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Project:	DRIVE Q MASTER PLAN North Campus Dallas, Texas
Client:	Texas Instruments Incorporated
Size:	Approx. one-half mile in length
Cost:	Not Applicable
Date:	1998
Services:	SD, Master Plan Report
The Drive Q Master Plan began as a detailed study of a loop road on the North Campus. It expanded to include the historical development of the North Campus as it has evolved over the past forty years. With the dramatic expansion of the LBJ Freeway (IH 635) that borders the site, the North Campus’ primary access points have changed, from orientation to the Central Expressway (IH 45), to entries facing TI Boulevard (formerly Floyd Road). Drive Q intersects the site and provides access to the new Kilby Research Center. Our office was brought into the process to examine TI traditions, analyze future trends, and make suggestions to improve the overall appearance of the site. We analyzed the increase in building density and height, loss of open space, infiltration of utility structures, conversion of surface parking to garages, and the shift from the site’s inward perspective to the outside perimeter. The final product of our work combined detailed design plans for Drive Q with a series of recommendations for landscaping, screen walls, utility racks, paint colors, and paving. Example of recommendations in the written report. This view from Drive Q shows suggested improvements in screen walls, signage, and paint color of exhaust stacks.

Concept study by architect O’Neil Ford for the Dallas Expressway site (now called the North Campus), ca. 1957.

Rendering, ca. 1967, of Semiconductor Building (left) and South Building (right) along Drive Q, showing original open space, surface parking, and suburban character of site.

Drive Q is shown on inset below. This site plan, ca. 1992, shows the relationship to the LBJ Freeway and Central Expressway interchange. Open space along the east and south edges of the site have been filled with new buildings.