Renovations of Capen and Lockwood will integrate teaching,
technology, libraries, student services, dining and residences to
create a new “learning landscape."
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 are still in planning, but will focus
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. Future phases of the “Heart of the Campus”
will provide new student housing, new concepts for Lockwood Library
and new space for academic departments and
classrooms.
