George Mason University Facilities Planning Documents, 1960-2007
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George Mason University has been expanding for over fifty Years. From its humble beginnings in an eight-room elementary school in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, with an enrollment of seventeen students, to its three campuses with nearly forty thousand students and staff decades later, Mason has demonstrated enormous growth quickly.
The documents in this collection come from both physical and born-digital collections of the George Mason University Facilities Planning Department, many of which are held in the Special Collections Research Center.
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Item George Mason University Master Plan, September 2002(2002-09) Sasaki Associates; MMM Design GroupPrepared in September 2002 by Sasaki Associates and MMM Design Group, the George Mason University Master Plan, presents a vision for growth and change in the physical environments of the Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William Campuses. This document offers suggestions for additional improvements in building, landscape, traffic and parking, and other campus features based on future programatic needs and physical analysis of existing buildings, vehicular and pedestrian traffic, topography and open space elements and character. It contains seven major subdivisions: Summary, Introduction, University Overview, Fairfax Campus, Prince William, Arlington, and Acknowledgments. Distributed through facilities planning office at http://facilities.gmu.edu/masterplans/index.htmItem George Mason University NE [Northeast] Sector Plan: Determination and Analysis of Market Demand and Program/Planning, November 2004(2004-11) Sasaki AssociatesPrepared in November 2004 by Sasaki Associates, this document contains a study, analysis, and master plan for buildings and amenities in the Northeast Sector of the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University. Elements of this plan include: housing, dining, retail, student union, parking, and traffic. The document contains analysis and research, a "vision plan" for the design of the buildings in the Sector, and an implementation strategy for construction of the buildings and infrastructure. Distributed through facilities planning office at http://facilities.gmu.edu/masterplans/index.htmItem George Mason University Southwest Sector: Master Plan, August 2007(2007-08) Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn ArchitectsPrepared in August 2007 by Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, this document presents a master plan for buildings and environment in the Southwest Sector of the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University. It offers suggestions for additional improvements in building, landscape, traffic and parking, and other campus features. It contains twelve major subdivisions: Executive Summary, Master Plan Goals, Program Illustrative Plan, Design Principles, New Campus Places, Achievements of the Plan, Housing Phase Plans, Parking, Retail and Services, Appendix A: Retail Study, and Appendix B: Traffic & Transportation Study. Distributed through facilities planning office at http://facilities.gmu.edu/masterplans/index.htmItem George Mason University, Master Plan, 1979(George Mason University, 1979-01) Saunders, Cheng, and Appleton, Architects, Engineers and Planners; JHK and Associates, Consulting Traffic Engineers; Eday Company, Consulting Landscape ArchitectsApproved by the George Mason University Board of Visitors on November 15, 1978, this master plan revised the 1968 plan, which was created when George Mason was then George Mason College of the University of Virginia. It was prepared to reflect an institution that was whose mission had , in its own opinion, changed dramatically. Contained in this document are: an Introduction, Summary of Findings and Recommendations, documents addressing Environmental Conditions, Land Use, Circulation (traffic and pedestrian), Site Improvements, Facilities, Utilities, Visual Forms, and Expansion Capability, followed by References, Acknowledgments, and Appendices. George Mason University Facilities Planning Records, Master Plans, Box 51.Item George Mason University, Master Plan, 1987(1987-02) Sasaki Associates, Inc.; Hawkins and Anderson; MIRA, Inc.Published in February 1987, this master plan revised the 1979 plan. It was prepared to reflect an institution that one day would have an enrollment of 30,000. Contained in this document are: an Introduction, Analysis, Master Plan (containing land use, buildings, land use, circulation [traffic and pedestrian],and utilities and lighting). George Mason University Facilities Planning Records, Master Plans, Box 51.