Commerce, Texas
The first phase of student housing at Texas A&M, Commerce, Pride Rock Hall provides a new “front door” to the campus. The buildings create a public courtyard for students, faculty, and visitors and are divided into wings, sharing a common rotunda formed at the most prominent corner of the site.
Clearly visible from both public and campus sides of the project, rotundas act as the main public entry into the building and house the student lounges on the second and third floors. Each wing houses 14 to 15 two-bedroom units plus a one-bedroom RA unit on each floor.
This cluster of 28 to 30 students, plus one RA, comprises a typical living-learning unit, and by virtue of the village concept, has a specific identity in the project as a whole. The arrangement promotes student identity, diversity, and community in the students' everyday activities.