Image gallery
Explore photos capturing the master planning process in action, including community engagement, the consultant selection process, and a history of campus development at the University of Rochester.
2024 community engagement
University community members participated in a series of pop-up events in Wilson Commons and Café 601 in April 2024 designed to gather feedback and promote participation in online surveys and assessments. More than 9,300 completed surveys were received from students, staff, and faculty across the online mapping activity and the parking and transportation, dining, and housing surveys.
![Two students map their travel routes with colored strings on a campus map displayed in Wilson Commons.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Map_Your_UR_Pop_up_Event1-225x300.webp)
![Three students map their travel routes with colored strings on a campus map displayed in Wilson Commons.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Map_Your_UR_Pop_up_Event2.webp)
![Close up of map displaying bus and walking routes at a pop-up event in Wilson Commons.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Map_Your_UR_Pop_up_Event3.webp)
![A student places colored markers on a map displayed in Wilson Commons to indicate his transportation needs.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Transportation_Pop_up_Event.webp)
![Flyer promoting student attendance at pop-up events held April 17 and 25, 2024.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Map_Your_UR_Pop_up_flyer.webp)
2023 consultant selection
The consultant selection process led by the master planning Executive Steering Committee included daylong planning Charrettes with each of five firms to gather input, generate preliminary ideas, assess working style, and identify the best fit.
![Members of the master planning Executive Steering Committee meeting with design and architecture consultants.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UR_Master_Planning_Charrettes1-1024x768.webp)
![Close up of sketches drawn over a map of the University’s campuses.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UR_Master_Planning_Charrettes2-1024x768.webp)
![Members of the master planning Executive Committee seated at a conference table with a campus map, sticky notes, and markers viewing a presentation on a screen.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UR_Master_Planning_Charrettes3-1024x768.webp)
![Members of the master planning Executive Committee meeting with design and architecture consultants, seated before a 3-D replica of University campuses.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UR_Master_Planning_Charrettes4-1024x683.webp)
History of campus development
![Sketch of the University Master Plan including building locations from the corner of Prince Street and College Avenue to the corner of Goodman Street and University Avenue, prepared by Heins and Lafarge in 1904.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1-1905-University-Master-Plan-1024x758.webp)
![An artist’s rendering of the front entrance of Memorial Art Gallery.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2-MAG-1913-1024x529.webp)
![Black and white photo of the front of the Eastman School of music.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/3-1918-Eastman-1024x530.webp)
![1930s black and white aerial photo of the University of Rochester campus.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/4-1930s-Campus-1024x602.webp)
![Black and white aerial photo of URMC, medical school and nursing school.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/5-URMC.webp)
![Sketch the proposed locations of University River Campus buildings designed in 1930 by architecture firm Gordon & Kaelber and Charles A. Platt, consulting architect.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/6-1930-Master-Plan-1024x580.webp)
![Black and white aerial photo of the University of Rochester River Campus.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/7-Aerial-Campus-1935-1024x647.webp)
![1935 black and white aerial photo of the University River Campus and Medical Center.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/8-1935-Aerial-River-Campus.webp)
![Sketch the proposed locations of University River Campus buildings, designed in 1930 by architecture firm Gordon & Kaelber and Charles A. Platt, consulting architect.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/9-1930-Master-Plan-1024x592.webp)
![Sketch the proposed locations of University River Campus buildings, designed in 1930 by architecture firm Gordon & Kaelber and Charles A. Platt, consulting architect.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/10-Final-1930-Master-Plan-1024x581.webp)
![3-D model of the 1964 Master Plan for the University of Rochester.](https://www.rochester.edu/master-plan/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/11-1964-Master-Plan-1024x689.webp)