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| PROJECT | CLIENT | STATUS | PROGRAM |
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Arlington Graduate Center, The George Washington University Arlington, VA |
The George Washington University | Completed 2011 |
WDG provided a range of programming and interior design services for classroom, meeting, lab, and lounge space totaling 25,900-sf on two levels. |
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HHMI Janelia Farms Apartments Ashburn, VA |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Photos © Maxwell MacKenzie | Completed 2011 |
Four-story, 81,852-sf, 60-unit apartment building for visiting research scientists. |
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Madison Hall Study, The George Washington University Washington, DC |
The George Washington University | Completed 2010 |
Feasibility study for the renovation of a 204-bed student residential hall that consists of eight residential levels and one basement level; total size: 48,240 sf. |
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Oakland Hall, University of Maryland College Park, MD |
University of Maryland | Completed 2011 |
230,000-sf residence hall with 709 beds, active and study lounges on all floors, a 3000-sf multipurpose room, and 10,000-sf of classroom space for UMD’s Math and Science Learning Program. |
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Prince Frederick Hall, University of Maryland College Park, MD |
University of Maryland | In Progress |
186,000-sf, 462 bed residence hall and Satellite Central Utility Building (SCUB) on the University of Maryland College Park campus. |
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Sea Gull Square, Salisbury University Salisbury, MD |
Rinner Development / Salisbury University | Completed 2011 |
Mixed-use student housing complex with 605 beds, 23,000-sf of retail and 5,000sf of ground floor community space. |
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The CUNY Residences, College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY |
American Campus Communities / College of Staten Island | In Progress |
167,000-sf, 607-bed student housing development with 4,000-sf of study, lounge, and office space. Amenities include: fitness center, study lounges, community rooms, and lecture/performance room. |
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University View I College Park, MD |
WG Group | Completed 2005 |
660,000-sf, 16-story, 352-unit apartment building overlooking the University of Maryland campus. |
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University View II College Park, MD |
Clark Enterprises | Completed 2011 |
232,000-sf mixed-use student housing complex consisting of 154 units, 517 beds, 4,000-sf of amenity space, and 11,000-sf of retail space. |
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University View Village College Park, MD |
Clark Enterprises | In Progress |
9-story, 272 unit high-rise student housing building. |
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Varsity at Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
Potomac Holdings | In Progress |
13-story, 178,380-sf off-campus student housing with 173 student apartments totaling 418 beds and two levels of parking. |
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West Grace Student Housing, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
Virginia Commonwealth University | Completed 2012 |
Student housing and garage complex with first floor retail; the 122-unit housing component has 459 beds with communal and study spaces on each floor, totaling 161,078-sf; the garage component has 212 spaces, totaling 98,675-sf. |
University of Maryland
Completed 2011
Certified LEED-NC Gold
Architecture, Planning, Interiors
230,000-sf residence hall with 709 beds, active and study lounges on all floors, a 3000-sf multipurpose room, and 10,000-sf of classroom space for UMD’s Math and Science Learning Program.
Description
Oakland Hall is a new residence hall at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus. The project also includes a satellite central utility building (SCUB). As the first high-rise dorm built on the University’s north campus in over 40 years, the concept for Oakland Hall was driven by campus planning principles, contextual architecture, and sustainability aspirations.
While the University has a longstanding heritage of memorable quads, courtyards, and lawns, the University’s north campus has relatively few quality open spaces. Recognizing this dearth of greenspace, WDG's site planning strategy was based on extending the narrow adjacent open spaces to create a large useable lawn, thereby unifying and enlivening Denton Quad.
The typical residential floor houses 90 students in double duplex suites and double suites, as well as three resident assistants (RAs). The typical floor also includes 24,000 sf of community spaces (15 study lounges and 15 social lounges) supporting formal and informal social gatherings, as well as collaborative and private study environments.
Large windows frame eastward views of the new quad and westward views of the woods. A grand staircase, the centerpiece of the expansive lobby, connects the quad level lobby down to the terrace level gallery and multi-purpose room. The building’s corridors and elevator lobby terminate with room-sized bay windows, and the “see through” floor lounges and study lounges utilize significant amounts of glass at both the corridor and exterior walls.
