West Woods Housing & Dining
The West Woods design shapes a welcoming, residential-scaled village within a highly dense neighborhood in a five-building complex. The plan includes four residential buildings (Poplar Hall, Maple Hall, Oak Hall and Pine Hall) and a dining pavilion (West Woods Commons).
The scale of the development is shaped to maintain a welcoming residential campus experience. Limiting the scale of development to three stories plus a fully occupied attic maintains a comfortable residential feel. A new campus quad becomes the unifying landscape space, similar in proportion to the Sunken Garden of the historic campus. Smaller courtyard spaces and pedestrian pathways develop more intimate landscape spaces within the village. Common space distributed throughout distributes opportunity for connection while creating vibrant beacons of activity.
Project Details
- Project Number: 204-327054-002 / 204-B2204-053
- Cost: $185,000,000
- Fund Source: Public-Private Partnership
- New Construction GSF (Residential): 263,207 square feet
- New Construction GSF (Dining Facility): 24,190 square feet
- Project Start Date: August 2022
- Construction Start Date: June 2023
- Finish Date - Housing: September 2025 (Maple & Poplar), October 2025 (Pine & Oak)
- Finish Date - Dining: October 2026
- Project Manager: Amber Hall
- Closeout Manager: Patrick Hermes
- Developer:
- Design-Build Team: , , and
- Project Advisor:
Building Committee
Abby Houser, Associate Budget Director
Amy Sebring / Jackie Ferree, Chief Operating Officer
Dan Pisaniello, University Architect
Ginger Ambler, Vice President for Student Affairs
Maggie Evans, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
Melanie O'Dell, Chief Financial Officer
Sean Hughes, Chief Business Officer