Executive Summary

Master planning is the creation of a framework in which
development parcels, massing, heights, relationships of
buildings, circulation and streets are provided in enough
detail to define predictable outcomes, but with sufficient
flexibility to allow various responses of actual developers and
designers of which there may be several or many within one
master plan area.

The 2020 Campus Master Plan for Selkirk College provides
an overall vision and framework to guide change and long-
term strategic development at Selkirk College for a horizon
of 20 -25 years. The master planning process was an intensive
nine-month process that required a coordinated effort
between Sahuri + Associates Architecture and campus/
student stakeholders. It was an inclusive process involving
work sessions and presentations at key milestones to
which the staff and student body were encouraged to
participate. Stakeholder engagements were critical to
building relationships and identify opportunities to drive the
development of key frameworks that would guide the campus

through stages of redevelopment and new development.
The Campus Master Plan document comprises of three parts:

1. Part A outlines the project background, objectives and
summarizes the key drivers or design considerations
that have informed this Campus Master Plan, including
campus history, an analysis of its existing conditions and

opportunities.

2. Part B is the plan frameworks and the guiding principles
that form the core of the Campus Master Plan. These
frameworks and principles provide design and policy
recommendations specific to implementation of the
campuses built form, open spaces, movement and

sustainable resilience.

3. Part C provides a phasing and implementation strategy

for initiatives in the near, medium- and long-term future.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Identified within the Campus Master Plan are design
guidelines and recommendations that seek to accomplish site
and program specific goals. The goals provide adaptability
and resilience, promoting change and refinement of the
master plan over the 25-year period. The identified goals

shaped from the overall campus vision are:
1. Flexible planning framework;

2. Enhanced student & staff experience;
3. Connectivity; and

4. Sustainable development.

FRAMEWORKS

This Campus Master Plan is structured around a set of
frameworks that will direct the evolution of the campus over
the short and long-term by addressing built form, open space,
movement and sustainability. These four primary frameworks
create a distinct, functional and aesthetically pleasing campus
while supporting the overall vision and goals of Selkirk

College’s campus. The recognized frameworks are:

1. Built Form Framework defines the overall structure
for guiding the order and hierarchy of the future

development of the campus.

2. Public Realm Framework provides the opportunity
to introduce visual cohesiveness and a sense of place to
Selkirk College.

3. Access and Circulation Framework intention is to
address accessibility across the campus with the focus on

creating a pedestrian oriented campus development.

4. Sustainability Framework aims to incorporate
sustainable principles into the design of the buildings
and landscape.

SELKIRK COLLEGE - CAMPUS MASTER PLAN 2020-2035