Shreve Hall - The Design

The Design

From the outside Shreve Hall was built to resemble the three other eight story residence halls already located at Purdue University, but the inside contains the best of each residence hall at Purdue. Shreve Hall was built to house 864 residents with 54 residents on each floor. Being designed to be a women’s hall Shreve was built with a kitchenette and a drip-dry room, a place where residents can hang wet clothes that cannot be dried, on every floor. Each floor was also designed to have a study room on every floor. Shreve was also built with many other amenities the other halls lacked. Shreve was built with a stag lounge on the first floor of both wings to be used for studying or social gatherings; the hall was also built with a second floor common area including a recreational lounge, a vending lounge, a study lounge, a mail room, and the main lobby. Shreve was also built to house its own dining court with a large dining room separated into three different sections for residents to sit in depending on their mood. The rooms were designed to give the residents choices on how to arrange the rooms. The beds were made to stand alone and be separate or to be bunk beds. The rooms also feature built in dresser drawers and walk in closets. Each room also contains a high top desk that can either be placed at the foot of the bed, creating an alcove, or can be turned with the back against the wall.