Texas A&M University Commerce - Pride Rock Hall

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.

Project Information

Location
Commerce, Texas
Completion Date
2012
Size
85,900 SF; 250 Beds
Studio
Architecture, Interior Design, Planning
Typology
Higher Education, Student Housing
Program
Classroom, Study Room, Meeting Room

BOKA Powell Credits

Partner
John Orfield, Chris Barnes
Design Team
Bryan Campbell, Courtney Richardson, Dan Shaffer, Jerry Essary, Tyler Murph, William Matthews, Gail Thompson, Elizabeth Davies, Barry Beazley, Steve Word

External Credits

Structural Engineer
Haynes Whaley Associates
MEP Engineer
Goetting & Associates
Civil Engineer
Westwood (formerly Pacheco Koch)
Landscape Architect
Coleman & Associates
Contractor
SpawGlass