Campus Master Plan Update | Coastal Carolina University

With its new leadership in place, Coastal Carolina University (CCU) tapped us through our Indefinite Delivery Contract to lead a comprehensive update to its master plan. Fueled by robust campus input, the plan focuses on densifying the campus core in response to recent rapid enrollment growth and the expectation of steady continued growth. Our planning was informed by a parallel development of a data driven academic space projections model. In support of this effort and as part of a broad campus engagement effort, we met with 57 different groups representing all of the college deans, department chairs, and various campus organizations. To first “right-size” the facilities to support current enrollment and then anticipate future needs, our plan sites buildings to enhance all aspects of University Life including academic, student life, residential housing, athletics, and recreation. A focal point is a marquee Convocation and Performing Arts Center at the main entry to the campus. The planning reinforced guiding principles related to enhancing the community character, the natural campus beauty and landscape features, pedestrian connectivity, and resiliency. Dober Liskey Mathey served as our academic analysis partner.

The planning process also included:

• Interactive leadership work sessions with large format campus map and to scale building footprint pieces that could be moved around the map to test and visualize possibilities.
• Analysis of existing residential bed counts and future needs to meet freshman and sophomore live on requirements and increasing demand.
• Student and faculty Town Hall sessions with live polling to seek feedback on draft master plan.
• Consensus building and input from diverse Core Team leadership group of 20 individuals representing all aspects of the University.
• Engineering analysis of infrastructure needs to support future buildings.
• Correlation with CCU’s parallel strategic planning initiative.

Coastal Carolina University Master Plan Update