MSU x PLAYGROUND 2.0
THE CAMPUS OF FUTURE
MSU x PLAYGROUND 2.0
Creating a place on the Michigan State University campus that can demonstrate and test solutions for the 21st century problems.
Challenges of future
The environment changes people, and we should design it very carefully.
In 50-100 years, we are likely out of gas. We use renewable energy in a regular basis. The world population is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. The climate is changing more unexpectedly. People are more isolated physically because of technologies that take away the reality around us. But they are more connected in the global scale across the barrier of space and time. In education, we have more online courses and new ways of learning, we are not limited to the physical campus but collaborate more globally.
I believe that our campus center is in need of a change.
Is the center of campus
a place for
people?
LA 817
Environmental Design Studio
LA 817 is the capstone studio for us in the dual degree program of Masters of Environmental Design and Bachelors of Landscape Architecture program here at Michigan State University.
We as landscape architecture students tried to transfer our research topics into a design expression here in this studio.
Course Requirements
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Select a topic to explore in depth
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Choose a site anywhere in the world
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Complete inventory and analysis
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Choose site programming
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Create a master plan according to best practices
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Express the site in sketches or renderings
Michigan State University?
Where is
Michigan State University’s campus is situated on a total of approximately 5,200 acres of land, and is located approximately four miles east of downtown Lansing. The campus location affords easy access from both Interstate 96 and Interstate 496/US Route 127.
Spartan Community?
Who's in the
Students (fall 2015)
Approximately 50,543 total: from all 83 counties in Michigan, all 50 states in the United States, and more than 138 other countries
39,143 undergraduate, 11,400 graduate and professional
51.6 percent women, 48.4 percent men
18.1 percent students of color, 15 percent international
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Faculty and academic staff
Approximately 5,300
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Support staff employees
Approximately 6,800
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Living alumni
Approximately 541,000 worldwide