Illustrative plan of future non-profit campus
To leverage the non-profit’s physical assets while upholding their 100-year legacy for years to come, I led a comprehensive master planning and pre-entitlement strategy. This involved the extensive coordination of client executive leadership, agency representatives, market and economic feasibility experts, developers and land use lawyers. With an internal team of two junior designers, I also served as urban design and planning lead.
My approach involved a series of investigations including a forward-thinking look into the future of the non-profit’s industry, an introspective into operational and organizational flows, as well as a meticulous site planning using scenario modeling techniques for height, bulk and massing, development and land use options to produce viable entitlement strategies.
Futures Analysis
Like many institutions, this non-profit is affected by outside influences beyond its control.
In order to understand the impact of trends overtime, I led a futures assessment map out trends affecting the non-profit across relevant themes and time scales.
Site Analysis
Core
My team defined operational inconsistencies and opportunities within the interior of the main facility.
Edge
I led site observations on mobility, access, pedestrian safety, character of the public realm to inform the site plan.
Community
My team researched and analyzed population and housing density as well as construction pipeline to understand patterns of land use and needs of the proximate community.
Plan and Design
Lot line adjustments
The smallest existing lot on the area plan is roughly 8,000 sq. ft..
Existing lot line conditions
Adjusting the existing lot lines bring the total developable area to over 20,000 sq. ft. per lot, instead of
Proposed lot line to maximize to allowable built area
Facility Orientation
Core, edge, and community analysis uncovered physical constraints on the site.
Existing physical footprint of the animal welfare non-profit in red and green
I explored the placement of the physical footprint of the non-profit’s future facilities. Each with its out pro/con given market feasibility, proximity to regional access, client and user wayfinding, utilization of existing assets.
Development Scenarios
I led the development of three scenarios which shows the range of possible uses, design concepts, market feasibility, and gross land value for the future campus.
These scenarios have a potential to create entitled gross land proceeds for the non-profit client from $52M to $130M before entitlement costs.
