Campus Master Plan

The Campus Master Plan project will result in a document that will guide the future development and land use at Bishop’s University.

The Plan will respond to a series of objectives which emerged from a public consultation that took place in June 2010.  The Campus development priorities identified at that time included the following:

• Preserve Bishop’s identity
  The places we know and love – the Quad, McGreer, St. Mark’s, Divinity and Bandeen Hall – are central to Bishop’s heritage.
  
  
• Promote a walking culture
  Establish Bishop’s as a place where walking, not cars and parking, takes precedence.
  
  
• Connect our campus
  Connect our buildings to one another and our campus spaces to the rivers and forests that surround us.
  
  
• Make spaces for coming together
  Spaces for meetings and spontaneous gatherings contribute to a vibrant academic and social life.
  
  
• Create a visible campus
  Most of campus life is hidden behind walls and doors.  Much of it can, and should, be made visible.
  
  
• Build a new campus entrance
  Design a dignified entrance to the campus leading to the Sports and Wellness centre and Coulter Field.
  
  
• Enhance College Street
  The stretch from Queen Street to our campus evokes an industrial park rather than a quaint college town.  College Street should look worthy of its name.

It is expected that a final proposal will be prepared and presented to the Board of Governors in the spring of 2012.

Contributors

If you would like to share your views on the concept presented by the architects, please send your comments by e-mail to the Principal at Principal@UBishops.ca.

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