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Southern Methodist University


                                                                  Residential Commons

            The Residential Commons model represents  Commons includes faculty in residence—
            a new direction in SMU student housing.  expanding opportunities for learning, informal
            Featuring 1,250 beds, a 505-seat dining  interactions and mentoring. Each of the new
            commons and an  800-car parking garage,  250-bed buildings includes a student services   student housing
            the Residential Commons enables SMU  facility, classrooms and seminar rooms, offices,
            to implement its new requirement that  faculty housing, administrative and support
            sophomores live on campus, and facilitate  functions, and other amenities.  The project
            the transitional integration of academics and  achieved LEED Gold certification for all six
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 ksqdesign                                                                design for student life
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