Facilities

Temple Buell Hall

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning shares Temple Hoyne Buell Hall (TBH) with the Department of Landscape Architecture and the School of Architecture. The three units moved into Buell Hall after completion of construction in the fall of 1995.

The majority of urban planning classes are held in the following rooms in TBH:

Room 227 (aka the "Big Lab"):
Room 227 is equipped with 18 personal computers for student use, black and white and color printers, and a scanner. The tables and PCs are laid out in a manner that facilitates group work. Many UP classes are taught in 227, as well as the lab components of UP courses taught elsewhere in TBH or on campus. Students spend much time in the big lab completing group projects and group homework. The room also has high-speed wireless network access to facilitate student use of personal laptops.

Room 223 (aka the "Small Lab"):
Room 223 is equipped with eight computers and a printer. The room serves as a small computer lab facility, seminar and lecture room, and common location for workshop courses and group projects.

Room 225 (aka the "Presentation Room"):
Room 225 accommodates 40-45 students at tables organized in theater style. 225 is the primary room used for lectures and class presentations as well as guest seminars. It is equipped with an LCD projector and screen.

Room 19 (aka the "Seminar Room"):
Room 19, located on the lower level of Temple Buell, is used for smaller classes (up to 20 students) and seminars.

Room 111A
Room 111A, located adjacent to the main office, is the Department's conference room. It seats 6-8 and is routinely used for small project meetings and dissertation preliminary and final examinations.

The Atrium
Most of Temple Buell Hall is served by high-speed wireless access to the campus network. Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Architecture students often use the tables in the Atrium to set up their laptops, work on homework and projects, and check email. The Atrium serves as a common gathering place as well as a location for receptions and presentations.

CPLA Library
The City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library, located in Mumford Hall, is a branch of the main campus library system. CPLA is one of the most interdisciplinary collections in the Library, housing materials in the areas of land-use policy, environmental planning and law, waste management, low-cost community housing and community services, demographics, historic preservation, landscape design, ecology, third-world planning issues, local government, tourism, and many other facets of city planning and landscape architecture.