Health Science Center Campus Plan

160 Pages·2013·20.61 MB·English

Bryan, Texas
Campus Master Plan
and Design Guidelines
January 2008
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In association with: Cover images (clockwise):
1. Alexandria African American Heritage Park
Alexandria, VA; EDAW (D. Carrillo)
Mitchell & Morgan, LLP 2. Harrison Memorial Hospital,
Bremerton, WA; EDAW (D. Carrillo)
Shah Smith & Associates
3. V. Haas
Walter P Moore Traffic 4. R. Butler
5. Sallie Mae Virginia Consolidation
Broaddus Associates
Fairfax County, VA; EDAW (D. Carrillo)
6. R. Butler
7. R. Butler
Project Team Acknowledgments
FKP Architects Inc. Texas A&M Health Science Center Texas A&M University System
Architects Nancy W. Dickey, MD Facilities Planning
John M. Farrell, AIA, Principal in Charge President Chuck Brenton, Senior Project Planner
Ed Huckaby, FAIA, Principal, Planner Rayellen Milburn Theo Rouse, Area Manager, Central / HSC
Senior Assoc. Vice President and Controller, User Coordinator
Gary Owens, AIA, Assoc. Principal, Lead Designer John Gladden, System Mechanical Engineer
Cynthia Walston, AIA, Assoc. Principal, MERB Planner Dr. Alicia Dorsey Bruce Karr, Area Manager Engineering
Vice President, Communication and Program Development
Alan Black, AIA, Vice President, HPEC Planner
Tim Conroy, AIA, Vice President, PM Master Plan Dr. Craig H. Blakely
Associate Dean, School of Rural Public Health Broaddus & Associates
Tom Woods, AIA, Associate, PM Phase One
Claudia Barreda, Project Designer Dr. James N. Burdine Project Managers for HSC
Professor, School of Rural Public Health
Nadja Blattner, Architectural Intern Paul H. Sanders, Dr. PH, AIA, Vice President
David A. Cantrell, MA, MBA, MPM
Whitney Garcia, Project Planner Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer Stephen Coulston, AIA, Vice President
Tom Hagge, PE, Vice President
Dr. David S. Carlson
EDAW, Inc. Vice President, Research and Graduate Studies
Mark A. Cervenka Manhattan Construction
Campus Planners / Landscape Architects
Manager, Facilities
Russ Butler, FASLA, Principal, Vice President Construction Managers
Dr. Jeffrey D. Cirillo
Mike Pisano, RLA, LEED-AP, Associate, Project Manager Associate Professor, Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis Bruce Bruning, Senior Project Manager
Vaike Haas, LEED-AP, ASLA, Landscape Designer
Dr. Christopher C. Colenda
Pamela McMillan, Urban Planner Dean, College of Medicine
Texas Department of Transportation
Ryan Godderz, Landscape Designer
Cullen M. Godfrey, JD
Bob Appleton, Director of Transportation Planning & Development
Craig Johnson, Planner Chief Legal Officer
Chad Bohne, Advance Planning Engineer
Nantawan Sirisup, Intern Dr. William Griffith
Silvia Kjolseth, Urban Planner Professor & Head, College of Medicine
Melissa Sartorius, Planner Dr. Clay D. Hanks City of Bryan
Director, Facilities & Safety Administration
Mark Conlee, Mayor
Mitchell & Morgan, LLP Gary L. Henryson David Watkins, City Manager
Assistant Vice President, Communications
Joey Dunn, Deputy City Manager
Civil Engineers
Dr. Kelly Hester
Dennis Goehring, Economic Development Coordinator
Joel Mitchell, PE Associate Dean, College of Medicine
Linda Huff, Director of Public Works
Benny Holland, RN, BSN, MPH
Shah-Smith & Associates Simulation Center Director Jayson Barfknecht, Director of Water Utilities
Dr. James R. Joyce
Thermal and Utilities Engineers Assistant Vice President, Research and Graduate Studies The Melrose Company / Traditions
Jerry Smith, PE, Principal
Dr. Roderick E. McCallum
John Jordan, The Melrose Company, Executive Vice President
Doug Garrison, PE, Vice President Vice President, Academic Affairs
Eddie Hare, Traditions, Development Manager
Scott Sevigny, PE Mechanical Engineer
Dr. Barry C. Nelson
