The Village at Mines Park (Colorado School of Mines)

Responding to the growing need for student housing at the Colorado School of Mines, this project brings 285 units with over 650 beds to the Mines Park site directly across 6th Avenue from the main School of Mines campus. Replacing six older, low-density buildings, this campus includes five carefully sited buildings, four of which are mass timber (aand ll LEED Gold certified).

Totaling 284,000 sq. ft., the Village at Mines Park was designed to serve graduate students, upper-division undergraduates, and student families, the new residences offer a mix of studio, two-bedroom, and four-bedroom units. 

Project Construction - LWT / CLT Hybrid Approach

Located on the university’s Golden, Colorado campus, the project is one of the largest CLT hybrid structure projects in the United States using cross-laminated timber floor and ceiling panels and Glulam beams in combination with traditional wood-framed walls. This innovative approach supports the project’s ambitious sustainability goals while showcasing the biophilic warmth and aesthetic appeal of exposed wood.

The prefabricated mass timber and panelized system accelerated the construction schedule, improved quality control, reduced site waste and noise, and minimized rework.

One of the five newly design Mines Park housing buildings includes 10,000 sq. ft. of amenity program intended to serve as a satellite student union space for the entirety of the Mines Park community; it includes living room/study space, a coffee bar, fitness center, resident life offices and various outdoor seating spaces. 

Completed in just 20 months, the Village at Mines Park welcomed new residents in August 2025, and was completed on time and on budget.