New Gally Project

Gallaudet University broke ground on a new building project yesterday. The new residence hall will be the second to include what's being called the DeafSpace Architectural Concept using design features that maximize deaf people’s visual access by emphasizing sensory awareness, mobility and proximity, acoustics, and light and color treatments. The Sorenson Language and Communication Center, which opened in 2008, was the first construction project on campus to offer DeafSpace. This new residence hall will rise five stories high, cost $16 million, house 175 students and take up 60,000 square feet. The project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2012.