18 Texas A&M International University 2 - ANALYSIS & OBSERVATIONS Campus Organization The TAMIU campus is characterized by several main zones of activty. The heart of the academic core is situated in the northern half of campus, surrounding the original quad. As you move to the southern half of the campus, the uses transition to more student life functions, though FPA and KCB house academic uses as well. Student housing is situated at the east and west poles of the campus, while athletics and recreation flanks the southeastern northeastern corners. Support buildings, including UPD and the physical and central plant facililities are situated toward the edges of the main core of the campus. Entries, Gateways, and Landmarks Campus Use Zones The TAMIU campus has a number of entries, gateways, and landmarks that help to define the campus experience and help with orientation and navigation of the campus. Arriving by vehicle, there is an entrance directly into campus off Bob Bullock Loop, and two more off of University Boulevard at the north. Each entrance signals arrival with monument signage and landscape treatment. Within the campus there are a number of additional gateways or thresholds that continue this arrival sequence, sometimes at the transition from one space to another. Within the campus itself, there are a number of landmark pieces of architecture (such as the planetarium pyramid, Trailblazer Tower, and the hemisphere in the front of KLM) and views that are established to give a clear orientation to campus users.
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