Downtown advocates and educational leaders are taking advantage of the colleges and universities that border downtown Greensboro by proposing a downtown university district. So far its just a concept and not an official plan but it could include a building or a small campus where all of the city's colleges and universities would collaborate. I created a few drawings showing where this university district could go. I placed the district in the southwest quadrant of downtown bordering the greenway. I included an architecture school because the educational community is trying to bring an architectural school to Greensboro. It would be the third school in North Carolina. NC State in Raleigh and UNC Charlotte both have architectural design programs. The architecture design school would anchor this concept that I have presented and it would help bring UNC Greensboro's interior architecture program together with NC A&Ts architectural engineering program. Imagine the two schools collaborating on one student project. Interior design, architectural design and architectural engineering would all be brought together in one student project. It presents a unique opportunity for Greensboro and for students studying architecture. The campus would go beyond architecture and would include collaboration with the other colleges in Greensboro.
(UNCG, NC A&T State, Greensboro College, Bennett College, Guilford Technical Community College and Elon University School of Law)
I chose this strategic location off of Lee Street because its just a few blocks east of UNCG urban village expansion projects along Lee Street. It would serve as a gateway into downtown. The location would tie in with the South Elm/Lee Street development which will include educational facilities, residential, a hotel, international market, retail and civic space. In combination it creates a university district.
My concept for the downtown university district
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