Joe Routhier, PE Electrical Engineer Vice President, Finance and Administration
Dr. James Samuel Texas Brain & Spine Institute
Walter P Moore Professor, Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis Dr. Jon Friedman
Douglas P. Venuti Cindy Hoffmann
Traffic Engineers Executive Associate Dean, College of Medicine
Randy Schulze, PE, Principal
Dr. Sharon A. Wilkerson
Acting Dean, Nursing Program Hospice Brazos Valley
Dr. Van G. Wilson Dr. Craig Borchardt, President, CEO
Associate Dean, College of Medicine
Mike Couch, Inpatient Services
4 Texas A&M Health Science Center Campus Master Plan
1: Introduction 5: Campus Master Plan 7: Architectural Guidelines
Texas A&M Health Science Center 4 Image and character 57 Architectural guiding principles 100
A campus in a forest 4 Campus master plan 60 Architectural character 101
Scope of master plan 5 Planned facilities 61 Architectural vocabulary and materials 103
Project team 5 Site utilization 62 Exterior materials 105
Character sketches 64 Roof forms and materials 106
2: Site Analysis Phasing 65 Fenestration: Solid to transparent ratios 107
Phase 1 66 Building entrances 108
Phase 2 68 Collonades, loggias and arcades 109
Regional context 8
Phase 3 70 Plazas and courtyards 110
Ecological context 10
Phase 4 72 Orientation and solar angles 111
Urban context 12
Sun and shadow 74 Sustainable design 112
Airport impact 14
Vehicular circulation 76 Daylight and energy performance 113
Existing conditions 16
Pedestrian circulation 78
Vegetation 18
Utilities 80
Highest value vegetation 20 Massing study 82 8: Landscape Guidelines
Elevation 22
Campus sections 82
Soils 24
Environmental assessment 26 Landscape character 116
Buildable area 28 6: Campus Guidelines Landscape principles 117
Site character 30 Landscape typologies 118
Native landscapes 119
3: Conceptual Master Plan Campus planning principles 86 Natural landscapes 120
Campus identity 86 Cultivated landscapes 121
Vehicular access 88 Programmed landscapes 122
Conceptual campus master plan 34
Service and emergency access 89 Campus ponds 123
Preliminary site utilization 34
Parking 90 Wetlands 124
4: Campus Definition Pedestrian access and circulation 91 Water quality 125
Bicycle parking 92 The ‘water smart’ campus 129
Campus gathering spaces 93
Campus precedents 38 Site lighting 94
Charette concepts (13 June 2007) 42 Light pollution reduction 95 9: Conclusion
Program summary 44 Site furnishings 96
Concept sketches 46 Paving materials 97
Summary of sustainable principles 133
Framework alternatives 48
Conclusion 133
Access and circulation alternatives 50
References 134
Appendices
A Architectural materials palette 136
B Landscape maintenance 137
C Plant palettes 138
‘Native landscape’ plant palette 138
‘Lowland landscape’ plant palette 141
‘Natural landscape’ plant palette 142
‘Cultivated landscape’ plant palette 144
‘Programmed landscape’ plant palette 146
Plant species information tables 148
D Manufacturer contact information 154
Contents 1
2 Texas A&M Health Science Center Campus Master Plan
Introduction
The Texas A&M Health Science Center (HSC)
is devoted to educating health professionals
and researchers of extraordinary competence
and integrity. Its faculty, staff and students are
united by a belief that all people – regardless of
geography, economics or culture – deserve the
benefits of compassionate care, superior science
and exceptional education.
Planning the new Campus for the Health Science
Center was a collaborative process, occurring
between April 2007 and January 2008. After a
comprehensive site analysis, which explored the
opportunities and constraints of the Site, ‘charette’
workshop design sessions and the exploration of
several framework possibilities helped to shape
the final master plan for the Health Science
Center.
