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Dartmouth Strategic Campus Framework - Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners

Dartmouth Strategic Campus Framework

Hanover, NH
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Client
Dartmouth
Size
275 acres (Hanover Campus); 30,000 acres (regional land holdings)
“Planning for Possibilities: A Strategic Campus Framework,” a visionary and flexible campus framework created on the occasion of Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary, provides a 30-year roadmap for campus stewardship.

In 2020, following an 18-month planning process, BBB and Dartmouth College released a 30-year roadmap for over 30,000 acres of land, including the historic Hanover campus; a six-mile corridor in two Upper Valley municipalities that includes multiple campus destinations and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; and remote conservation and experiential learning sites such as Mount Moosilauke and the Second College Grant in northern New Hampshire.

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Engagement

The BBB-led process was highly inclusive, and the plan reflects input from 2,500 members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities. The result is a well-informed and intentionally flexible framework that enables the College to best meet current and future challenges.

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Project Credits

BBB Partner-in-Charge
Neil P. Kittredge
BBB Team
Rayna Huber Erlich
Kitty Tsui
Photography
Robert Gill / Drone Footage
Landscape Architecture
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
Transportation & Parking
BFJ Planning
Stormwater Management
Nitsch Engineering
Sustainability & Resilience
Atelier Ten
Sustainability
​​​​​​​Buro Happold Engineers

Awards & Press

Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
Honorable Mention, Excellence in Planning Award for an Existing Campus
Architects+Artisans
At Dartmouth, a New Strategic Framework on Campus