Research Triangle Park Center Guiding Principles

The RTP Park Center Guiding Principles planning document furthers the original vision of Research Triangle Park (RTP) founders, who sought to shape a place where research communities could come together and invent the future. The new document creates a foundational “spirit book” that defines objectives for architects, designers, developers, residents and tenants as they shape future RTP building projects on the 100-acre campus. Its guidelines bring definition to the process of creating spaces that foster and further a future of innovation and technological progress and bring employment and educational opportunities to the area. More a design framework than a prescribed set of standards, the document aids the over-laying of individuality, identity, brand and character for businesses and research enterprises, reflecting a planning thought process intended to serve multiple authors and to allow individual expression over time within a larger whole.