Physical Facilities

Office of Campus Planning and Design
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-1030 805-893-8430

The Office of Campus Planning and Design is recipient of several state and professional planning awards and is responsible for physical planning, environmental assessment, regulatory approvals, community planning, and long-range development planning.

	VISION 2025 March 2008 Vision2025 is the program for updating UC Santa Barbara’s 1990 Long Range Development Plan, Coastal Plan, and Environmental Impact Report. It incorporates key elements of prior physical and academic plans as part of a community process involving over 35 presentations, meetings, and workshops.
	Draft Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) LRDP (High Quality Printable 11" x 17" 1 gigabyte PDF) LRDP (Web Quality Fast Download 17 kb PDF) March 2008 The draft 2008 LRDP is the physical planning blueprint for implementing UC Santa Barbara’s Academic Plan accommodating new generations of faculty, staff, and students. The draft document details the University’s plan to accommodate a one percent per year growth in student enrollment to 25,000 students in 2025.
	Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) EIR Full Document EIR Appendices EIR Initial Study March 2008 The Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) has been prepared to evaluate potential environmental impacts that may result from the implementation of the proposed 2007 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), and measures and alternatives to reduce environmental impacts. The Draft EIR includes analysis of the physical environment such as housing, transportation, biology, noise, population, and other issues.
	Campus Plan Campus Plan (High Quality for printing--large download) Campus Plan (Low Resolution for the monitor--small download) August 2003 The Campus Plan prepared by Urban Design Associates establishes the framework within which individual building projects and other campus developments are to take place. The heavily illustrated Plan considers open space, urban design, traffic, streets, parking, bicycles and where development should be planned, located and designed. General design standards have been identified based on a regulating plan, building guidelines, and landscape requirements.
	Campus Housing Study Housing Study (High Quality for printing--large download) Housing Study (Low Resolution for the monitor--small download) April 2006 The Campus Housing Study creates a vision for future campus housing development and University-owned properties, in response to the regions’ most pressing housing problems: the need for affordable housing for faculty and staff and additional housing stock for students, especially students with families. Since land prices are a significant percentage of the high cost of housing, utilizing University-owned land and redevelopment strategies become key elements in finding solutions.
	Storke Housing Pattern Book Storke Housing Pattern Book (High Quality for printing--large download) Storke Housing Pattern Book ( Low Resolution for the monitor--small download) December 2006 The existing Storke Family Housing complex, deteriorated due to initial construction problems, would be redeveloped to create a distinctive neighborhood with a series of urban blocks opening to a natural Greensward stretching from the ocean to the Goleta Slough.
	Ocean Road Housing Pattern Book Ocean Road HPB (High Quality for printing--large download) Ocean Road HPB (Low Resolution for the monitor--small download) December 2006 Ocean Road along the western edge of the campus and Isla Vista would be developed as a 12-block residential project with lively ground floor uses featuring new loft, studio, and townhouse building types. A redeveloped two-lane street with wide sidewalks and bicycle routes would connect the urban grids of Isla Vista and campus.
	Ellwood-Devereux Open Space and Habitat Management Plan November 2003 The Santa Barbara County, City of Goleta, and UC Santa Barbara’s joint proposal and Ellwood-Devereux Open Space Habitat Management Plan outlines a set of linked and comprehensive actions for residential development, open space and resource protection, and public access on one of the last remaining open coastal lands in western Goleta.