Fifth & Clyde Residence Hall and Neighborhood Commons

A new six-story residence hall for 264 undergraduates, supporting holistic living, learning, and play. The project introduces a 5,000-square-foot community space for the Fifth Avenue neighborhood — referred to as the Fifth Avenue Neighborhood Commons — which includes rooms for students to practice music with a dedicated music studio and jam room, a wellness/dance room with spring-loaded flooring, study nooks, hammock area, and a multipurpose room.

Within the residential hall communities are skillfully created at multiple scales:
1) The Neighborhood – includes student rooms, central kitchens, and multipurpose spaces, plus the Commons and lush courtyard, for residents and the campus;

2) The Hallway Community – was sized to create smaller communities, drawn together at corners in common lounges and kitchens, with bay windows and expansive views;

3) The Hallway Community Expanded – Stairs connect corner social spaces to integrate communities from other floors; expanding the hallway community beyond the single floor.

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Details

Architecture Firm: PWWG Architects

Project Team: Brent Houck, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP; Jennifer Szczesniak, RA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP; Cassandra Osterman, AIA, WELL AP; Jan Irvin, AIA, LEED AP; Adria Zawicki, AIA; Andrew Fortna

Client: Carnegie Mellon University

Contractor: Rycon Construction - General Contractor

Engineers: ME Engineers - MEP FP Engineers / Security / Technology / AV; Silman - MEP Engineer / Security / Technology / AV; Langan - Civil Engineer;

Photographer: Ed Massery

Affiliated Architect: LTL Architects - Design Architect

Landscape Architect: Merritt Chase - Landscape Architect

Consultants: evolveEA - LEED Consultant

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