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New Tempe residence hall for students of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Expected next fall, new dorm on Mill Avenue is designed for art students

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The upcoming residence hall for Herberger, CHS, and Teachers College students stands nearly completed on Mill and Tenth St. on Jan. 28, 2025 in Tempe. 


For the first time, starting in the Fall 2025 semester, students of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU will be living in a dorm designed with their major in mind. The new hall, located off of Mill Avenue near the Tempe campus will house Herberger students, along with students in the College of Health Solutions and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. 

The new building, which is yet to be named, will house 854 students and include a dining hall. With amenities exclusive to residents and their guests, the development is available to students across grades. 

"The new residence hall is the result of a strong partnership with academic college leaders to ensure students enjoy a meaningful and rewarding experience," Christiana Sletten, assistant vice president and director of residential life at ASU, said in an email. "The close proximity to classes, faculty, and resources will further enhance the academic and social experiences of students."  

Normally, ASU's residence halls, such as Tooker House and Hassayampa Academic Village, are assigned and dedicated to accommodate specific colleges and majors.

"While the residence hall itself will not include classrooms, it is strategically located near classroom spaces and will feature resources designed to support academic excellence in design and the arts," Sletten said in an email. "These include a creative movement studio, a student gallery/showcase space, and academic success and study rooms."

Currently, Herberger students on the Tempe campus live in Adelphi Commons I, a housing complex that was the former home of various sororities on campus before the Greek Leadership Village opened in 2019. Deissy Torres Morales, a sophomore studying graphic design, lived in Adelphi Commons I during her freshman year.

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"In general, all of our classes were pretty far away from our dorms," Torres Morales said.

Located on the south side of campus, behind Vista del Sol, Adelphi Commons I is on the opposite side of campus from the Design Buildings where many Herberger students have classes.

"We have a lot of supplies," Torres Morales said. "For my major, we had to carry a huge cutting mat and we have lockers in our building, so we have to put it in there for classes. And taking that (in) the beginning of the school year all the way from the south side of campus to the north side of campus. It was very annoying."

Never intended to house art and design students, Adelphi Commons I lacks practice and design spaces. Newer buildings on the Downtown Phoenix campus like Fusion on First, which was built with upperclassmen Herberger students in mind, feature recording studios and sewing machines for students to work on projects.

"I think it'd be really cool to incorporate musical practice rooms and maybe a mini fashion room with a sewing machine or two just so that students are able to work on their projects," Aj Schinco, a freshman studying popular music, said. "It would be cool to have some more amenities that help the students get their work done."

As a Herberger student living on the Downtown Phoenix campus, Schinco has lived on both a floor of Gordon Commons dedicated to Herberger students and one in which he was mixed with other majors.

"It's a very different dynamic," Schinco said. "I'm glad that I have both experiences because I lived on (the Herberger) floor and you can knock on anyone's door. I remember one time a girl in the group chat was like, 'Hey guys, I can't open my jar of lemonade. Can someone help?' And there (were) like 40 people at her door offering to try to open it. Now I live on a different floor and there's not that sense of community."

The new dorm will provide greater access to on-campus living for nearly 9,000 students in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts across all four campuses. In doing so, ASU aims to better support students and communities academically and creatively through this new addition to campus, Sletten said in an email. 

Edited by Senna James, Abigail Beck and Natalia Jarrett.


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Audrey LippertCommunity Reporter

Audrey is a sophomore studying journalism and mass communication with a minor in Spanish. This is her first semester with The State Press. She has also worked at Blaze Radio.


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