Fairmont State University Student Housing
Fairmont, WV
Fairmont State University Student Housing
Fairmont, WV
Perched along the Appalachian hillside, this new student housing community answers Fairmont University’s growing enrollment and evolving academic offerings with a vibrant place to live and learn. Terracing with the land, the building frames stepped student plazas and an open courtyard that stitch residence life into daily campus movement. A lively pattern of punched windows animates the façades, signaling an active, inclusive community within. Inside, a mix of meeting rooms and a community wellness store supports collaboration, well-being, and everyday convenience. The building’s geometry carefully negotiates the hill’s contours, while a material and color palette drawn from the surrounding wooded Appalachian landscape grounds the project in its rural context, contemporary in expression yet unmistakably of Fairmont, West Virginia.
Timeline
2015 - 2017
Size
200,000 SF