Waco, Texas
Marmon Mok led the complete renovation of Martin Residence Hall, a 60,000-square-foot, four-story building originally constructed in 1954. The updated facility houses 265 students across 132 rooms and incorporates a variety of spaces designed to enrich student life and community engagement.
The renovation introduced four lounges, including a main lounge with a kitchen and game room, as well as nine study rooms, a laundry room, and a reception lobby. The entry lobby was transformed into a two-story volume, creating a defined sense of arrival and improving visual connections to both the front and back entry doors. By removing a portion of the floor above, the design established the scale and openness needed to connect the central activity zone with circulation areas on the upper levels.
Additional program elements include a reflection room, offices for resident life staff and the hall director, and three apartments for the Chaplain, Hall Director, and Faculty in Residence. Select interior areas were reconfigured to accommodate new lounges, study spaces, offices, and apartments, while preserving as many original student room partitions as possible. All spaces feature updated finishes throughout, bringing new life to the historic residence hall while maintaining its foundational structure.
