Student Experience: Spaces That Engage

STUDENT EXPERIENCE SPACES THAT ENGAGE

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Architecture can impart a sense of joy and

optimism to life. Our work is an offering to

that vitality where the lives of others might be

touched by the spaces and forms we shape.

Buildings that are loved and endure, matter.

Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company is a national leader in the planning

and design of college and university facilities that build community. We seek

planning and design opportunities that make significant impacts on campus

fabric and quality of life for students. Our work on more than 145 campuses

throughout the United States and abroad celebrates the uniqueness of their

geographic regions, physical campuses, and student needs. Our expertise

includes:

• Comprehensive and campus sector master plans;

• Student life experiences including living, dining and socializing;

• Academic environments for learning and research;

• Cultural and performing arts;

• Historic preservation/reuse;

• Feasibility studies for specific renovation or new-build projects that

include planning, programming, and cost estimating.

OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

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St. Edward’s University • Austin, Tex. Baylor University • Waco, Tex.


EXPERIENCE FAITH-BASED CAMPUSES

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

• Master Plan for Housing

UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY

• New Residential College and Dining

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

• North Village Undergraduate Housing

• Community Center and 3:1 Cafe

• Brooks Village

• East Village

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

• Fullerton Housing

• Belden/Racine Housing

• Loop Campus Housing Study

• 2006 Housing Master Plan Study

• 2002 Housing Demand Study

• Housing Demand Analysis

RHODES COLLEGE

• Campus Master Plan

• Residential System Master Plan

• East Village Housing

• Library Expansion Planning

• Renovations to Stewart Hall

• The Paul Barret Jr. Library

• Presidential Office

• New Conservatory

• Fraternity Housing Plan

• Burrow Center

• Preservation Plan

• Briggs Hall Renovation

• McCoy Theatre Renovation

SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY

• Campus Housing Planning Services

TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY

• Planning Principles for Long Range Planning

ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY

• New Residence Hall Master Plan

• Basil Moreau Residence Hall

• Jacques Dujarie Residence Hall

• New Residence Hall, Phase III

MESSIAH COLLEGE

• Site Plan and New Student Residences

MERRIMACK COLLEGE

• McQuade Library Feasibility Study

BISHOP SULLIVAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

• Shepherd Library/Media Center Addition

• Fine Arts Center Addition

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

• Student Activity Center Feasibility Study

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

• Wilkinson Student Center Study

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

• Inman Hall

BARRY UNIVERSITY


SEWANEE: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH


• Smith Hall

• New Residence Hall

DAVIDSON COLLEGE

• Residence Halls

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND

• South Campus Master Plan

• New Residence Halls

• Westhampton Residence Hall


l o c at i o n Waco, Tex.

d u r at i o n Sept. 2002 – Aug. 2004 (North Village)

Nov. 2005 – Aug. 2007 (Brooks Village)

Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2013 (East Village)

d e ta i l s ( n o r t h v i l l a g e ) 598 beds; 221,905 SF

3 residence halls; community center

engineering/science community

design/build

d e ta i l s ( b r o o k s v i l l a g e ) 685 beds; 244,469 SF

includes retail & dining (386 seats)

multi-phase project

modified design/build

chapel, library resource center, study rooms & classrooms

d e ta i l s ( e a s t v i l l a g e ) 728 beds; 235,500 SF

510 dining seats + 80 outdoor seats

residential college, living/learning community

a vareity of living spaces, from semi suites to apartments

upperclassmen and graduate students

dining, retail, meeting space, seminar rooms, places for worship and prayer, outdoor recreation and social space

pursuing LEED Silver certification


BAYLOR UNIVERSITY NORTH VILLAGE & BROOKS VILLAGE STUDENT HOUSING, EAST VILLAGE STUDENT HOUSING AND DINING

Baylor University has as its institutional vision a commitment to “Creating a truly residential community.” University leadership desired communities that would integrate academic, social, and spiritual growth for their students. To achieve this outcome, the university re-structured both its administration and its residential environments. Hanbury Evans conducted rigorous design charrettes with the univer-sity community to help define the ideal community and its integration into the campus plan and subsequently designed three communities: North Village, Brooks Village and East Village.

