SPRUCE HALL

STUDENT HALL

NAC / AMD ARCHITECTS

Spruce Hall is a 370 student residence hall for the Colorado School of Mines.   This project was the first part of a masterplan created by NAC and AMD Architects.  Ron Vanderveen created the collaboration within the two firms and was the first remote project that I was involved with.  I helped in the Design Development Phase and was in charge of the vertical circulation areas, the student lounge, and building the physical model.

Part of the challenge of this design revolved around the sloping topography that required each egress stair to land at different levels throughout the site.  The connection between the exterior and the student halls creates a center courtyard that faces the creek.

BUILDING TYPE: 1A CONCRETE PODIUM, IIB ABOVE CONCRETE POPDIUM

BLDG AREA: 122,000 SF

Team

• Ron Vanderveen (Principal Architect Designer)

• Bingram Lai (Associate Project Manager)

• Jason Bentley (Project Architect)

• Scott Nicks (Arch Designer/Model Manager)

• Sara Veccione  (Model Manager)

• Arnulfo (Architectural Designer) 

• Adam Oult (Intern)

Responsibilities

• Part of a 7 person design development team to create a schematic design development  BIM model

• Create exterior site model features

• Consult with architecture of record remotely

• Set standards and visibility graphics to meet remote architecture office 

• Coordinate model import / exports with remote architectural office

• Help design studies of programmatic student dorm layouts

• Produce wall assembly schedule

• Help with fire assembly sheets

• Create egress plan studies

• In charge of stair design and code study to meet egress requirements

• Detail stair areas

• Produce topography for physical model

• Taught intern how to produce laser cutting files

• Reviewed physical model progress