacent historic orthogonal campus dramatically steps up to the hills using a series of bold terraces. The site for the project is the highest...
The Fordham University residential district integrates architecture and landscape that completes the main residential enclave adjacent to the historic entry to the Bronx campus. The landscape serves to unite the new and old, interior and exterior, multiple entries, and resurrects the historic Edgar...
DumontJanks was honored to lead a collaboration with George Mason University on the development of a campus master plan. Mason is a complex university with over 37,000 students and an emphasis on student success in support of a diverse student body and its growing stature as a research institution.
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Our successful master plan for Georgetown University has led to multiple projects unifying the stunning hilltop campus while introduci...
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We collaborated with Johns Hopkins University on an in-depth study for residential life, student life, and retail for the Homewood campus. The plan provided an integrated strategy that maximizes site opportunities, capitalizes on existing buildings and infrastructure, reinforces the campus’ urban at...
The Ohio State University proposed a bold vision to house all first-year and sophomore students on campus. This required potentially adding up to 4,000 beds, and we explored multiple scenarios in support of this vision. The scenarios revealed the importance of reinforcing the university’s three exis...
The One Ohio State University Framework Plan identified revitalization of on-campus residential life as a core principle. Rather than conceive of a new residential district, the university pursued a reinvestment strategy in the three existing residential enclaves surrounding the academic core. These...
The One Ohio State Framework Plan is a dynamic structure for guiding change in the physical environment at one of the nation’s largest public research universities. It supports, and helped establish the viability of, Ohio State’s strategic “Discovery Themes”: a trans-disciplinary vision where divers...
Residential life is a critical component of the student experience at Purdue University, but at the time of our study, the large percentage of older residence halls posed significant questions on appropriate reinvestment. The university also struggled to retain upper-class students. We therefore wor...
The Purdue University Framework Plan outlined a bold set of principles to guide campus growth and regeneration for the next era in the campus’s stunning land grant history. A key priority was to define and enliven the Third Street corridor that accommodates heavy student pedestrian traffic between t...
The Sacred Heart University master plan envisioned bold transformation and growth, transforming this former commuter school into a vibrant residential campus. Three initial projects created new buildings and powerful associated landscapes: the chapel and main quadrangle, the gallery student center,...
The Sacred Heart University master plan envisioned bold transformation and growth, transforming this former commuter school into a vibrant residential campus. Three initial projects created new buildings and powerful associated landscapes: the chapel and main quadrangle, the gallery student center,...
Slippery Rock University sits in the strong hill and valley country of Western Pennsylvania. The new student center occupies one of the university's high plateaus. The long building form stretches into the adjoining landscape, forming three distinct exterior horizontal terraces: an Entry Terrace, th...
The University of Florida's strategic development plan, which we helped author in collaboration with our friends at Elkus Manfredi Architects, established an unprecedented collaborative vision that seeks to transform the City of Gainesville and the university through a series of joint initiatives ad...
As part of its efforts to reinvest in residential life, The University of Virginia worked with DumontJanks to plan a new residential district along Emmet Street. Located on 11.8 acres at the seam of Central and North Grounds, the site was identified in the North Grounds Planning Study as an underuti...
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Wayne State University is a large, urban, public research university located in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1868, the university is committed to preparing its students to excel in a fast-paced and interconnected global society, and to creating relevant knowledge, particularly in areas like health...