North Village includes three “houses” accommodating 600 students and resident faculty. The village is home to engineering and science stu-dents. A community center includes academic offices and classrooms, study space, a café and civic space.

Brooks Village is home to Brooks College, Baylor’s first residential col-lege. Brooks College includes traditional college components: a great hall, junior and senior commons, a faculty residence, and a chapel. The college also includes a library and resource center, group study rooms, and classrooms. Symbolism throughout the project creates identity and belonging and connects spiritual life to everyday life.

East Village is the third residential community to be built on campus in response to the Baylor Vision 2012, Imperative II – To be a Truly Residential Campus. Hanbury Evans teamed with Overland Partners, the campus master plan team, for the design of East Village. This residential community was designed around the tenets set forth in the ACUHO-I 21st Century Project: Sustainability, Innovation, Flexibility, Community and Technology. During an ACUHO-I 21st Century Summit held in April 2009 on the Baylor campus, the University developed the following Baylor Prototype Vision for the East Village: Our vision for the


“If one could imagine what a living/learning village would look like, this is the physical manifestation of it.”

Jurors, 2005 Education Design Showcase Grand Prize Winner: North Village HousingCollege Planning & Management Magazine

2008 golden trowel award, brooks village Texas Masonry Council

2005 grand prize, north village College Planning & Management Magazine Educational Design Showcase


prototype residential facility that will be built on the Baylor campus is that it will serve 1,000 student members which will represent a diverse cross-section of the University population including members of a residential college, student groups, athletes and other living-learning programs. The additional beds will move the University closer to its goal of housing 50 percent of the student body on campus and will create a vital and dynamic center for student interaction.

An independent year-long study, funded by a grant, statistically correlated the relation-ship of physical planning to student-faculty engagement, a prime factor in student retention and success, according to the National Survey on Student Engagement. The survey demonstrated that physical planning increased opportunities for interaction and that students are 15 times more likely to have meaningful interaction with faculty outside the classroom than other students, who are statistically identical but living in traditional campus residence halls.

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY NORTH VILLAGE & BROOKS VILLAGE STUDENT HOUSING, EAST VILLAGE STUDENT HOUSING AND DINING


l o c at i o n Austin, Tex.

d u r at i o n Nov. 2001 – Aug. 2006

d e ta i l s 449 beds; 142,620 SF

interactive collegiate community environment

traditional residence hall accommodates first-year students

a w a r d s 2003 Award for Construction Excellence,

Associated Builders & Contractors of Central Texas

2004 Design Award, AIA Hampton Roads


This private, Catholic, liberal arts college committed itself to fine architecture to set itself apart. The three-phase project, including Basil Moreau Hall, Jacques Dujarié Hall (with its Casitas), the Casa makes a “front porch” from a “back door” of campus, integrating a unique student community for 449 into the core campus fabric.

As components of the Central Campus Study and the first phases of design, work-shops with the St. Edward’s community defined the programmatic needs of the university. This planning effort was St. Edward’s first step toward residential facilities targeted toward student success. The plan included the integration of academics in the living environment and civic spaces intentionally to attract and support their first-generation Hispanic college students. The success of Basil Moreau Hall resulted in two subsequent phases of work. The new community celebrates the historic core by placing interior and exterior spaces to capture and invigorate the central walks and frame the impressive spires of St. Edward’s Old Main. Stone and steel detailing suggests the Catholic heritage, and building materials and forms honor the historic campus buildings.

ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY CENTRAL CAMPUS STUDY AND NEW RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY


l o c at i o n Monterrey, Mexico

d u r at i o n Aug. 2005 – Aug. 2006

d e ta i l s transformed commuter campus into residential

450 beds; double semi-suites; new community center

community prayer chapel

faculty living, multipurpose spaces, classroom

development of initial residence life program

international benchmarking

design competition

designed around shade courts

design excellence award AIA Hampton Roads (2009)

design achievement award in urban planning AIA Hampton Roads (2008)

honor award Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Bi-annual Architectural Awards (2008)

merit award Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA) for La Capilla (2008)

international best practices award National Association for Student Affairs Professionals for ‘Transformational Leadership through Experiential Education (2008)

design excellence award (unbuilt architecture) AIA Hampton Roads (2005)


UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY COLEGIO RESIDENCIAL MASTER PLAN AND DESIGN

To respond to growth in reputation and students while remaining true to its Modelo Formitivo (model to educate the “whole person”), this private, Catholic university developed a unique programmatic and physical model of a residential college. Hanbury Evans was selected from an invited design competition to provide the vision, master planning, and conceptual design for this home for 450 students. Central to the program is the “communidad,” or community space. A key objective was to create a residential college in the area’s unique climate, culture, and physical setting. The community includes two courtyard residences, a community building with civic, academic, and recreation space, faculty residences, student governance, and a chapel. A dining venue was designed for a future phase.

A component of this work was to shape the vision for student life. The architects worked in collaboration with UDEM and representatives of several American universities with successful student life programs to foster a mentoring culture throughout the planning.


l o c at i o n Memphis, Tenn.

d u r at i o n Nov. 1999 – Aug. 2001

d e ta i l s 200 beds; 76,000 SF

apartment-style suites with full kitchen

a w a r d s 2002 Certificate of Merit, AIA Hampton Roads


RHODES COLLEGE EAST VILLAGE HOUSING

The East Village is an English village located on Rhodes College’s Collegiate Gothic campus. Specifically designed to balance the need for privacy and independent living with the benefits of a living/learning community, this village provides housing for 200 upperclassmen students, including a “lodge,” which became the signature of their village, providing social spaces, seminar space, and outdoor spaces in a “club” like atmosphere that quickly became the identity of this community of students.

Designed to meet the guidelines of the traditional Collegiate Gothic campus, the buildings celebrate a contemporary lifestyle in the traditional context. The Lodge and its associated terrace provide upscale community spaces that are actively used for presentations, meetings, social gatherings and “hang out” space. Residences are clustered around vertical stairwells with large foyers that double as community space with large windows and window seats, providing a very “home-like” atmosphere and great opportunities for chance encounters with neighbors and friends.


l o c at i o n Memphis, Tenn.

d u r at i o n Apr. 2010 – July 2012

d e ta i l s 52,000 SF; 141 beds

single- and double-room suites

common spaces with fireplace, kitchen in common area, laundry

LEED Silver certification

BURROW REFECTORY

WEST VILLAGE RESIDENCE HALL


RHODES COLLEGE WEST VILLAGE

Hanbury Evans planned, programmed and designed a new upperclassmen community for Rhodes College. The new space is distinctive, fresh and state-of-the-art, yet in that unique Rhodes way, it is charged with symbolism and graced by the history and architectural traditions of the campus. This space: • Heals a forgotten edge of campus, defining a new campus entry and

transforming the pedestrian experience

• Creates an exceptional upperclassmen residential experience including great living room, study and kitchen spaces

• Forges elegant architectural connections between old and new

West Village is home to 141 juniors and seniors housed in single- and double-room suites. Amenities include a laundry facility on every floor, a variety of common social spaces, including two with fireplaces, and a common kitchen area.

This project completes the Campus Master Plan that Hanbury Evans completed with Rhodes in 2000.


l o c at i o n Sewanee, Tenn.

d u r at i o n Nov. 2011 – Aug. 2013

d e ta i l s 31,716 SF (new construction); 11,150 SF (renovations)

90 beds (Smith Hall); 51 beds (Cannon Hall)

new single and double rooms for freshmen and sopho-more students

new hall includes community lounge, laundry, kitchen, quiet study rooms, exterior balconies and terraces, interior

bike storage

designed to LEED criteria

The University hired Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas, in association with Street Dixon Rick Architects, to design a new residence hall, adjacent to Cannon Hall, along with the renovation of Cannon Hall.

