Tours

Friday, May 4, 2012, 3:00 PM–4:30 PM
Campus Tour: Air Force Academy

After the afternoon panel discussions and networking break, join us on a backstage tour of the Unites States Air Force Academy.  Learn about the campus architecture, one of the icons of Modernism and now a National Historic Landmark District due to its planning and design.  Hear about the best talent used to plan and design the Academy from its architecture by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, to fashion design of uniforms by Cecil B. DeMille, to site photography by Ansel Adams to the design review board chaired by Eero Saarinen to landscape design by Dan Kiley, and more.  A 100 percent design effort!  See the Chapel, academic facilities, dorms, and dining facility that can feed up to 5000 cadets in 25 minutes-family style!
After the main campus tour there is an option to tour the Academy athletic facilities, some of the best in the nation.

Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
Campus Tour: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Colorado College Campus Tour

This tour requires separate registration and a fee of $25.

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was founded in 1965, at the urging of Hewlett Packard. Their goal was to provide their staff access to public higher education locally. As the University grew, philanthropic-minded citizens continued their support. Much of the 545 acres that are part of today’s campus were donated. The developed portion of the campus is 114 acres; about 1.8 million square feet of facilities have been constructed.
 
Colorado College is a private school of about 2,000 students, predominantly undergraduate. General William Palmer, who was instrumental in founding Colorado Springs, founded the College in 1874. The College occupies about five city blocks, bounded by the Colorado Springs Downtown on the south, by historic neighborhoods on the east and south, and by Monument Creek on the west. The Colorado College Long Range Development Plan was written to maintain a constant campus enrollment of 2,000 students and embrace the open nature of Colorado and the mountain west.
 
The UCCS tour will look at undeveloped land for a 4,000-seat arena, a Visual and Performing Arts facility, and the initial facility of a branch medical campus. The Colorado College visit will be a walking tour that essentially follows the outer boundary of the historic campus quadrangle. 

Learning Outcomes:

 

  1. Recognize the differences between planning a large state university and a small, urban private college.
  2. Analyze the planning and sustainability issues for developing large events centers and branch campuses as part of the University.
  3. Discuss issues related to an urban college and adjacent historic neighborhoods.
  4. Review the effects of planning a residential college for constant campus enrollment.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 3.5 units (SCUPP12M102)