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SECTION A: Charge, Assumptions, Methods b-: > ~-_l .' x. If any of these three assumptions is invalid, and continues to be invalid, .then the physical planning process here outlined will be t t stud the validity of these as- futile . Our primary task was no o y sumptions, though we have been eager to do anything we can to en- sure their validity. We were asked to comment on them as they affect our physical planning work. Concurrent with the physical planning study, the University fs developing the functions required to ensure the validity of these assumptions: one is a central information predictive /evaluative function under the department of Budget Planning and Information Systems; another is the reorganization of Planning, Operations and Finance, including an Office of Space Programming and Management. • i q, Planning is a Process. A development plan can no longer be seen as a blueprint, to be implemented piece by piece. It requires continuous re-evaluation and refinement as time goes by and circumstances change. This changes. the emphasis of physical planning from pretty drawings to that of establishing procedures,` design criteria, .and development strategies to satisfy University goals. . 5. Planning to a General Destination. A general destination is a necessary guideline for planning, falling between the extremes of no trend prediction at all on the one hand (which might be called ad hoc planning) and detailed attempts to forecast the future on the other (which_•might be called blueprint plan- ning) . There seems to be a widening understanding within the Univer- sity of the need to develop a General Destination picture, and a good deal of significant activity is current in this regard. It will be very important t'riat this dialogue be fir^:ly established as a continuing fea- ture of University life, properly coordinated -and articulated, so that the image of the' General Destination will be constantly up-graded and refined. This is as true of the physical as the institutional and aca- demic destination images., 6. The Physical Environment matters. The goals of physical planning are to create an environment to fit the needs of its inhabitants by creating beauty, vitality, convenience, efficiency, privacy where needed, ahd an easy mixing of people and disciplines . Every effort should be made to make the campus rich and satisfying, and the Univers ty should aet as an exemplar of good planning and design. ,., ~ 12 ~} ~w