Master Plan
"The master plan [a strategic framework that outlines an organization's long-term development and growth potential] provides a vision of what the Duke campus could be in the future – a vision that looks for opportunities and potential without regard to specific program requirements, which are being considered at length elsewhere in the provost’s long-range strategic plan and which will themselves evolve over the coming years. The intent of this document, then, is to inspire development of the Duke campus so that each new project contributes to the campus environment as a whole." —Duke University Campus Master Plan, 2000
history of duke's master plan
Duke’s planning heritage dates to the 1920s, when the offices of Horace Trumbauer and the Olmsted Brothers designed the buildings, roads, and landscapes for Trinity College (West Campus) and the Women’s College (East Campus). These original plans served as the university’s only Board-approved master plan for decades, until the adoption of the Campus Master Plan in 2000. Since 2000, Duke has updated the master plan periodically to reflect completed precinct/sector plans and changes in planning strategies or priorities.