West Campus Master Plan

Berkeley Unified School District.

Responding to BUSD’s need to consolidate administrative spaces into seismically safe structures, DC&E conducted a planning process to evaluate the District’s existing administrative facilities at three sites. First, DC&E worked with a District Steering Committee to complete a stakeholder and staff interview process to determine overall space and facility needs for all District administrative departments. Using the resulting architectural program as a basis for discussion, DC&E then facilitated seven community workshops focusing on a potential District administration center at the District’s West Campus site. DC&E developed land use and design alternatives that proposed a range of options for building reuse, circulation and open space amenities. With additional community and District input, DC&E then developed a preferred alternative plan for the site, which was evaluated for estimated costs. The School Board accepted the West Campus Master Plan in June 2005 and is moving forward with consolidation of its administrative spaces at the West Campus site.