Sewanee’s Smith Hall creates a residence experience that enhances the vitality of community living. The premier project of the 2011 Campus Master Plan (also designed by Hanbury Evans), Smith Hall forges a perceptual link to and from the heart of campus, while engaging neighboring Cannon Hall with a large social plaza.

Smith Hall complements Sewanee’s tradition of exquisite craftsman-ship, where detail and materiality are essential to the building’s composition. Timber columns, beams and flooring were harvested on University land, providing a warm contrast to exterior stone walls, quarried from the nearby Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee.


SEWANEE: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SMITH HALL AND RENOVATIONS TO CANNON HALL

The renovation of Cannon Hall improves community spaces but also addresses facility needs where appropriate and economically feasible. Common space improvements include expanding and transforming the hall bathrooms, reconfiguring and expanding the living room space on the first floor and providing a new community kitchen. Common spaces on the first floor are oriented toward the new shared courtyard space. A new porch also better engages the interior and exterior spaces. The renovation includes air conditioning as well as new interior finishes throughout the building.

The goal of showcasing student life and providing long vistas from key vantage points influenced massing and form. This was accomplished by shaping outdoor spaces for study and social engagement and by creating areas with a high degree of transparency. Two residential wings are connected by a three-story glass hyphen, the social heart of Smith Hall. This nexus is defined by a stand-alone, two-story chimney and hearth that organize a large volume of student activity.

Smith Hall accommodates 90 first- and second-year students, in single and double-occupancy configurations. The facility also includes seminar, game and living rooms, indoor and outdoor study spaces, bike storage, an outdoor fire pit and plazas. The entry lounge is equipped with digital monitors that display real time energy-use data, raising student awareness of energy consumption and corresponding environmental impacts.


l o c at i o n New Orleans, La.

d u r at i o n Aug. 2003 – July 2011

d e ta i l s 80,747 SF; 270 beds

double semi-suites

achieved LEED Gold certification

faculty residence

energy modeling

2013: design honor award AIA Hampton Roads

2013: honor award: excellence in architecture Society of College and University Planning (SCUP)

2012: design merit award AIA New Orleans

2012: innovation award, best architecture on campus Student Housing Business Magazine

2012: design merit award Virginia Society AIA


Hanbury Evans helped Tulane with a plan to radically transform the campus living experience with a specific goal to attract and retain students. Key to the new vision was the creation of intellectual communities. Hanbury Evans was integrally engaged in the development of a “white paper” on academic integration and the creation of residential learning communities. This work included the development of communities as aspirational models of residential colleges.

This new residential community serves 270 students, plus residence advisors, in 80,747 total square feet. The project develops concepts around defined student communities that reflect the desired program model; massing that responds to the internal program and external neighborhood influences; articulated courtyard spaces that respond to solar orientation and air movement; functional relationships of a secure entry desk, key program spaces and staff apartment; serve functions and entry relationship and orientation to open space. A faculty residence is strategically positioned on the student corridor, allowing the faculty member to provide private counseling for students during certain hours. Placement of the faculty residence,

TULANE UNIVERSITY WEATHERHEAD HALL


The 81,000-square-foot red brick building “is another symbol of the renewal of Tulane University after Hurricane Katrina” and also represents the merging of Tulane’s academic mission with residential living on campus.

Scott Cowen, Tulane University President, opening day


director’s apartment and social lounges at three primary corners of the residence hall provides a strong organizational concept. The building functions as part of an entry to campus. Much attention was paid to saving an existing mature oak as a defining courtyard element. Hanbury Evans designed this project; John C. Williams Architects of New Orleans served as the local architect.

