Explorations in the art of design and the relationship between art, environment,
architecture and people.
PROJECTS
This sampling of our portfolio will help you define our past experience but it does not define the limits of our capabilities or interests. Our firm is dedicated to new clients, experiences and challenges.
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Berea College, John G. Fee Glade Park
Berea, Kentucky
Completed: Fall, 2005
Concept studies for the development of a new park dedicated to Berea College founder John G. Fee. Currently this land is occupied by the College’s coal-fired energy plant; with the construction of a new energy plant at another site, this area will be restored to campus green space. The Fee Glade will also provide a positive gateway to visitors coming from the I-75 / KY 595 corridor to the College and the City of Berea. Issues include demolition of the existing energy and water plants to develop green space while still maintaining necessary service access and parking to several campus buildings. The concepts developed a gateway to the Fee Glade, trail systems and boardwalks to link the park to campus, outdoor classroom space, overlooks, and restoration of the natural drainage channels, wetland area and biofiltration to treat storm runoff from the heart of campus.
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Kentucky State University Master Plan Update
Frankfort, Kentucky
Planning Services Completed: 2006
Master plan update for semi-urban campus, 4000 FTE campus, involving on-site design workshops and carpeted. Responsibilities included inventory and assessment of campus conditions, needs and priorities, programming, analysis, master plan concept development, developing design guidelines for site and building development and implementation strategies and costs. Recommendations included development of new campus quadrangles, building sites, pedestrian corridors, relocation of parking and vehicular circulation to the outskirts of campus, arrival courts, open space preservation, sports facilities, walks, plaza spaces, expansion of Aquaculture research facility and enhancement of campus site development.
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Western Kentucky University Centennial Mall
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Completed: Spring, 2007
Mark Arnold served as Senior Partner with his former firm during
the design and implementation of the pedestrian mall at Western
Kentucky University. The Centennial Mall project called for the
removal of large and unsightly parking areas and cross streets
from the center of the campus. These areas were converted into
a pedestrian greenway. This area links nearly a mile of continuous
pedestrian walkway through the heart of Western's Campus and connects
the South Lawn and South Commons to the College Heights District.
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Murray State University
Residential Master Plan
Murray, Kentucky
Completed: June, 2007
Mark Arnold and Jocelyn Hinshaw are currently working with Murray State University developing a Master Plan for the residential campus. The plan involves review of the existing facilities and developing a variety of prototypical housing types in order to enhance the neighborhood feel of the existing residential campus. We are taking a close look at trends in campus housing and looking for ways to integrate traditional dormitories, Junior and Senior level apartments with a greater degree of interior amenities, and a townhouse style development to enhance the sense of neighborhood as well as to transition the scale of the larger buildings into the surrounding community.
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Eastern Kentucky University
Health And Fitness Center
Richmond, Kentucky
Completed: Summer, 2004
The site development plan for the new Health and Fitness Center at Eastern Kentucky University called for an easily accessible building for students, employees and faculty. We sited the structure within an existing surface parking lot and along a prominent walkway that links back to main campus. This provides easy access to the building both day and night and also provided a ready made parking for the facility.
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Maysville Kentucky Community and Technical College Systems Master Plan
Maysville, Kentucky
Completed: Summer, 2005
Ten years ago, Mark C. Arnold helped develop a long range master plan for the Maysville Community College. Some of the projects moved forward while others went unrealized. As the community colleges have changed and traditional students have become replaced with more non traditional students, and programs have emerged that were not even considered a decade ago, the road map of the 1990s needed to be updated. The Master Plan, completed in 2005, reflects a more open style campus, which emphasized a series of new buildings which would be constructed around the existing central courtyard.
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The Citadel
Charleston, South Carolina
Ongoing
We have just completed a four day Master Plan Design Carpeted for the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The Citadel is one of the most prestigious and recognized campuses in south with a 170 year Military Tradition that dates back before the Civil War. It is a state supported coeducational University offering undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees and special programs.
The Charette considered both long range opportunities and short range projects. The first steps involved establishing a set of Guiding Principals which supported the mission, vision and values of the University. Subsequent steps included reviewing Campus Place and Identity and developing a Precinct Model. Long Range Opportunities were explored and renovation of the Residential Campus and expansion of the Academic Campus was explored.
Our process involved developing a three dimensional existing campus model and developing mass modeling concepts for all design alternatives.
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Eastern Kentucky University Science Building
Richmond, Kentucky
Scheduled Completion: Fall, 2010
The site development plan for the new science building at Eastern Kentucky University establishes a unique symbiotic relationship between the landscape and the building. Run-off water from the buildings roof is diverted into a dry stream bed that meanders through the landscape, cascading over a water fall and through a wetland where the water is filtered before exiting the site. Several other program elements were incorporated into the master plan including a green house with aquatic ponds, vehicular drop off area, plaza spaces, forest with walking path and service areas.
Working with Omni Architects, M2D Design Group provided site selection services, master plan generation and is providing all site design and construction document detailing for the outdoor spaces, parking areas, terraced walls, pavements, outdoor lighting, site improvements and landscaping.
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Western Kentucky University Sign and Wayfinding Master Plan
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Completed: August, 2008
Mark Arnold and Jocelyn Hinshaw are leading an on-going Wayfinding,
Signage and Graphic Design effort at Western Kentucky University.
The project is exploring wayfinding from a holistic perspective
and begins with visitors to the region, visitors to the campus,
employees of the University, faculty and students. The end result
of the effort is the development of a Sign and Wayfinding Master
Plan which guides all future sign placement and sign design decisions.
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Kentucky State University Pedestrian Mall
Frankfort, KY
Completed: 2005
Mark Arnold and Jocelyn Hinshaw are currently working with Murray State University developing a Master Plan for the residential campus. The plan involves review of the existing facilities and developing a variety of prototypical housing types in order to enhance the neighborhood feel of the existing residential campus. We are taking a close look at trends in campus housing and looking for ways to integrate traditional dormitories, Junior and Senior level apartments with a greater degree of interior amenities, and a townhouse style development to enhance the sense of neighborhood as well as to transition the scale of the larger buildings into the surrounding community.
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West Kentucky Community & Technical College Master Plan
Paducah, Kentucky
Planning Services Completed: Summer, 2006
Campus master plan update involving on-campus workshops and charettes. Responsibilities included inventory and assessment of campus conditions, needs and priorities, programming, master plan concept development, developing design guidelines for site and building development and implementation strategies and costs.
Recommendations included concepts for integration of separate campus program areas, minimizing the impact of a major arterial road through campus, new land acquisition, expansion of existing campus quadrangle concept, new building sites including the future Emerging Technology Center site and on-campus housing, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, entry, edges and wayfinding, and campus landscape development.
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