Campus Building Analysis: Building Heights & Footprints

There is much deliberation in the studio about how to approach building height and footprint size regarding the design opportunity we have ahead of ourselves. UNCG has its own guidelines for new buildings as well as the city of Greensboro but perhaps its not a question of how big or how tall we can go in our designs.

The library is the tallest building on campus, standing at 11 stories tall located in the center of campus. Connected to the EUC, it also has the largest footprint. It is easy to infer from these numbers and the relative location that this is the heart of UNCG’s campus. Not to mention, the services, activities, and knowledge this “heart” has to offer further enforce its character as a landmark. One must ask the question: What can our designs offer to deserve such honor and visibility as another potential landmark on campus? This information will be helpful to the design teams in comparing the tallest (and largest) buildings on campus along with what they have to offer and their locations within the context of UNCG’s campus.