TULANE UNIVERSITY WEATHERHEAD HALL


images courtesy of Studio Gang Architects© The University of Chicago

The University of Chicago has a unique system of on-campus residences made up of 35 Houses. These Houses are communities that eat, study, debate, and play together. Each House consists of a group of about 70 students from all four years sharing a cluster of individual rooms and common areas within the larger residence halls. They have unique traditions and culture, with an independent House Council, and resident staff. Diversity is an intentionally designed aspect; a cross section of the University population in terms of students’ academic and extracurricular interests and cultural backgrounds stimulates a high level of personal growth. In that respect, all Houses are similar.

In 2012, Hanbury Evans worked with the University to program and plan a new residential community on the north edge of the campus. Through student focus groups, key attributes of other successful Houses, both physical and programmatic, were studied

l o c at i o n Chicago, Ill.

d u r at i o n July - Aug. 2012 (program)

May 2013 – May 2016 (design and construction)

d e ta i l s 395,368 SF; new community of 8 houses; 800 beds; traditional

rooms and apartments

dining (500 seats), retail, community space, lounges, multi-purpose rooms, offices, classrooms, music practice rooms

apartments for Resident Masters and Residence staff

design/build

pursuing LEED Gold certification


UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NORTH CAMPUS RESIDENCE HALL AND DINING COMMONS

areas for group discussion or study. The uppermost level of each hub has a group study room and den area overlooking the levels below, and each hub offers as shared computer station. Private community courtyards offer a place to gather, study or just relax at the scale of the residential community.

Critical to the success of this project will be its ability to inspire and serve the high-level intellectual energy that exists on the campus.

and contributed to shaping this new community on a gateway site. The team developed a conceptual community model, analyzed spatial relationships, tested site density and developed potential building massing options.

Hanbury Evans, in association with Studio Gang Architects, was chosen to design the new community, comprised of 8 Houses, dining for 5oo, retail, lounges, multi-purpose rooms, offices, classrooms, a community commons, as well as residence staff and resident master apartments. Each hub acts as “a house within a house,” incorporat-ing residential program into each House. Hubs are three floors each, connecting all levels of the House physically and visually. The lowest floor of the hub acts as the living room and kitchen, with a dining area and lounge seating in the mail gathering space. The mid-level has an entertainment area for TV and video games, and smaller seating


l o c at i o n Ann Arbor, Mich.

d u r at i o n Alice Lloyd and Couzens Halls: Nov. 2008 – Aug. 2012

East Quad: Sept. 2010 – July 2013

West Quad: May 2012 – Sept. 2016

d e ta i l s ( a l i c e l l o y d a n d c o u z e n s h a l l s ) Couzens: 567 beds; 70,528 SF; completed Aug. 2011:

Community Center media wall, game room, living room, multi-cultural lounge, house kitchen for student use,

computer lab, classrooms, multi-purpose room, catering kitchen, lounges, 24-hour lounge with gourmet vending

and performance area

Alice Lloyd: 534 beds; 81,124 SF; completed August 2012: Alice Lloyd: dance studio, art studio, gallery, creative

suite, lounges, living room, house kitchen for student use, computer lab, two story lounges, group study

rooms, multi-cultural lounges

d e ta i l s ( e a s t q u a d ) 330,142 SF; 830 students

Dining: 10,262 SF; 500 seats

full service dining; private dining; retail Emporium for grab-and-go options

wireless internet, AC and electrical improvements

transforms a pair of gothic quads into a vibrant residential and dining experience

integrates state-of-the-art dining, classroom and residential features

home to a residential college

d e ta i l s ( w e s t q u a d ) 369,237 SF; 1,048 students

traditional singles and doubles for sophomores and upperclassmen

Community Learning Center, multipurpose rooms, lounges, group study rooms, media lounge, housing office


UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN RENOVATIONS TO ALICE LLOYD HALL AND COUZENS HALL, EAST QUAD RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE AND DINING HALL, WEST QUAD AND CAMBRIDGE HOUSE RENOVATION

Faced with an aging inventory of residence halls, the University of Michigan desired to refresh its facilities to enhance building efficiencies and improve the quality of the residential experience for students. They hoped to achieve this through the intentional alignment of the physical environment with the vision and aspirations of the ideal student experience, creating vibrant, warm and welcoming residences that would create a sense of belonging and capitalize on the University’s traditions and values. An early Student Affairs Facilities Initiative, developed by Hanbury Evans and Perkins + Will, recommended ways to increase the probability of fostering peer relationships and to create a stronger community both intellectually and socially. Hanbury Evans subsequently was engaged by the University to design renovations to Alice Lloyd and Couzens residence halls and the East Quad in association with local firm, IDS.

