Wesleyan University
The Wesleyan Dilemma
Integrated Planning
A Sense of Place
A Wesleyan senior, April 1997
Wesleyan’s Advantages
Challenges
Community Priorities
A heart for the campus
Improvements in residential program
Stronger ties to Middletown
Academic Priorities
Arts
Science and Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Programs
Classrooms
Faculty Housing
Opportunities for Collegial Activity
Institutional Identity
History of Planning
Yale - the inspiration for Brownstone Row
Jefferson’ Academical Village
Early Wesleyan
Rummell’s Prints
Henry Bacon’ s 1913 Plan
Sixties Ambitions
Seventies Realities
Rolland/Towers Landscape Plan
Reasons for Optimism
Five Planning Principles
1. Wesleyan’s Campus Needs a Focal Point
2. Existing Buildings Should be Well Used
3. All change Should Reinforce the Visual Logic and Aesthetic Appeal of the Campus as a Whole
4. The Campus Should Have a Clear Identity
5. Changes Should Simplify Administrative Burdens
Integration of Planning Proposals
Studio and Performance Space
Use of Fayerweather
Possible Use of Squash Courts
New Museum
Alsop House
Alternatives for the Arts
Unifying the Arts
Missed opportunities
Connecting the Arts to the Campus
A Campus Center
PPT Slide
A New Building
Dining
Alumni Athletic Building
Andrus Field
Pedestrian Traffic
Housing Density
Housing
Humanities
Library and Archives
Parking
Middletown
Priorities
Recommended Projects
Back to Priorities
Application of Planning Principles
Next Steps
Questions?
Email: parsons@fas.harvard.edu