[ Master Plan ]

The Planning Process

A campus plan is a purposeful exercise in the practical imagination. After painstaking thought and open debate, the campus community records not just its hopes but also its intentions. It puts on paper, in words and pictures, what it aims to provide for future generations.

The revised Elmhurst campus plan is the product of a robust, year-long collaboration between Elmhurst College and the City of Elmhurst. The planning effort was guided by a steering committee led by President Bryant L. Cureton. The committee met regularly with faculty, students, staff, city officials, and residents of the surrounding community.

Working with a team from Wight & Company and Ayres/Saint/Gross (ASG), architects and planners based in Baltimore, the committee studied the campus in great detail, developed and tested ideas, and moved toward consensus on key issues. ASG then created a series of analytical diagrams to be considered and refined across the campus.

The final campus plan is the result of this extended deliberative process. The plan presents a series of proposed buildings, open spaces, walkways, and landscape treatments. The maps on this site show how the campus of today might evolve into the campus of tomorrow.