What the Client Needed:

  • Design-Build residence hall to meet abbreviated schedule within budget
  • Swing space to allow for renovation of older residence halls
  • Additional housing to meet anticipated increase in student population
  • Hotel style design with double loaded corridors hosting double bedrooms each with their own bathroom
  • Amenity spaces such as kitchenettes and studies on each floor
  • Large building kitchen and laundry facility
  • Multipurpose room which spills out onto outdoor patio with firepit
  • Smart classroom for student collaboration
  • Drone video BEFORE project completion
  • Drone video AFTER project completion
  • DASNY project (Dormitory Authority of the State of New York)
  • Featured in American School & University 2019 Architectural Portfolio 

Project Specs:

  • Building Area : 76,000 SF
  • Number of Beds: 263
  • Cost of Construction: $21,000,000
  • Cost/SF: $276
  • Cost/Bed: $79,847
  • Construction Completed: 2018
Abstract cube design

Mach was seen as an innovator and wanted to do things efficiently.

Craig RossFormer Associate Director of Student Housing, SUNY Brockport

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