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As the University of Houston (UH) plans for its second century, the campus is looking to the 'space between' buildings, such as landscape and public space, for innovative opportunities to expand cross-disciplinary discovery. This session will share how and why UH is remaking its arrival experience, central quad, and campus woodlands to foster social, physical, and mental wellbeing for the campus community. We'll discuss how to balance a 100-year stewardship planning framework with the pace of accelerated research and new buildings, demonstrating how both frames of reference can contribute to a campus's strategic objectives and an innovation mindset.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify programming and design strategies for creating cross-disciplinary spaces that address the learning and wellbeing needs of both academic and student life.
2. Adopt an evidence-based design model that expands the lens of traditional campus planning to include wellness, resilience, inclusion, and other student success outcomes.
3. Consider how building language and landscape can be more cohesive, interactive, and resilient to contribute to the wellbeing of the campus community.
4. Uncover how landscape elements such as a 100-year tree canopy and other healthy, climate-positive elements can extend the campus planning framework beyond built structures.

Presenters:

Jim Taylor, University Architect, University of Houston
Chip Trageser, Partner, OJB Landscape Architecture
Mrinalini Verma, Associate, Sustainability, OJB Landscape Architecture

Delivered 07/23/2024.

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