Epsilon Open Archive

Sustainability objectives are particularly crucial when envisioning university campuses; the environment serves as a laboratory for researchers, teachers, students, residents and other actors of the surrounding community. This report describes an exploratory research and design process that uses illustrative techniques with the aim to bridge the gap between theoretical sustainability principles and a workable physical planning strategy for Ultuna. A large-scale modern building program is already underway, and rapid urbanization in the surrounding region coupled with projected growth on campus suggests future intensification of university lands. A master plan to be implemented until 2040 is now in the preliminary design phase. Ultuna is home to significant cultural and ecological landscapes, and a holistic approach is called for. Central principles of regenerative campus development are selected and concretized as visionary hypotheses in a physical context. Stakeholder interviews provide the empirical basis for this exploratory design process. Preliminary design concepts and plans illustrate sustainable systems while supporting new functional programmatic requirements: housing, industry-research collaboration, transportation, and communityintegrated landscapes. The result is a proposal based on regenerative landscape design, envisioning campus Ultuna as a coherent whole.