Renovations of Capen and Lockwood have integrated teaching,
technology, libraries, student services and dining to create new
“learning landscapes."
UB’s campus master plan is based, in part, on the
“learning landscape” concept that assumes students
learn everywhere on campus, not just in lecture halls and
laboratories. The plan aims to create a “Heart of the
Campus” in which classrooms, study spaces, computer labs,
library facilities, dining services and dormitories are designed as
a continuous environment in support of the discovery process. The
first phases of the project focused on several floors of Capen,
Norton, and Talbert Halls to consolidate student services and
integrate these with state-of-the-art library facilities, as
well as University Admissions, the Honors College and the
Academies. Additional phases are providing new student housing, new
concepts for Lockwood Library and new space for academic
departments and classrooms.
