Campus Planning

As higher education confronts unprecedented change, campus planners are taking on the critical role of synthesizing an institution’s diverse spatial, fiscal and physical development needs into a unified action plan. SmithGroup’s integrated campus planning provides a comprehensive consideration of academic, financial, campus life and facility issues. The approach helps facilitate a broad-based consensus for institutional goals and priorities, along with a data-rich understanding of how to realize them in a shifting educational landscape.

Temple University SmithGroup

Temple University Master Plan

SmithGroup’s campus planning team is comprised of experts committed to advancing higher education inclusive of research and academic medical campuses. Our experience ranges from campus master planning, campus strategy & analytics, precinct planning and facility master planning to campus design guidelines, landscape architecture planning and green infrastructure planning. Planners, landscape architects, engineers and architects inform the broader perspective needed to strategically consider critical performance, cost and constructability issues. This interdisciplinary approach allows for the development of balanced, creative and implementable solutions that are responsive to each client’s unique mission and challenges.

Chico State Master Plan

California State University, Chico Master Plan | SCUP Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus, Merit Award, 2021

Kent State University - Risman Plaza and Student Green SmithGroup

Kent State University - Risman Plaza and Student Green

University of Wisconsin-Madison Master Plan

University of Wisconsin-Madison Master Plan | SCUP Excellence in Landscape Architecture Award, Open Space Planning and Design, 2017

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master Plan SmithGroup

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master Plan