Inside the newest, arts-inspired residence hall

By Mary Beth Faller

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When Angelita Reveles, a first-year theatre student, moved into her dorm this fall ready to start her ASU journey, she was thrilled to be one of the first residents of the brand new space. 

“I’m really excited because it’s brand new — everything’s so shiny and fresh,” she said. 

Reveles was just one of hundreds first-year students in the Herberger Institute who moved into the new Mill Avenue residence hall in Temple, the first new dorm on the Tempe campus since 2017. Built to spark creativity and connection, this seven-story space features gallery walls, a dance studio, immersive performance spaces and more.

The new residence hall, between Mill and Myrtle avenues and ninth and 10th streets, is steps away from ASU Gammage, the Music Building, the Nelson Fine Arts Center, the Art Building, Design North and Design South.

The building, with suite-style rooms, also features dining, classroom and office spaces, and indoor-outdoor common areas. The 264,974-square-foot structure — including 31,196 square feet of academic and office space — was completed in July.

It was designed with the arts in mind. Besides quiet study rooms, communal space and a fully equipped kitchen, the residence includes:

  • Creative spaces, including a paper-making studio and a dance studio.
  • Indoor and outdoor student art gallery spaces.
  • The iStage, a research lab and immersive performance space that’s part of The GAME School, which educates the next generation of learners and empowers them with “technofluency” in games, arts, media and engineering.
  • ASU’s Pyracantha Press, including a 2,000-pound 1800s Columbian handpress

“We are excited to welcome our ASU students into our newest residence hall in Tempe — a space designed to inspire collaboration, connection and creativity,” said Christiana Sletten, assistant vice president for student services and university housing.

“Like our other residential college communities, it will be a cornerstone for student academic and career success, creating meaningful experiences within the Sun Devil community and contributing to the vibrant spirit of ASU.”

Explore more of the new Mill Avenue residence hall in the video below, as Herberger Institute Dean Renée Cheng and students Rajvir Singh and Vanessa Longoria toured the spaces this summer.

Move-in day

Hear from some of our Herberger Institute students and their families on move-in day.
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A version of this story originally appeared in ASU News.
Photos by Emma Fitzgerald.
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