The newest addition to Vanderbilt’s residential college system, the E. Bronson Ingram College creates a living-learning environment for a faculty family and 330 students in support of Vanderbilt's values of open inquiry and excellence while responding to the campus context. Opened August 2018, the College continues the University’s desire to blur the lines between living and learning environments. Faculty reside alongside sophomores, juniors, and seniors in a model of communal living rooted in the tradition of residential colleges at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and Yale University.
Hastings with Design Architect David M. Schwartz Architects, created a variety of spaces in which students live, learn, and socialize with fellow students and educators alike. A vaulted dining room, great room, study lounges, private courtyards, and public patios provide space for casual encounters and structured communication. A dance studio, music practice rooms, as well as a first-floor art gallery further enhance the living-learning environment.
The architectural expression of the College is decidedly Collegiate Gothic, responding to the adjacent 1925 Alumni Hall. In response to the project's scale and implying a layered history, a portion of the building is designed in red-brick Victorian Gothic style relating to the University’s first and most iconic building, the 1875 Kirkland Hall sited directly south of the College. That eastern wing is constrained to embrace a 100-year old Ginko tree. Masonry detailing incorporated throughout the facades and courtyards was designed to a level of detail rarely seen in this era, achieving an authentic example of the craftsmanship of this style. All surfaces - exterior and interior - of the project and its details were carefully considered and executed.
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