Urban sprawl is endemic throughout the United States, and there is widespread concern over its potential environmental and public health impacts. It is difficult to define sprawl precisely. However, what all piecemeal land expansions of metropolitan areas, including urban sprawl, have in common are low residential density, reliance on automobiles, and lack of user-friendly open spaces.
'Campus Pointe' Development (Capstone Project)Campus Pointe is located on the northeast corner of the intersection at University Drive and South College Avenue. The site currently contains married student housing, however there are plans for redevelopment. We were tasked with designing a site plan that incorporates a mixture of uses, pedestrian and transit accommodations, a parking plan, and a traffic impact analysis. This report is broken into the following six sections:
