Supporting the University's Educational Mission

 The Campus Master Plan supports the University’s mission of  learning, discovery and engagement and optimizes its function as  a rich and diverse learning environment. The quality of the campus  environment, including buildings and academic space, contributes  significantly to the University's ongoing efforts to attract and  sustain the best students, faculty, and staff. The preparation of
 this plan included over a year of interviews and meetings with
                                                        University leaders, college and major unit heads, and central administration to determine their academic needs now and for the future. Out of those meetings grew a plan for accommodating growth.

Current Growth
Currently there are about 535,000 gross square feet (GSF) of new projects in the planning phase including the State Hygienic Laboratory, Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, College of Public Health building, Library Storage Facility, and Seashore Hall. Growth is consistent with an average rate of about 250,000 GSF of new space per year.

Infill
It is recommended that an infill strategy be adopted to optimize the use of campus land. It is evident that there is a need to determine appropriate locations for additional new building space as the University continues to expand in the coming decades. New buildings and facilities should be planned at densities that will optimize the use of available land and maintain flexibility. Low-density development within highly desired building areas of the campus should be avoided.

Future significant infill opportunities are identified for the East and West campuses that amount to approximately 4.25 million gross square feet of additional capacity.

Future Building Need
1.5 to 1.8 million square feet is a general estimate of the amount of new building that will likely need to be accommodated on the campus in the future. There is additional building capacity at the following locations:

Old Capitol District	1,813,000 GSF
Iowa Center for the Arts District	977,000 GSF
Boyd Law District	610,000 GSF
Health Sciences and UIHC District	838,000 GSF
Athletics and Recreation District	775,000 GSF
East and West Residential District	30,000 GSF
Total	5,043,000 GSF

Locations for new facilities include the Seashore Hall block, the river site south of the English-Philosophy Building, the Health Sciences Campus, the International Center site, and the area south of Burlington Street that will host the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. The plan also recommends that University services- and operations-related facilities begin a phased relocation to areas south of their existing locations along Burlington and Court Streets.

Proposed Opportunity Sites

1  Seashore Hall Block	2 Van Allen Hall Lecture Halls Site
3  Facilities Building	4 Halsey Hall Block
5 River Site South of EPB	6 Communication Center Site
7 Lindquist Center Expansion	8 Parking Lot West of Gibson Square
9 University Capitol Centre	10 Campus Recreation Center
11 Engineering Research Facilitiy Expansion	12 Court Street to Harrison Street Blocks
13 River Street	14 Theater Building Expansion
15 Hancher Parking	16 Park Road River Site
17 Park Road - Grove Street Sites	18 South Quadrangle
19 Byington Road Site	20 Myrtle Avenue Site
21 International Center Site	22 Westlawn Site
23 Site for Building “C”	24 Medical Education Building Site
25 Dental Science Building Addition	26 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Expansion
27 Arena Parking Lot Site	28 West Chiller Plant Site
29 UIHC	30 Burge Hall Expansion
31 Quad Dorm Site

Please address questions and comments to Rod Lehnertz,
Facilities Management director for Planning, Design & Construction Services