Campus Architecture Database: Foundation Hall

Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y.

Building Type: Residential

Construction Type: New

Cost: $24-million

Square Footage: 72,000

Architect: H2L2 Architects/Planners

Contractor: Gilbane Building Company

Opened: 2010

Foundation Hall accommodates 192 students in suites—many with floor-to-ceiling windows—and is the first new residence hall constructed on Wagner’s 105-acre campus in more than 40 years. It was designed to house the college’s fourth-year students, those preparing for life after Wagner. It includes a conference center for the Senior-Year Residential Experience seminars and other meetings. The building also has common rooms, study rooms, laundry facilities, a cafe, and a patio.

(Photo: Lee Manchester)

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