Fordham University Residence HallsBronx, NY
Situated at the main pedestrian entry to campus, Fordham University's new residence halls will complete a major campus lawn and re-establish the importance of an historic pedestrian path through campus.
Set on a raised terrace of mixed hard and softscape, these buildings will house a multipurpose room, café and classrooms open to the population of the campus. These spaces will become the heart of student life in this area of campus, and will be clearly visible through large areas of glass in a heavily textured stone base. The stone rises to form a single tower, creating an iconic figure near the campus entry, and accentuating the vertical nature of this heavily Gothic campus.
As an alternative to the traditional model of a long double loaded corridor, the new residence halls will accommodate 450 upper class students in two 'houses', in each of two buildings, forming four towers. Each tower will be centered around multi-story lounges, creating small, welcoming two floor neighborhood communities, expressed as fully glazed elements on the façade linking these social spaces to the campus community. All units will be apartment style, suitable for the transition of upper class students to life beyond school.
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