7.2: West Campus
Invest in core West Campus facilities, improving student residences and co-curricular space, arts and library facilities,
and space for core academic programs
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The revitalization of Central Campus, setting a new standard for integrating living and learning and for providing effective,
modern facilities, will dramatically affect future planning on both West and East Campus. On West Campus, much of our planning
and investment will involve facilities directly supporting the student experience. The first phase of this process is currently
underway, with the completion of the West Campus Plaza, which will serve as the "living room" of West Campus, providing gathering,
programming, and related spaces. The scale and flexibility of the plaza will support many uses, from casual conversation to
formal performances, by placing high quality, user-friendly outdoor space in a central location. The plaza will connect the
complex of buildings which currently constitute Duke's student center: the Bryan Center, West Union, Flowers, and Page. Future
student center plans focus on an array of dining and function services along the plaza perimeter and require significant renovations
and improvements to the West Union and the Bryan Center. Planning for the complete renovation of West Union is under way.
A related component of West Campus planning involves renovations over time to the residence halls. We have learned much in
constructing Keohane Quad and the new Bell Tower Dorm on East. While the older residential quadrangles on West present obvious
constraints, the recent major renovation of Kilgo Quadrangle demonstrated what can be accomplished. Similarly comprehensive
renovations are needed in the other three gothic quads on West Campus: Craven, Crowell, and Few. New housing capacity on Central
should make it possible to undertake these renovations efficiently and with minimum student disruption. In terms of academic
space on West Campus, the combination of Central Campus (releasing space for language, literature and culture departments
in the Languages Building, Old Chem and on Campus Drive) and the planned construction of a new facility to unify the Nicholas
School (releasing space in Old Chem) will provide significant opportunities to address long-standing academic needs. Completion
of the Perkins Project is dependent on incorporation of the Languages Building into the Perkins-Bostock complex. Planning
is underway to include a cluster of modern, flexible centrally managed teaching and learning spaces in Perkins-Bostock as
part of the current phase of renovations to provide a core facility comparable to what we envision on Central. In addition
to completing the Perkins Project, primary objectives for West are to use available backfill space as efficiently and effectively
as possible to meet the needs of West Campus departments and programs, such as the unified psychology department. In support
of the Arts, Page Auditorium will be renovated, and we are developing new management strategies to ensure that performance
spaces in the Bryan Center remain up-to-date. In addition, as we systematically renovate student residence halls, a focused
effort will be made to create new student arts spaces, including music practice rooms and spaces large enough for small performances
and concerts within residential units. With regard to West's role in supporting science, engineering, and medicine, the Fitzpatrick
Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering Medicine and Applied Sciences, the French Family Science Center, and new medical
research buildings along Research Drive have already begun to transform the science end of campus. The new facility for the
Nicholas School and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Studies is in the final planning stages and will occupy
the site of the Paul M. Gross Chemistry Building. The new Nicholas Building will create a significant backfill opportunity
in A-wing of the Levine Science Research Center, allowing us to meet current and future needs of Arts & Sciences, the Pratt
School of Engineering, and the School of Medicine. While no specific commitments have been made potential new construction
includes a joint facility for Pratt's department of electrical and computer engineering and Arts & Sciences' department of
computer science, including substantial teaching laboratory space for Engineering. In addition, the School of Medicine has
suggested the possibility of building a new building on Research Drive to serve as its signature facility. We recognize that
we must continually respond to the ongoing space needs of our professional schools and we anticipate over the next planning
period, capital investments in all schools, with the exception of Divinity. The Fuqua School of Business broke ground this
summer on a $40M classroom building, to be completed in summer of 2007, and discussions are underway about an addition to
the Thomas Center to better support Fuqua's temporary residency programs. The Law School has nearly completed its renovation
master plan with two significant exceptions: the renovation of the Law School library and creation of a central social space,
which are expected to be completed over the next two to three years.
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