For Couzens and Alice Lloyd Halls, Hanbury Evans developed a Program Study for Renovations then designed interior renovations and infrastructure improvements. Project goals are consistent with the program study: new physical and visual connections to invigorate the community center; repurposed common areas, including a 24-hour Starbucks; multi-purpose room with seating for 150-200 for banquets, classes, events, etc.; catering and learning kitchen; game room; Community Learning Center with computers, printers, and smart technology; lounges and open community spaces; renovated hall bathrooms with reduced student-to-bath ratios; refreshed finishes and lighting in student rooms and hallways; and infrastructure upgrades, including wireless Internet, electrical circuitry, A/C, and plumbing. . As part of the interior renovation, new entrances and student community spaces were added to Alice Lloyd’s existing building exterior. The new skin for the first and second floors was designed to integrate with the major design elements of adjacent

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buildings while expressing a new brick color to differentiate with the old.

East Quad is home to 830 first- and second-year students, offering a traditional residential and dining experience for students, including the residential college of which 400 residents are members.

The renovations designed by Hanbury Evans, in association with IDS, redefine the student experience, transforming a pair of obsolete 1930’s gothic quads into a vibrant residential and dining experience. In addition to the core residential and dining program, East Quad continues its historic role providing exceptional academic integration in the residence. As a residential college, the program capitalized on this success and integrates two additional learning communities.

Renovations enhance all programs by providing a contemporary and efficient setting that honors the historic integrity of the original struc-

ture and integrates state-of-the-art dining, classroom and residential features.

The dining hall features a variety of dining rooms, including multi-purpose private dining rooms, traditional dining venues and an emporium. The dining experience continues the University’s com-mitment to sustainability providing students with organic, local,

“farm-to-table,” and vegetarian/vegan dining options. The emporium is located and designed to enhance faculty and student connections for the Residential College and Learning Communities, including special language lunch tables and coffee hours.

The renovation also enhances both the efficiency and the effectiveness of the facility, by streamlining operations and support features and most importantly developing a central heart to the community, one that fosters physical, social and academic connections, as well as a sense of identity and belonging for the entire community.


Building on the momentum of the success of the earlier renovations, Hanbury Evans was again selected to design renovations, in association with IDS, this time to the West Quad and Cambridge House.

The goal of this project is to provide infrastructure improvements to West Quad and Cambridge House Residence Halls, located on the Central Campus. The design interior and exterior renovations will be in support of these infrastructure improvements. Renovations to these halls are a part of the University of Michigan’s Division of Student Affairs Residence Life Initiatives (RLI) project, which is a comprehen-sive planning effort for the renewal, revitalization and modernization of campus residential and dining facilities.

West Quad Residence Hall was built in 1937 first with the southern houses of Allen Rumsey followed by a major addition to the north constructed in 1939 which added seven houses. Prior to the construc-

tion of East Quad Residence Hall in 1938, this building was referred to as the Union dormitories. West Quad is home to 1,001 students, a dining hall, numerous academic support and office spaces to support the residents and is a sought-after hall due to its great location close to campus. An interior connection links Cambridge House to West Quad, which is also included in this scope of work. The neo-Tudor Cambridge House, designed in 1936 and opened in 1939, is unique in its offer-ing of 115 single rooms with private baths. The total existing capacity for West Quad and Cambridge House is 1,116 beds. West Quad is a Collegiate Gothic structure with Art Deco influences. Interior features that contribute to its character include ornamental gates, carved relief sculptures, decorative stone work, brick detailing and wood paneling. Although not listed on the National Register, it may be eligible based on its age and architectural significance.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN RENOVATIONS TO ALICE LLOYD HALL AND COUZENS HALL, EAST QUAD RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE AND DINING HALL, WEST QUAD AND CAMBRIDGE HOUSE RENOVATION


l o c at i o n Houston, Tex.

