Campus Center
The Stanford Campus Center
Stanford is reimagining the heart of campus to be a focal point of intellectual vitality, social engagement, and community building.
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February 27, 2025
A vibrant campus hub
The goal of the Campus Center is to transform the heart of campus into a dynamic hub for the Stanford community. An advisory committee of students, faculty, and staff representatives, informed by extensive community input, is responsible for providing guidance and advice to planners.
Advisory committee
Our vision
The concept of a campus center emerged from Stanford’s Long Range Vision process. A subsequent community engagement process revealed a preference for a vibrant campus center reflecting iconic campus experiences and the energy of today's community.
Guiding principles
Iconic spaces
The Campus Center area roughly includes Tresidder and White Plaza, the bookstore and post office, and Canfield Court and Meyer Green. Boundaries are intentionally loosely defined and may change as next steps add detail to the vision.
New uses for familiar settings
Getting started
The first phase of the project will create a dynamic new campus hub: four structures, including new looks and uses for the current bookstore and post office buildings, and adjacent garden and gathering spaces for faculty, students, staff, and visitors.