Highlights this month include the installation of the precast facade on Building 8, erection of the dining hall roof trusses and framing, and significant progress on interiors in Building 4.
Roof trusses in the dining hall, with glulam beams and tensions rods.
Future “Vegan Station” in the dining hall serving area.
The main serving area in the dining hall, next to the kitchen.
Level 2 corridor in Building 4, with gypsum board installed over the walls.
A bedroom in Building 4 on level 2, with painted walls revealing the red accent color.
Dining hall from the level 2 courtyard balcony overlooking the lower courtyard.
Completed plaster installation in the Building 4 upper courtyard, with a view of the clock tower spire.
With plaster completed in the Building 4 upper courtyard, window installation is next and then the scaffolding will be removed and landscape/hardscape installed.
Three double-arch tracery windows in a bedroom on level 2 of Building 4.
A pair of double-arch tracery windows in a bedroom on level 2 of Building 4.
Corner bedroom looking out to Building 6 from Building 4 level 2.
Central plaza and Building 8, with its new precast facade, from Building 4 level 2.
View out an operable window in a Building 4 level 2 bedroom to Building 6.
Scaffolding for plaster installation behind precast arch panels along the Building 4 residential lobby.
The arcade in Building 6, along the central plaza.
Metal stud framing for plaster installation in Building 6’s courtyards.
View of the second phase of offsite street improvements along Jefferson Boulevard from Building 6.
View out a Building 6 bedroom window to Jefferson Boulevard and the new Kaufman Dance Center.
Full brick is staged on scaffolding for installation over the shear walls on Building 6, which all feature handset brick.
Central plaza and Building 9 seen through two precast arches from the Building 6 arcade.
Private dining room in the Building 4 dining hall.
Roof framing progress in the Building 4 dining hall.
Wood is staged in the dining hall to be installed on the roof.
Dessert station in the Building 4 dining hall.
View of the main serving area in the Building 4 dining hall.
Building 9 from the future sports field north of Building 4.
Bridge between Buildings 4 & 9, with its formwork removed. Work will continue here once the precast facade has been manufactured and is ready to install.
Workers begin to erect scaffolding for brick installation on the west side of Building 1.
Corridor in Building 1.
Chiller room in Building 1, where the air conditioning for all six buildings is generated.
A singe chiller in Building 1, which created chilled water for the air conditioning throughout the site.
Precast “railing” panel to be installed above the arched entries to the Building 1 community room.
An arched cornice panel, to be installed above the secondary arches near the Building 1 community room.
The primary and secondary precast arch openings have been installed on Building 1.
Building 1 community room, with the arched entrance openings installed.
Precast facade of Building 9 along Hoover St.
Precast facade at a stack of study rooms on the east side of Building 9.
Central plaza, Buildings 6, 7, and 8, and the Kaufman Dance Center, looking over the pavilion roof from a bedroom on Level 2 of Building 9.
Precast arches in an egress stairwell in Building 9.
View from Building 9 to Building 4 under the bridge.
Building 4 at (under) the bridge to Building 9.
Building 8, with its new precast facade along the central plaza.
Buildings 4 & 9, and the bridge “connecting” them from the central plaza.
Roof framing progress in the Building 4 dining hall.
Wood roof framing over the Building 4 dining hall.
Exhaust fan hood over a cooking area in the dining hall kitchen.
Main cook line in the Building 4 dining hall kitchen.
Framing for plaster walls behind precast arch panels in the Building 4 arcade.
Dining hall and lower courtyard from level 2 of Building 4.
Three double-arch tracery windows in a coner bedroom of Building 4 on level 2.
Common space in a Building 4 residential unit with four double bedrooms.
Bridge at level 2 of Building 4.
Laundry room in Building 4, with walls boarded and painted.
Living room/kitchen in a faculty apartment unit in Building 4.
Stair/elevator machine room penthouse on the Building 4 roof.
Mansard roof in front of the elevator machine room penthouse on the Building 4 roof.
Building 6 from the Building 4 roof.
Dining hall from the Building 4 roof.
Building 4 tower and spire from the roof.
Plumbing penthouse and the clock tower at the Building 4 roof.
Building 4 tower, rising above the courtyard plaster walls as seen from across the courtyard at the roof.
Building 6 from the Building 4 roof.
Electrical and storage penthouse on the Building 4 roof.
Buildings 4 & 6 at the roof.
The offsite street improvements along JEfferson Boulevard are making significant progress on the south side between McClintock and Orchard, with concrete complete and brickwork in progress.
Brickwork installation progress on Jefferson Boulevard. The renovated sidewalk will be completed and open in time for USC Commencement in May.
Workers place brick on the sidewalk along Jefferson Boulevard as part of the offsite street improvements.
A fan coil unit is staged in a Building 4 bedroom, awaiting installation in its dedicated closet.
Carpet tile and baseboard have been installed in the first in-place residential unit bedroom in Building 4.
An electrical panel for a residential unit in Building 4.
A fan coil unit waits to be installed in a bedroom in Building 4.
A painted residential corridor in Building 4.
Building 4 dining hall from the level 2 balcony.
Windows have been installed in the Building 4 upper courtyard.
Breezeway between the upper and lower courtyards of Building 4.
False columns with precast bases have been formed in the Building 4 lower courtyard.
Building 8, with waterproofing membrane beginning to be installed along the west shear wall.
Watt Way, with the Kaufman Dance Center on the campus side of Jefferson Boulevard.
Precast arches have been installed along the retail space below the Building 8 lower courtyard, where Starbucks will be located.
View to the central plaza from the paseo between Buildings 7 & 8.
Retail space in Building 7 along the paseo.
Precast column cover panels have been installed along the paseo at Building 7.
Precast facade with the Building 8 courtyard trellis.
Precast arch panels on Building 8. The same shape will be used for Building 7.
Interior of the future Starbucks under the Building 8 south courtyard.
Elevators in the Building 8 residential lobby.
Paseo between the north and south portions of Building 8 under the bridge.
Bridge between the north and south sections of Building 8.
Building 8 facade along Hoover St.
Building 8 precast facade along Hoover St.
Paseo between Buildings 7 & 8.
Arches on Building 6 along Jefferson Boulevard, at the future fitness center.
Precast concrete arches at the main fitness center entrance on Building 6 along Jefferson Boulevard.
Nearly completed wood framing in the Building 4 dining hall roof.
Building 4 dining hall, with its roof framing nearly complete.
The maps/directories on the main USC campus have been updated with a depiction of USC Village, along with the other buildings currently under construction. Note the large scale of the Village structures relative to most Buildings on campus.
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