Architectural and urban planning strategies for expanding university campuses to accommodate growing student numbers
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Architectural and urban planning strategies for expanding university campuses to accommodate growing student numbers
Incoming article date: 29.02.2024The purpose of this paper is to examine the architectural and planning strategies used by universities to expand their campuses to accommodate growing student numbers. It provides a comprehensive analysis of four case studies that highlight successful methods used by universities to expand their campuses. The article focuses on analyzing the practical experience of three types of expansion strategies for existing campuses: vertical campus expansion, underground campus expansion, and horizontal campus expansion. Campus expansion strategies were discussed in terms of advantages and disadvantages and a comparative analysis was carried out. Lessons learned from each strategy have been drawn to benefit and offer solutions to other regions whose universities are suffering from the challenge of increasing university enrollment.
Keywords: urban planning, higher education facilities, vertical development, underground development, horizontal development, university enrollment