University of Washington: Terry and Maple Halls

Expanding Student Life

University of Washington Maple and Terry Halls

Seattle, WA

Room with a View

Maple and Terry Halls are designed to provide residents with equal access to daylight during their rainy Pacific Northwest school years. By mapping sunlight patterns on each façade and varying the window sizes accordingly, the design responds poetically to this environment.

Integrated Learning and Living

Shared amenities support the University’s mission to enrich students’ lives beyond the classroom. Diverse settings like the music lab, maker space and Great Room help students learn to live healthfully, explore new activities and connect socially during their most transformational, freshman year of college.

Connecting to the City

Located west of campus near a new light rail station and bike paths, the halls contribute to an emerging, walkable and vital student housing district. Where a superblock had created barriers in the past, the new plan increases connectivity with public plazas that extend from ground-floor spaces and activate the neighborhood.

Client

University of Washington

Overview

Two mixed-use residence halls with linked amenities and public plazas within the urban West of 15th neighborhood

Program

1,100 student beds, academic classrooms, offices for UW Housing and Food Services, multipurpose Great Room, group kitchen, game center, music lab, art studio, maker space, public plazas and roof terrace

Size

390,890 sf; 2.1 acres

Sustainable Metrics

LEED Gold, Certified

Completion Date

2015

Services

Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design & Planning

Awards

Associated General Contractors of Washington Build Washington Awards, Excellence in Construction Award, Public Building, 2016

News & Ideas

Terry and Maple Halls Bring Connectivity, Activity to University of Washington’s West Campus

The Great Room at Maple Hall is a hub of activity for the west campus, with the ability to transform from a study hall, to lecture space, to an event venue.

Terry and Maple Halls display a strong urban edge and welcome visitors through large storefront openings and entries along Campus Parkway and the 12th Street Plaza.

Terry Hall celebrates its panoramic view with a student terrace for gatherings, conversation and studying.

Terry and Maple Halls display a strong urban edge and welcome visitors through large storefront openings and entries along Campus Parkway and the 12th Street Plaza.

The residence halls’ elevations respond to daylight through the use of larger window openings on lower floors in shade, and smaller openings on upper floors.

Billiards, darts, shuffleboard, and gaming consoles are some of the offerings found in the Game Lab at Maple Hall.

The Great Room at Maple Hall is a hub of activity for the west campus, with the ability to transform from a study hall, to lecture space, to an event venue.

The Dabble Lab, a maker space at Maple Hall, is a high- and low-tech environment for creative activities and projects. Tools such as a laser cutter, 3D printers, advanced sewing machines, as well as art and design supplies are available for student use.

Harvested daylight fills circulation paths adjacent to group study rooms in Maple Hall’s amenity area.

As learning occurring outside traditional classrooms continues to increase, collaborative study spaces remain popular among students.

Exhibited by 60-seat classrooms, academic spaces are integrated within the residential amenity programs at Maple Hall.

Terry Hall welcomes visitors through a two-story entryway to University of Washington’s Housing and Food Services, accommodating multiple departments that support student life on campus.

Maple Hall’s courtyard offers students a quiet outdoor environment, while providing access to indoor amenity spaces like the double-height Great Room.

The 12th Street pedestrian plaza reconnects the campus to the urban grid and provides a gathering space between Lander's dining commons and Area 01 at Maple Hall.

The 12th Street Plaza between Maple and Lander halls provides outdoor environments for social and study activities.

Terry Hall celebrates its panoramic view with a student terrace for gatherings, conversation and studying.

Expanding Student Life

University of Washington Maple and Terry Halls