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Caption: UIS Long Range Plan - 1970 (Sangamon State Univ)
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Ill - A. DESIGN SOLUTION The uses of a long-range development plan for the new university that is to come into being on 740 acres of open farm land are: a) b) c) d) To construct a vision, To construct a physical plant that gives form to the vision. To establish educational and architectural reference points for the future. To provide flexibility for future planning under new circumstances. 1. The circular plan of Sangamon State University grew out of the circumstances that this "community for learning" has in common with a town. The community concept suggested a stimulating mix of activities for students, faculty and visitors at the core, and an agreeably urbane approach by way of a ring road. 2. The most formal element in the design is the ring road and the impressive avenues of trees composed with it. In addition to the thoroughly functional value of bringing the students and faculty most directly to their destinations, the ring road serves to define the academic heart of the campus without restricting it, to provide a magnificent approach to all parts of the campus, inside and outside the ring, and to mark in a distinctive way this particular campus on this particular site. This formal element is powerfully defined by seven rows of trees that flank the lanes of a divided highway, with a bicycle trail along its perimeter. The outermost ring is 1650 feet from the center of the campus. All other trees on the site are informally grouped. 3. Turnoffs into the academic campus lead directly into parking lots with space for 6000 cars, each within a short walk from the buildings it serves. From here, traffic into the 7
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