FORT WORTH: TCU Wants Housing for Everyone
Fort Worth’s Texas Christian University wants to create an entirely residential campus, which means oodles of construction (and more requests for mom and dad to reload the campus dining card). Studies show that students who live on campus have higher graduation rates. TCU now requires both freshmen and sophomores to live on campus, so more sophomore housing was needed, says KSQ Architects principal David Short (right, with KSQ partners Armand Quadrini and Garret Krishan in the West Indies in November). The additional student housing is being added in TCU's Worth Hills Village, across the street from the main campus. David says Worth Hills, delivering in phases, should take about 10 years to complete.
Marion and Clark Halls—a two-building residence hall offering 400 suite-style student beds designed for sophomores—opened in August. Fun fact: The brick is the patented TCU buff-color. (Has anyone patented coffee-stain brown on white blouse? It's our trademark hue.) These $37M upper-division residence halls were part of the first phase. The third component of that first phase (another upper division residence hall) is under construction for a fall occupancy. To come: a parking structure (in 2015), a dining/multipurpose Greek Village building (built by The Beck Group), and upperclassmen housing. All will ultimately house 1,800 students.
