Princeton University has signaled its intention to continue the expansion in the so-called ‘East Campus’ neighborhood near the Princeton Stadium. Based on a new ‘concept plan’ submitted to the Princeton municipal planning department, the University envisions a substantial new complex that will be called the ‘Quantum Institute’. The new Institute will be on Ivy Lane, between Fitzrandolph Road and Stadium Drive (map).
The concept plan shows three buildings which are linked to form a large complex. The overall height appears to reach 3-4 stories. The buildings would be used as a “new home for Princeton University’s Quantum Institute for Quantum Science & Engineering (QI)”. The interior space would be set up with teaching facilities and labs. The new buildings would also provide additional space for Princeton University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), which will also be housed in a large new structure that is currently being constructed on the other side of Ivy Lane. The total area of the proposed new structures in the ‘Quantum Institute’ is 467,000 sq ft.
The Quantum Institute would replace the existing Clarke Field and Strubing Field, which are used for baseball and softball. Those activities would be moved to new facilities at Princeton University’s “Meadows Campus“, on the other side of Lake Carnegie, in West Windsor. The new Institute would nonetheless have an open central courtyard, and would be ringed with green space and new plantings, with walking and pedestrian access from every side. New stormwater management facilities are also under engineering analysis.
The concept plan will be considered by the Princeton Planning Board sometime later this year, and would subsequently be required to undergo a formal hearing with a fully-engineered site plan application.
Relevant documents (via princetonnj.gov):
walkableprinceton 