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- What is the Munger Graduate Residence Project?
The Munger Graduate Residence project will construct 355 premium housing units for 600 graduate students. Additional elements of the project include a 1,227-stall, four-story underground parking garage, the restoration of the 143-stall Wilbur parking lot, and utility and roadway improvements. As a result of successful early completion, Stanford Student Housing commenced the management of Buildings 2 and 3 in December 2008, enabling them to offer 163 additional beds for graduate students beginning winter quarter.(top)
- How does the project support the goals of Stanford University?
The Munger Graduate Residence project will help alleviate the long-standing problem of providing on-campus housing to graduate students. In the past, Stanford has been unable to meet demand for high-end graduate housing, which is increasingly important in the recruitment of the best graduate students. This high-quality, mixed graduate community will serve as the largest campus in-fill project in Stanford’s history, and will establish a vibrant academic atmosphere for learning and exchange of ideas.
The project will also enable improvements in undergraduate housing. The new graduate Residence will provide more space for undergraduate students, thereby easing overcrowding in other Residence.
In addition, Stanford must, under the provisions of the General Use Permit requirements of Santa Clara County, build Residence in order to expand academic facilities. The addition of new housing units enables critical academic projects included in the capital plan to proceed. This includes projects in the sciences, engineering, medicine, business, humanities, education, recreation and intercollegiate sports. These projects include, for example, a replacement for the Terman Engineering Center and modern classroom facilities for the Graduate School of Business and the School of Medicine. (top)
- What type of housing will the project provide and what
will the Residence look like?
When completed, the Munger Graduate Residence will house 600 graduate students, with Law School students occupying about one-third of the units and other graduate students occupying the remaining units. The Residence will offer an array of modern apartments and communal spaces designed to encourage cross-disciplinary thought, debate and collaboration.
The Residence will include five structures between four and five stories in height, totaling 469,522 square feet of floor space. Housing units will consist of luxury studios, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 4-bedroom units, and common spaces including a great hall, café/kitchen, meeting space, convenience store, and operational center for the housing complex. The buildings will be oriented around a pedestrian plaza and landscaped walkways.
To view the live webcam and renderings of the completed project, please visit the residence features page and project images pages. (top)
- When will the project be complete?
As a result of successful early completion, Buildings 2 and 3 of the Munger Graduate Residence opened for occupancy in December 2008, enabling them to offer 163 additional beds for graduate students beginning winter quarter. The remaining buildings, Buildings 1, 4 and 5, are scheduled for completion in summer 2009. Parking Structure 6 opened for use in summer 2008.
- Who do I contact for more information about living in Munger?
Housing Assignments
Harold Modular
630 Serra Street, Suite 110
Stanford, CA 94305-6034
Phone (650) 725-2810
FAX (650) 736-1297
housingassignments@lists.standford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/has/
- What type of accommodations does Munger offer?
The Munger Graduate Residence features studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 4-bedroom residential units. Building 4 features common spaces including a great hall, café/kitchen, meeting space, convenience store, and operational center for housing services. All buildings house full laundry facilities.
Click here for more information.
- What is the construction schedule for the Munger Graduate
Residence Project?
Construction began in February 2006, and will take approximately three years to finish. The majority of construction activities will be associated with building the Munger Graduate Residence (5 buildings) and Parking Structure 6. The construction of the Munger Graduate Residence is scheduled to begin on May 7, 2007 and be completed in Summer 2009.Parking Structure 6 and Wilbur Field opened in Summer 2008. Please click here to see the project schedule. (top)
- What are the hours of construction?
The County of Santa Clara has approved the following general construction hours: Monday – Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (top)
- Will the Career Development Center (CDC), Office
of Accessible Education (OAE) and the Haas Center stay open during the construction?
The CDC, OAE and Haas Center are open during construction. Stanford will work closely with surrounding neighbors to reduce the logistical challenges associated with their proximity to the construction site. (top)
- How will the project effect parking during construction?
