ANATOMY OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUS PLANNING AND STUDENT HOUSING--WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STUDENTS' CONCEPT OF IDEAL DORMITORY (DORMITORY DESIGN CRITERIA, ROOM, ZONING PATTERNS, PROBLEMS, LAND USE, ARRANGEMENTS

A. Goals of the Study. The dissertation goals are to: (1) Create a comprehensive document for campus planning and campus housing design, (2) Formulate campus zoning patterns and campus design concepts, (3) Categoize campus housing accommodations, (4) Test the effectiveness of user participation in design process, (5) Determine students' concept of an ideal dormitory, dormitory location, and student dormitory room, (6) Identify students' opinions regarding the reasons for living on campus, living-learning environment, and dormitory problems, (7) Formulate a set of recommendations and design criteria for a dormitory and student room.;B. Research Methodology. The anatomy of campus planning and campus housing was based upon the study of significant secondary sources. To examine user participation in design and students' preference regarding a dormitory and student room, a questionnaire survey was conducted by the researcher during the fall semester of 1983 among housing student staff and environmental design students living in dormitories at Texas A&M University College Station.;C. Major Findings. Four campus zoning patterns were coined by the researcher. They are: rigid, semi-rigid, semi-mixed, and mixed zoning patterns. Nine campus land use arrangements were identified: centralized, decentralized, ring-and-radial, sector, molecular, linear, bi-linear, combined, and amorphous patterns.;User participation in design process was shown to be effective. Students' concept of the ideal dormitory and the ideal student room were identified.;The concept of campus housing versatility as a solution to campus housing problems was not supported by the research results. Students preferred living in dormitories located near their academic departments. They also rejected the living-learning concept. Instead they placed a premium on traditional dormitory common spaces. Little correlation was found between dormitory residents' academic level and roommate's academic level.;Regarding campus housing two sets of recommendations are proposed. One set is applicable to higher education institutions and the other is related to public institutions located in a rural environment.