VERVE Charlottesville

VERVE Charlottesville is a new student housing community located adjacent to the University of Virginia campus providing convenient access for students to academic buildings and Downtown Charlottesville. The community features two residential buildings with 463 units ranging from studios to four-bedroom apartments along with three levels of below-grade parking. VERVE is designed to create an active and vibrant residential community with amenities such as a two-story fitness and wellness center, an outdoor lawn, a fireside lounge, modern study spaces, a club room, and a pool terrace.

The structural system for the project is primarily cast-in-place post-tensioned concrete. The project’s programming includes an on-grade pool and several amenity spaces at level 1 plus rooftop amenity space at level 11. All portions of the building extend up to level 7, above which the north and west portions will extend up to levels 12 and 13, respectively. Located on a significantly sloped site, where level P3 is at grade on the east, and three levels below grade on the west, the unbalanced soil pressure needed to be carefully considered in the design. A mix of continuous flight auger (CFA) piles and footings are used for the foundation system due to the rock profile and varied slab-on-grade elevations.