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Quennell Rothschild first assignment as campus-wide landscape architects and planners was to create a comprehensive restoration and improvement plan for the most historic part of the campus. The 17 acre-historic campus includes Princeton's original building, Nassua Hall (1754), several dormitories, classroom buildings, and the University's administrative center. Outdoor spaces within the historic campus include the Front Campus, site of the annual commencement exercises; Cannon Green, elegant courtyards, bluestone walkways, and numerous magnificent specimen trees.
The master plan, based on detailed surveys and extensive discussions with the Board of Trustees, the President and University's physical planning department, provides and overall design approach to sensitive restoration.
Acknowledging the increasing need to provide emergency and service vehicle access to many of the buildings, the plan proposes a new hierarchy of circulation and access routes, which maintain the pedestrian quality of the campus while facilitating necessary vehicular connections. New bluestone and concrete pavers will replace existing deteriorated surfaces. New furnishings, lighting, signage, and planting will also be added to the campus. A comprehensive tree survey and evaluation has been completed. The $20 million of improvements recommended by the plan will be carried out over 5 years in a series of discrete phases.
