Campus Design: Locating a new center of international studies

FIU's campus master plan should portray an overall concept of the University's vision. Its design should represent a distinctive sense of institutional purpose. Its architecture should support the campus design in the realization of an ideal academic environment. The present master plan of Florida International University (FIU) offers neither a clear typology of architectural elements nor adequate relationships and connections between buildings. FIU needs to enhance its master plan with an architectural and urban vocabulary that creates a better environment. This thesis will examine FIU's present master plan, explaining the history of its development. Further, it will critically examine the quality of the campus, highlighting the success and failure of its various parts. The unrealized potential of the campus' original vision will be juxtaposed to the built reality. In addition, FlU's planning strategies will be parallel with the planning of several master plans of American universities. Finally, this thesis will propose a set of criteria for the inclusion of a new building in the campus master plan. The Center of International Study will be the catalyst that would bring into focus the university's vision. As a means to prove the validity of these criteria, a new location for the center of international studies will be selected, and a schematic architectural proposal will be made.

Perkins+Will Meeting Agendas and 15 Campus Plans

Meeting agenda and documents from Meeting # 5 between the memebers of Perkins+Will and the FIU-AHSCMP Executive Planning Committee. Includes plans and blueprints detailing facility goals and assumptions for the Academic Health Sciences facility over a 5, 10, and 20 year planning period, as well as future goals. Blueprints include a Campus Plan and 5, 10, and 20 year plans for the Program, Space, Service, and Access, as well as a Site Plan, and Perspective View of the facilities.

AHSC Facilities Master Plan

Plans and projections for the development of the Academic Health Sciences facility.