Brooks Village Fact Sheet

Contact: Lori Fogleman (254) 710-6275

The new Brooks Village will accommodate 700 students in two new residential quadrangles:

? Brooks College is proposed as a traditional residential college, offering 384 students across all disciplines the opportunity to live and learn in a community that is faculty-led. Brooks College will be open to freshmen, as well as upper class students.
? Brooks Flats will accommodate 316 upper class students in apartment-style living similar to that in the recently completed North Village on the Baylor campus.
? The estimated cost to build Brooks Village is $42.8 million.
? The total square footage of the project is estimated at 252,163 square feet. Brooks College is estimated at 122,600 square feet, while Brooks Flats is estimated at 129,563 square feet.
? An 800-car parking garage will be constructed to accommodate the needs of residents living on the south side of the Baylor campus. The parking garage cost is estimated at $8.3 million.

Key Design Features of Brooks Village:

? Framed views of historic Pat Neff Hall from the site and the interior public spaces
? New Brooks Arch, incorporating a distinctive architectural element from Brooks Hall
? Traditional Oxbridge Quadrangles to serve Brooks College and Brooks Flats
? Existing healthy trees incorporated into a tree-lined path, connecting all residents to the green spaces and the core campus
? Incorporation of the Brooks bust from the existing Brooks Hall
? An academic walkway
? Brooks College Seal and a Brooks Flats Seal
? Enhanced Minglewood Bowl

Features in Brooks Residential College

? Traditional student rooms in single and double occupancy with semi-private baths
? 1 Resident Faculty
? 1 Resident Chaplain
? 12 Community Leaders
? Great Hall; Dining Room
? Chapel
? Library and Resource Center
? Seminar and Classroom
? Group Study Rooms
? Resident Lounges
? Junior and Senior Commons Rooms
? Multipurpose Room

Features in Brooks Residential Flats

? Apartment 'flats'; four students to an apartment in single and double occupancy bedrooms
? Full kitchens
? Social Lounge Space
? Hall Director Apartment

Features in Parking Garage

? Four-level parking garage with room for 800 vehicles
? Located, from east to west, between the Stacy Riddle Forum and Waco Creek, and from north to south between Eighth to Ninth streets
? Architecture similar to the East Campus Parking Garage
? 4,500-square-feet of retail space
? 5,500-square-feet of office space

Why is the Brooks Village an important part of Baylor's vision?

? Enhances the learning environment
? Moves Baylor toward a stronger residential campus
? Increases Baylor's ability to attract and retain top students
? Expands student life programming

What is a Residential College, and what is Baylor's model designed to do?

? Add to the diversity of residential options afforded to students;
? Create a cohesiveness and intimacy of a small school, while still enjoying the cultural, scholarly and spiritual resources of a large university;
? Encourage students to pursue a three- or four-year on-campus living experience within a unique residential community;
? Foster a heightened sense of community through a common dining experience and unique community spaces such as a Great Hall, Chapel, Library and Junior and Senior Commons Rooms; and,
? Provide a culture that fosters academic excellence, intensive faculty-student interaction and a rich student community steeped in Baylor tradition.