The purpose of this campus master planning process is to provide a clear and compelling vision of a unique, attractive and functional setting for all the activities that go on here at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. To fulfill its purpose, this physical planning process must be coordinated with the university’s strategic plan and the Power of 10 Vision. For more information on the strategic planning process, please visit the ‘Strategic Planning Process’ section on ChargerNet.

The scope is broad and inclusive, yet the results should be detailed to allow the Campus Master Plan to become an everyday reference. In his announcement of the campus planning process, President Williams challenged the university community to consider a range of issues. Master plans deal with functional relationships among a host of competing elements of the physical campus: buildings, open spaces, and places to live, work, study, come together, recreate, and find time alone. They must resolve issues of access, wayfinding and circulation, architecture, landscape, utilities and services, security, and the natural environment, organized to help meet the missions of teaching, research/creative activity and service.

Whether the question is about open space, landscaping, signs, infill building sites, utility infrastructure, sidewalks, bicycles, transit, design review, or building standards and specifications, we should be able to find the answers we need in our campus master plan. In this way, people will know what’s expected, they will respond accordingly, and projects will move ahead quickly and efficiently.

Our campus master planning process is intended to bring the university community to consensus regarding allocation of capital resources. As a logical, physical expression of our university’s mission and purpose, the campus plan should reflect UAHuntsville’s unique nature and character. The plan should serve the needs of the campus community at large while respecting and capitalizing upon the position of the university in our host community and region.

For more information on the master planning process, we encourage you to view the "Campus-Wide Vision" - a set of what might be termed first principles that will be used to guide the refinement and development of the Campus Master Plan.