This section covers the following topics:
- Texas A&M Health Science Center
- A campus in a forest
- Scope of master plan
- Project team
1: Introduction 3
Texas A&M Health Science Center* A Campus in a Forest
The creation of the Health Science Center The concept for the Texas A&M Health Science
began in September 1996, when the Texas A&M Center campus master plan is ‘a campus in
University System Board of Regents authorized a a forest’. The 203-acre Site is bisected by a
comprehensive analysis regarding the feasibility deeply incised ravine, as well as several tributary
of consolidating the major health-related elements channels heavily vegetated with large oak trees
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recommended the Texas A&M University College natural areas into the Campus, and to establish a
of Medicine, the then-proposed School of Rural pleasing aesthetic.
Public Health, Baylor College of Dentistry and
the Institute of Biosciences and Technology be Preserved natural areas, reduced parking
integrated as the Texas A&M Health Science footprints, sensitively allocated building locations
Center. The study also recommended creating a and uses, and adaptive campus landscape
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences to offer maintenance practices can all enhance the
graduate degree programs in medicine, dentistry academic and healing environment encompassing
and public health. A sixth component, The Irma the new Health Science Center campus. An
Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, was created extensive analysis has been instrumental in
in 2006, and approval for a seventh component, maintaining ‘a campus in a forest’ feel, and
the College of Nursing, is anticipated during 2008. has included assessments of: buildable area,
appropriate building densities, campus program,
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research and clinical facilities located in the and treating the ravines and wooded areas as
Bryan-College Station community and to amenities of the Site have been imperative to the
enhance the opportunity for clinical affiliations planned image and character of the Campus.
in an environment conducive to public private
partnerships. Planned and designed as a state-of-
the-art facility, the proposed new Health Science
Center campus will foster collaborative education
for health professions and break-through scientific
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College Station, allowing maximum collaboration
Above, at right: between the two universities.
Work sessions and visits to the Site were essential to the * Compiled by Dr. Alicia Dorsey, Vice President for Communi-
collaborative process of master plan design. cation & Program Development for Texas A&M HSC
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Scope of Master Plan Initial HSC Facilities (2009-2013) Project Team
Per the project’s (2007) Request for Qualifications, - Health Professions Education Center FKP Architects and EDAW, Inc. collaborated on
the relocation of research, education, outreach - Administrative headquarters for HSC the master plan, in association with civil engineers
and administrative activities currently distributed - Medical Education and Research Building Mitchell and Morgan, traffic engineers from Walter
throughout the Bryan-College Station community - Central physical plant and infrastructure P Moore, and thermal and utilities engineers
to a single location was the first step in creating Shah-Smith and Associates.
the Health Science Center campus. A sustainable Initial Affiliate Sites (2009-2013)
campus setting that preserved much of the natural - Two potential affiliate organizations (for which Along with the Health Science Center and the
environment and existing terrain was highly negotiations are underway) Texas A&M System Facilities and Planning office,
desired, as well as one that would emphasize FKP and EDAW hosted a series of workshops
a collaborative and translational teaching and HSC Facilities (2014-2017) and discussions between May and October of
research environment. - Relocation of the School of Rural Public Health 2007. Also participating were representatives
- Student and visiting scholar housing from: the City of Bryan, the Texas Department
Future outpatient and sub-specialty clinics will - Ambulatory clinical facility for group practice of Transportation (TX DOT), HSC’s project
provide space for local clinical partners to deliver - Additional research facilities managers from Broaddus Associates, Manhattan
health care to patients from the surrounding - Additional educational facilities Construction, anticipated health partners, as
community. These clinics will also provide well as neighboring property owners from the
educational and outreach opportunities, serving to Affiliate / Partner Facilities (2020+) Traditions Club and Melrose Company.
train a range of health professional students. - Federally Qualified Health Clinic
- Advanced diagnostic services
The master plan project scope was revised to - Community partner health facility
include the following components: - Various health-related small businesses
- Initial 250-bed hospital and 250-bed expansion
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