OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Project: A campus master plan for a campus of 12,000 students The OCCC Board of Regents engaged Triad Design Group and Ferrell Madden Lewis to rethink the campus master plan and envision growth for the coming decade and well into the 21st Century. Several consistent themes emerged from the concept plans, which related directly to the guiding principles: compact character, phased/ incremental development, use nature as an asset, serve college and community, and improve campus identity. The final master plan and guidelines embody several Big Ideas: Parking Edges, Gateways, and Landmarks Pedestrian Priority Community Access Sustainability and Stewardship
Client: Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Contact: John Boyd, Associate Vice-President for Community Development, 405.682.1611
Status: Master Planning 2008; Board of Regents unanimously adopted March 2009
• near term - "green" walkable lots
• future - structured garages
• Flanking buildings to create gateway
• Visually terminating vistas to create campus focal points
• Public art as landmarks
• crosswalks with vehicular yield
• shaded walkways with pedestrian-scale lighting
• pedestrian mall along main building
• allee from campus core to pond
• trails to and around existing pond
• defined recreation areas
• amphitheater as gateway
• active naturalized waterways
• rain gardens and water re-use
• native tree species and low-water/maintenance plantings
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