Rutgers: College Avenue Campus

View the final plans presented at the April 21st open house by TEN Arquitectos and Wallace Roberts & Todd featuring the initial greening phase of the Vision for the College Avenue Campus project.

In early 2005, Rutgers unveiled “A New Vision for the College Avenue Campus” in partnership with the City of New Brunswick. This long-term project is a key component of President Richard L. McCormick’s Campus and Community initiative, designed to strengthen Rutgers’ ties with its host communities and create a state university that is a major source of pride for New Jersey.

This project seeks to improve Rutgers’ most historic campus so that it provides a draw to top students and faculty and encourages informal interactions among members of the university and neighboring communities.

Through a design competition, Rutgers asked some of the world’s best-known architects, landscape architects, and planners to present thought-provoking concepts for the university’s consideration. In December 2006, President McCormick selected Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa of Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, to lead the team that is partnering with Rutgers in moving this initiative forward.

Rutgers has committed $17 million for the first phase of this multiyear project. Expected to begin in 2008, this initial phase will provide a greener and more pedestrian-friendly environment by creating welcoming and appealing public spaces on the College Avenue Campus.