The CUNY Residences, College of Staten Island | WDG: Architecture, Planning, Interiors

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
University View Village College Park, MD	Clark Enterprises	In Progress	9-story, 272 unit high-rise student housing building.
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.
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.

The CUNY Residences, College of Staten Island

Staten Island, NY

CLIENT
American Campus Communities / College of Staten Island

STATUS
In Progress

LEED
Pending LEED-NC Silver

SERVICES
Architecture, Planning

PROJECT DETAILS

PROJECT SHEET

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Program

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.

Description

The new residential village will be the first on the 204-acre campus, the largest of the 23 campuses of the City University of New York. The layout of the buildings, to be constructed along a new northwest axis running through the North Quad, will form a triangular outdoor courtyard with centralized amenities and gathering areas.

“As CSI has evolved into a comprehensive four-year college, there has been a need to add a robust residential component to the campus,” says Bob Keane, AIA, principal-in-charge for WDG Architecture. “The new student village will both unify and enliven a major part of the campus, and will create smaller communities oriented to students, faculty, and families.”

The design creates a pedestrian activity corridor that intersects the existing pedestrian corridor from the northwest and is aligned with the cupola of the centrally located Campus Center. The new pedestrian thoroughfare will tie the various elements of the North Quad together, with the new buildings oriented densely around the route to create a sense of community.

The village will feature a mix of shared and private bedrooms with living rooms and full kitchens. Amenities will include an internet café, a classroom/meeting room, a business center, a fitness center, and indoor bike storage. The buildings are being designed to LEED-Silver certification standards