The construction of the Munger Graduate Residence will displace approximately 450 parking stalls as a result of the closure of the Stern and Law School parking lots. To help alleviate the loss of parking during construction, Stanford University has constructed a temporary parking lot between Stern Hall and Wilbur Hall.
Assisted valet parking will be provided at the Wilbur Parking Lot, and one lane of Campus Drive East will also be converted to parking.
For current information about parking impacts and replacement parking, please visit Parking & Transportation Services construction related impacts web page. Students, faculty, staff and the community will be notified in advance of parking changes.
When Parking Structure 6 is complete, the parking loss will be restored, and there will be approximately 666 new parking spaces. The new underground parking facility will provide parking spaces for the residents of the new facility, faculty and staff. (top)
- Are there plans to minimize the noise and dust from
construction?
Noise reduction devices, construction timing, and other mitigation measures will be implemented to minimize noise disturbance during construction activities. Dust will be minimized by watering active construction areas, using effective covers for on-site soil storage and sweeping access routes and construction areas. (top)
- Will construction impact bicycle and pedestrian paths
in the area? Will access to public transit be limited?
Bicycle and pedestrian access onto the campus and around construction sites may be impacted. Signage and notification will be provided to give information about alternative routes. Public transit should not be limited, but may include relocation or removal of adjacent bus stops.
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- Are there specific truck routes planned for construction
and delivery vehicles?
The project will deliver and remove all construction-related equipment and materials via approved Stanford area truck routes. Truck travel to and from the project is expected to use the following routes:
- From I-280: Alpine Road, Junipero Serra Boulevard, and Campus Drive East will be used to reach the site.
- From US 101 and the east: San Antonio Road or Woodside Road will be used to access El Camino Real. From there, trucks will follow Galvez Street to Campus Drive East.
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Click here to view the Stanford
Area Truck Route Map. (top)
- What is the plan for trees within the construction area?
Stanford undertook a comprehensive landscape protection and habitat
preservation program. Trees that are required to be removed due to construction
will be replaced at a 3:1 ratio and protective fencing will be placed around trees in the project
site to shield them during construction. Sixty-nine trees were relocated to other areas of the campus. (top)
- What approvals were acquired for the project?
The project went through a comprehensive environmental review and planning process with Santa Clara County. The project was one element of a programmatic Environmental Impact Report or the Stanford University Draft Community Plan and General Use Permit (GUP) Application Final Environmental Impact Report (2000 GUP EIR). This EIR was approved in 2000.
The project was subject to the County’s Architectural and Site Approval (ASA) review process and conforms to architectural, housing, parking, and landscaping standards for development within the Stanford University 2000 General Use Permit (GUP) area.
The project also went through the standard Stanford University Project Delivery Process. In December 2004, Stanford’s Board of Trustees gave site and concept approval and then approved the final design in June 2005.
Construction of the Residence was granted in April 2007.
In January 2006, the County of Santa Clara approved a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Munger Graduate Housing project. The County of Santa Clara Architectural Review Board reviewed and granted more detailed approvals in January 2006.
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- What is the relationship between the Munger project
and the General Use Permit?
The General Use Permit requires that construction of teaching and research facilities be tied to construction of on-campus housing. The project is in keeping with that requirement. In future years, there will be increasing density on the core campus as we construct facilities to accommodate expanding programmatic and residential needs. (top)
- Is community outreach planned to provide information about construction activities?
Stanford is making every effort to keep the community informed and to minimize the inconvenience to the community during construction. A project infoline and this website have been established for community members to receive updated information, ask questions and to provide comments. In addition, periodic briefings, construction advisories, e-mail alerts and construction updates are circulated to keep the community informed during construction. For an overview of upcoming construction activities, please visit the current construction page. (top)
- Who do I call to make a comment, ask a question or address a concern?
For questions and comments, please call the project infoline at 650.615.6794
or email the project team.
Community
comments and inquiries are useful to the construction team in addressing
construction
inconveniences in a timely manner. For the most updated project information
please visit the
current construction page. (top)
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