These student-only areas are found throughout each residential college and were designed to provide a place for residents to socialize, study and relax.

– 224 outdoor bike slots are available for visitors. USC also invested $20 million in affordable housing funds for the neighborhood and opened a free legal clinic providing help for South L.A. residents needing housing and landlord-tenant dispute resolution. How do you teach drama without a stage? “This will transform the way students can utilize recreation at the university,” says Justine Gilman, director of recreational sports. “I did a full 180. Here’s a snapshot of how the project’s construction boosted employment: 5,600: Carpenters, electricians, painters, masons and other skilled tradesmen and women, 550: Average number of workers who worked onsite daily, 38%: Proportion of workers who lived in the city of Los Angeles, >20%: Proportion of workers who lived within 5 miles of the project. After California was ceded to the United States, the land evolved from farmland into a thriving neighborhood and later a busy shopping area before becoming the site of USC Village today.
Wider sidewalks accommodate the heavier foot traffic around USC Village, too. Hundreds of USC Village construction working at USC Village also took part in the victory.

Here are a few of the numbers: 1,124 days: USC Village project duration (June 2, 2014 – July 1, 2017). The Kathleen L. McCarthy Honors College is now home to first-year students who are among the nation’s brightest. Her figure stands atop a base sculpted with reliefs of six female figures who depict the ethnic diversity of USC in the 21st century. The biggest mixed-use development project ever in South L.A. history, USC Village welcomes its neighbors to enjoy its open piazzas and offers green space for anyone interested in strolling and relaxing in public areas. With the creation of eight new residential colleges at USC Village, the suite of crests now has swelled to 14. Curious? USC Village reflects Collegiate Gothic architecture, which includes elements of English Tudor design. USC Village’s construction logistics and materials alone made the sheer scale of the project unprecedented in the university’s history. With 2,500 beds for students, USC Village frees up rental housing space for the community, as more students live on campus rather than in nearby apartments. Students use their ID cards to open their room doors and, if they live in a multi-bedroom unit, their individual bedroom doors. Some suites accommodate two people, while others fit as many as eight. Sight lines, walkways and architectural elements were all carefully designed to connect USC Village visually across Jefferson Boulevard to the rest of campus, so that no matter where you are, it always looks and feels like one USC.
More than 12,000 pieces of residential furniture fill USC Village’s residence halls: dressers, beds, desks, tables, chairs and couches. They aren’t just places to live—they’re learning communities. I’ve learned stuff here I didn’t even know I could do,” Bell says. You can’t blame first-time visitors to USC Village when they’re taken in by the sheer scope of the massive $700 million residential-retail complex. The lobby of each building has a 24-hour staffed reception desk with fingerprint scanners and facial recognition monitors. The year-long competition, started in 2016, pits residential colleges for first-year students against each other in activities like intramural sports and trivia nights. Excavate 15 acres of land, and you’re bound to find an object someone left behind. The windows star as the showpiece of the complex’s expansive dining area in McCarthy Honors College and offer a collegiate sensibility reminiscent of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts. Whether the Pac-12 … – Wash and repair stations are plentiful. Spacious group-fitness rooms support a full schedule of cardio, yoga, muscle conditioning and body sculpting classes. Take the Residential College Cup.

“It’s the biggest opportunity we’ve had to increase workout space since the Lyon Center opened in 1989.”. Lastly, we just want to personally thank each of you for continuing along with us in this journey. Says Bell: “Someday I can say, ‘I helped put a roof over your head.’”. The Hecuba statue rises gracefully more than 20 feet into the sky. Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports.