Franklin & Marshall College Row
Franklin & Marshall College Row is a three building project. This abstract will focus on the largest building which houses both retail spaces and apartments. 81% of the building is dedicated to residential use, 15% to retail, and 4% to business use. The retail spaces are street level. Also on the first floor, in the northeast corner, are the management offices. Apartments are contained on the following five floors. A total of 65 units will be in the building, including 1, 3 and 4 bedroom apartments. Each floor includes a handicap-accessible unit, a common lounge, and laundry facilities. The design of the building starts with spread footing with selective compaction grouting for soil improvement prior to footing installation. There are also strip footings, serving as frost walls, for masonry foundation walls. The building has structural steel with composite slab on deck for the second floor slab and load-bearing block and precast concrete plank for the third floor to the roof. The roof consists of a thermoplastic mebrane system. The façade of the building is brick veneer, metal sheeting, and masonry.
Franklin & Marshall College Row - Abstract