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Honors Residential Scholars Community

University of Utah
Honors student housing with various colored and textured columns.
A public transportation trax station shown just behind the honors student housing building.
View of the glass main entrance at the honors student housing building.
A view from the side of the honors student housing with squares of grass to break up the areas of concrete sidewalk.
Outdoor wood tables and chairs near the main entrance to the honors student housing.
Fenced field adjacent to honors student housing building with white pedestrian bridge.
Large, square fire pit with dark and light wood chairs surrounding at the back of the honors student housing building.
Cement stairs lead down to a cement sidewalk connecting to the honors student housing building.
Wide angle view of hte honors student housing building from across the street.
A woman walks next to the landscaping of the honors student housing building as another woman sits next to the grass and a student walks towards the building.
The lobby of the student housing building with fireplace, large U logo, and seating.
View of the cafe area from the fireplace in the lobby of the honors student housing building.
Two large, red U's with bar stools next to them act as tables with a red felt pool table in the back at the honors student housing facility.
Tables and chairs are arranged over a bold carpet pattern to give students a place to meet and work on projects within the honors student housing building.
A red entertainment room with green chairs and ottoman squares give students a place to read or watch TV in the honors student housing building.
A kitchen in a large dorm room with two refrigerators and four bar stools at the island in the honors student housing building.
A dorm room kitchen island with four bar stools and a seating area just behind with a window and stairs just beyond that in the honors student housing building.
Seating area next to the stairs in a dorm room at the honors student housing building.
Coffee table with a table runner, plants, and a dish sits in front of two chairs with pillows on them in a dorm at the honors student housing building.
Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community

Jacoby Architects, as a part of a design-build team with Gramoll Construction and Potter Lawson, designed this UofU honors student housing for the Honors College at the University of Utah. This new facility contains 310 bedrooms, various study lounges, seminar rooms, the “Big Ideas” Innovation Center, faculty offices, student workroom, library and media room, a multi-purpose room, convenience store and dining area, interior bicycle storage, and a laundry facility.

 

The concept of a forum (a public gathering space that facilitates discussion, engagement, and sharing of ideas) became the theme for creating a community focal point and a place where the students and faculty could challenge one another, inspire one another, share information, and, overall, enhance the academic environment. One of the key elements in creating a forum, in the classical sense, is an arrangement of columns or towers. Accordingly, the building design uses a group of carefully placed towers to mark community spaces within the building.

 

Awards: 2015 Merit Design Award, Utah Masonry Council

Green: LEED Gold

Size: 165,000 square feet

Budget: $27.5 million

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May 5, 2018

Jacoby Architects is an award winning, full service architecture firm based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. We focus on high-quality architectural design and attentive client service.

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