The Honors Village is a community of citizenship within the larger University of Florida campus where learning is integral to life. The site approach strengthens circulation, emphasizes the pedestrian environment, and forms recognizable campus places. Four distinct residence halls break down the overall scale of the project and offer students an immersive sense of identity. The community was designed in collaboration with PGAL and Walker Architects.

The massing of the buildings is articulated with a base, middle, and top that help scale the buildings to the context. At the ground level, the arrangement of brick and windows reflect the character of other campus architecture. On the upper floors, the approach simply shifts the location of resident rooms on alternating floors by several feet to provide visual differentiation. The landscape environment comprised of native plantings that flow around the residence buildings includes a diversity of programmed areas for meeting and interaction, which are enhanced by key moments of connection with interior spaces.

Resident room communities are lifted off the ground floor to create a communal base consisting of a social lounge, learning commons, and a recreation room. These public spaces welcome students to their residence halls, and blend seamlessly with the surrounding landscape.

The Forum is the center of life on the ground of the Commons, enriched with a dynamic Great Hall, cafe, and suite of flexible meeting and group study rooms. These shared amenities project a sense of timelessness and permanence that anchors the network of active ground floor programs together.