Good campus design strives to produce areas that are logical and can be understood by their users as well as those who designed them. The qualities of compatibility and harmony are critical to a well-designed campus. Buildings, streets, signs and green spaces that look as though they belong together and complement each other are much more appealing than areas that do not possess this quality. Compatibility is the quality which allows individual elements to stand closely and harmoniously with one another. Achieving visual clarity means eliminating distracting, inconsistent physical elements which clutter an area and leave a confused or negative impression.
Visual clutter obscures character and diminishes the visual impression an area.