SUNY New Paltz Landscape Master Plan

The selection of an institution for higher learning is often strongly based upon its appearance. To that end, SUNY New Paltz retained CHA to provide engineering and landscape architecture services for four major projects within the campus. The projects represented a wide range of campus systems, including planting, walkways, streets, parking, and lighting, in context with the college’s mission to create a more sustainable, pedestrian-friendly campus. Projects have included:

• Hasbrouck Quad: A series of heavy concrete walls and steps was removed and replaced with gradually sloped paths to change grades. Combined with new lighting, hardscape, landscape, and pedestrian amenities, the quad is a greener, more cohesive open space.
• Concourse: The Concourse, a key circulation and social space, is one of the most important and successful places on campus. It links the dormitories to the Humanities Building and the Lecture Center. The monolithic concrete slab was replaced with a variety of hardscape treatments. Combined with new lighting and landscape, the Concourse is clearly the functional heart of the campus.
• Mohonk Walk: Mohonk Walk needed significant improvements to strengthen and beautify it as a critical pedestrian circulation route. Hardscape, landscape, lighting, and pedestrian amenities helped better define the space and improve linkages to the quads and open spaces.
• Route 32 Parking Lot: With parking lots being removed from the campus core, new parking was needed. A new lot was constructed adjacent to the northern edge of the existing Route 32 Parking Lot on land owned by the campus.