Essay: A Mission-Centered Vision for the Campus

01: Introduction

• A Historic and Evolving Campus
• The 2026 Plan
• The Planning Process

02: Principles and Key Elements

• Principles
• Key Elements
  • Continued Stewardship and Renewal of the Central Campus
  • Enabling Expansion of the Undergraduate Student Body
  • Expanding and Enhancing Engineering and Environmental Studies
  • Cultivating Community
  • Creating a Lake Campus
• Other Elements
• Potential Components in the Planning Framework

03: Projects and Initiatives

• Campus-Wide Projects and Initiatives
  • Washington Road Streetscape Enhancements
  • Lake Carnegie Landscape
  • East-West Campus Connector
  • North-South Campus Connector
• Central Campus Projects and Initiatives
  • Establishing Residential Colleges Adjacent to Poe/Pardee Fields
  • Extending the Diagonal Walk
  • A Frist/Guyot/McCosh Node and the Wilson College, Eno Hall and 1915 Hall Sites
  • The Expansion of Dillon Gym
  • A Potential Residential Mixed-Use Corridor
• East Campus Projects and Initiatives
  • Create New Space for Engineering and Environmental Studies
  • East Campus Entry
  • A New Campus Setting for William Street/185 Nassau Street
• Lake Campus Projects and Initiatives
  • Lake Campus Walk
  • Tiger Lane Crossing and Transit Hub
  • Academic Partnerships, Innovation Space, Administration and Housing
  • Athletics
  • Parking
  • Campus Meadow
• Forrestal Campus Projects and Initiatives
  • Forrestal Campus Landscape and Movement
  • Cycling Connections to Main Campus and Forrestal Village
  • The ReCAP Facility and the Gas Dynamics Laboratory

04: A Sustainability Framework

• Sustainability Objectives
  • Embedded Sustainability Strategies
  • A Shift Toward Broad Impacts Across Complex Systems
  • Aligning Campus Planning, Sustainability and Princeton’s Educational Mission
• Components of the Sustainability Framework
  • Impact Priorities
  • Impact Indicators, Proposed Targets and Planning Strategies
    • Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    • Compact Campus Footprint
    • Transportation
    • Storm Water Management
    • Water Conservation
    • Habitat Integrity
    • Waste Reduction
    • Reliability

Essay: A Powerful Sense of Identity, An Authentic Sense of Place

05: Land Use

• The Organization of the Campus
• Opportunities and Objectives
  • Strategically Utilize Opportunity Sites on the Existing Campus
  • Identify Opportunity Sites for Growth Beyond the Existing Campus
  • Preserve Capacity for Future Evolution
  • Reinforce Existing Campus Nodes and Create New Ones
  • Pursue Appropriate Mixed-Use Development
  • Princeton Forrestal Campus
• Components of the Land Use System
  • Academic
  • Residential
  • Athletics
  • Administrative
  • Academic Partnership
  • Operations and Support
  • Utility Infrastructure 

06: Movement

• Objectives
• Components of the Movement System
  • Pedestrian Movement
  • Cycling
  • Tiger Transit
  • Regional Transit
  • Vehicular Movement
  • Parking 

07: Landscape

• Objectives
  • Sense of Place
  • Support Community and Interaction
  • Enhanced Functionality
  • Stewardship
  • Performative Landscape
• Components of the Landscape Framework
  • Natural Landscapes
  • Linear Landscapes
  • Campus Open Space
  • Buildings and Landscapes of Historical and Cultural Significance 

08: A Look Ahead

Acknowledgments