Education/Student Housing Archives | Jordan & Skala Engineers

Mako Hall

Mako Hall lies on an old intramural soccer field at Nova Southeastern University. The seven-story, 312,000 GSF residence hall is a transition point between the foot-traffic-oriented campus and the motorist-centered College Avenue. It provides exciting amenities to students, such as an Innovation Center, multi-purpose rooms, and private study rooms. Over 600 students can reside in Mako Hall within rooms equipped with in-unit washers/dryers and full-sized kitchen appliances. The MEP design process for Mako Hall required extensive collaboration because the residence […]

The Henry

The Henry is a 23-story off-campus student housing development serving the University of Tampa. Located a short walk from campus and neighboring entertainment, the apartments offer vibrant and convenient housing for their residents. The 188-unit building boasts enticing amenities, such as an 8th-floor resort-style pool, a 24/7 market, study rooms on each floor, and fitness/clubroom space across 16 residential levels and 7 levels of attached parking. Tightly placed in the Arts District and between two popular streets, The Henry required […]

Appalachian State University On-Campus Housing

Located on Appalachian State University’s campus near Kidd Brewer Stadium is a multi-phase resident hall development. Each hall is named after natural landmarks surrounding campus and when combined totals over 500,000 SF with 2,000 beds. Phase I, completed in August 2020, contained the construction of Raven Rocks and Thunder Hill, named after popular destinations along the Blue Ridge Parkway. These two residence halls have 912 beds and share 240,000+ SF. This phase also included the addition of a police substation […]

Trellis House

Located near the campus of Howard University, Trellis House is an award-winning, mixed-use student housing and commercial retail development. The five-story, wood-frame project offers 319 units with 11,517 SF of ground-level retail, and a 44,769 SF parking garage. As DC’s first LEED Platinum multi-family building, it was designed to promote wellness and sustainability by incorporating elements that include a green roof, hydroponic garden, bioretention planters, and LED lighting. The state-of-the-art amenities features a fitness center with a yoga studio, an […]

LSU Nicholson Gateway Student Housing

Located across from the renowned Tiger Stadium, this 26-acre student housing project was designed to transform the underdeveloped space of the university property. The mixed-use development includes seven residential buildings with 763 units providing 1,529 beds. The project offers a vibrant on-campus experience that incorporates 48,164 SF of retail space, a recreation facility, and nutrition center. Jordan & Skala Engineers provided mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, plumbing engineering, and fire protection design services. In order to service the large development, JSE designed […]

Georgia Institute of Technology, The Campus Recreation Center

Conversion of outdoor Olympic pool into new student athletic center consisting of natatorium, basketball, racquetball, aerobics, weight rooms, classrooms, offices, and locker rooms. This project is the winner of the 2005 “Innovative Architecture & Design” competition by Recreation Management, the “Outstanding Sports Facility” award for 2005 from the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, the “Gold Award” from Building Design & Construction magazine, the “2005 Public Project less than $50,000,000” and “Overall Winner” awards from Construction Management Association of America, and the […]

The Retreat – San Marcos

This luxurious off-campus student housing development in San Marcos, Texas consists of multiple stand-alone, four- and five-bedroom multi-story wood framed housing units, a three-story 12,000-SF clubhouse, an outdoor resort-style pool and multiple outdoor recreation areas. Each cottage or townhome styled unit offers a private bathroom for each bedroom, outdoor seating areas, a full kitchen and laundry facilities. The clubhouse features a fitness center, tanning facilities, a recreation center and media room. Voted best new off-campus student housing development in the […]

The Retreat at Tallahassee Clubhouse

The Retreat at Tallahassee is a new $37 million off-campus student housing complex serving students of Florida State University, Tallahassee Community College and Florida A&M University. Sporting 178 multi-story, wood structured cottages with two-to five-bedrooms each and private bathrooms, the complex offers a luxurious student living experience. Jordan & Skala collaborated with Kamen Tall Architects (community design) and Niles Bolton (clubhouse design) to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering services for the complex as well as the full-amenity clubhouse.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Russ Chandler Baseball Stadium

Originally constructed in 1930, the Russ Chandler Baseball Stadium was completely reconstructed in 2002 to more than twice its original size. In addition to the stadium, which has a seating capacity of 4,150, the project included team meeting space, offices, training room, weight room, locker rooms for both Georgia Tech and the visiting team, and foodservice area.

University of South Dakota, Coyote Village

This off-campus student housing development consists of a four-story, 175-unit complex providing suite-style and apartment living for 546 students. The building is a four-story wood structure, constructed on slab. The dwelling units consist of two and four bed dwelling units and are all stacking flats. Dwelling entry is either from common walk up stairs or elevators through interior conditioned corridors. Complex amenities include: a convenience store, central laundry, SMART room, community space, service spaces and administration offices. Coyote Village also […]

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Mako Hall

The Henry

Appalachian State University On-Campus Housing

Trellis House

LSU Nicholson Gateway Student Housing

Georgia Institute of Technology, The Campus Recreation Center

The Retreat – San Marcos

The Retreat at Tallahassee Clubhouse

Georgia Institute of Technology, Russ Chandler Baseball Stadium

University of South Dakota, Coyote Village