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Expertise

Architecture

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Project Type

Education

Housing

Student Residence

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Location

Waterville, ME

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Client

Thomas College

The Details

JSA has designed two residences during Thomas College’s recent academic evolution, with their unique focus on ‘practical liberal education’ aimed at professional training.

Each project in its turn was a gateway facility designed to improve the College’s visual first impression.

Hinman is a first-year residence featuring 108 total beds (12 single, 48 double) organized into two 27-bed “pods” per floor. Each pod has a centralized pair of accessible rest rooms and a social lounge. A site grade differential of 15’ resulted in the ground floor build-out comprising only common space. All student rooms are located on the second and third floors.

This was the previous gateway facility, featuring a prominent tower-capped entrance, designed to centralize foot traffic and create social interaction. The suite-style configuration includes a community main lounge on ground floor with additional floor lounges situated for each grouping of rooms.

  • Exterior daytime photo of a college campus logo sign reading "Thomas College." A brick student residence building is seen in the background.
  • Exterior daytime elevation view of a college campus student residence building. The building has a brick facade and features a tower area with large glass windows
  • Interior photo of a study lounge area in a college campus residence building. The room features a set of large windows coming together at an angle on the back wall, and a table with upholstered chairs around it in the foreground.
  • Interior photo of a common area in a student residence building. The room features warm neutral wood tones and has a curved wall and seating area.
Exterior daytime elevation view of a college campus student residence building. The building features a brick and white siding facade, with a tower area made of large glass windows.

Exterior elevation view of tower

Up close daytime exterior detail view of the tower of a student residence building on a college campus. The building features a brick facade with the tower area featuring large glass windows.

Tower detail