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Ramapo College:










Ramapo College Phase IX


Student Housing
Mahwah, New Jersey

Based on the success of Phase VIII, Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor (PS&S) was awarded the architectural design and total engineering for this 432-bed dormitory, which opened on-time and on-budget in September, 2006.

Here the site constraints were completely different: a very small site, with two existing dorms separated from the academic core by parking lots, trailers and wooded brambles.

And the solution is very different - a nine-story mid-rise, shaped to form a new residential quadrangle. This quad is linked to another new quad that relates to the academic core, student center and library - enhancing the Campus Plan dramatically. Existing trees have been preserved along the edge of the new academic quad, softening the height of the project relative to the low-rise classroom building across the quad.

Interior planning is state-of-the-art. Suites feature four single bedrooms, with living rooms and pantries. Lounges, game rooms, and a fifty-seat "home theater" provide social focuses for the project, pulling in students from the other dorms as well. Information Technology includes wi-fi, cable TV, closed-circuit television (CCTV) security monitoring, as well as hard-wired data and telephone to each bedroom.




*Architectural services are provided by Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor Engineering, P.C., Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor Architecture, P.C., PS&S California, Inc., or Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor Architecture and Engineering Connecticut, P.C.