d u r at i o n Feb. – Jun. 2006 (Expansion Plan)

Oct. 2006 – Aug. 2009 (North Colleges)

July 2008 – Dec. 2010 (South Colleges)

d e ta i l s ( e x p a n s i o n p l a n ) 700 beds

includes retail; addresses issues of growth

seek to increase the percentage of students living on campus

plan included workshops, meetings and online discussions with students, alumni and faculty

d e ta i l s ( n o r t h c o l l e g e s ) Housing: 271,279 sf; 656 beds

Dining: 14,000-SF kitchen/servery, 5,000-SF, 250-seat dining commons for each residential college

two new residential colleges, single and double semi-suites; includes dining, libraries, master’s residences

LEED Gold Certification

d e ta i l s ( s o u t h c o l l e g e s ) Housing: 295 beds; 75,439 SF

Dining: 25,490 SF, servery for three residential colleges, new commercial kitchen, new private dining room with seating for 40, study space, new student community kitchen

LEED Silver certification


RICE UNIVERSITY RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE EXPANSION PLAN, PROGRAM, MASTER PLAN AND DESIGN OF NORTH AND SOUTH COLLEGES

Rice University’s vision and mission was to increase undergraduate enrollment by roughly 25 percent by June 2015. In addition to the enrollment growth, the University desired to increase the percentage of stu-dents living on campus from an existing 72 percent to a targeted 80 percent.

In 2005, Rice University commissioned Hanbury Evans to conduct a comparative study of successful residen-tial college programs in the United States. The study benchmarked peer schools, assessing gross square feet per student for the total residential college, assignable area per student per category of space and the type of space included in each category. The University used the information gathered to inform, validate or chal-

lenge the development of future space investments for their residential college system.

This effort was followed by the Residential College Expansion Plan, also developed by our team. The University vision and the accomplishment of both growth targets are achieved through a plan that sus-tains the residential colleges as a signature strength of Rice University. Concepts in the plan build on the existing strengths of the colleges and are informed by a collaborative effort engaging a wide range of constitu-ents. The process included participation by students, college masters, college coordinators, college RA’s, college presidents, faculty administration, and staff. The plan incorporates ideas generated through on-site


a w a r d s 2013: design merit award for context, Virginia Society AIA

( n o r t h c o l l e g e s )

2012: specialized housing design award AIA National

2011: international award Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA)

2011: design honor award for architecture AIA Hampton Roads

2010: award for excellence in architecture Virginia Society AIA

2009 special jury citation - interior design Virginia Society AIA Awarded for the design of the bathroom pods

2009 design award Inform Magazine, Object Design Awarded for the design of the bathroom pods

2008 home delivery: fabricating the modern dwelling Bathroom pods displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York ( July - October)



workshops, discussion groups, steering committee meetings, and feedback students, alumni, faculty and administration on the Vision for the 2nd Century (V2C) Web site. The plan reflects the lessons learned from the 9 existing residential colleges, the philosophy of the campus master plan and the existing physical campus fabric.

Subsequently, Hanbury Evans was selected to design two new residential colleges and renovations to exist-ing residential colleges, in association with Hopkins Architects.

The two new residential colleges, McMurtry and Duncan, which have achieved USGBC’s LEED Gold certification, complete the residential area on the

north campus. Each College houses 324 students. The Colleges provide the traditional features of residential colleges, including dedicated dining commons, librar-ies, master’s residences, civic space, and green space. Residential accommodation is provided on the upper four floors, with communal college accommodation be-low. Upper floors are highly modular but offer different types of bedrooms and different living environments. Each college quadrangle is completed by a “commons,” or dining space, which serves as the communal heart of the colleges. The dining commons are designed as flexible spaces, converting to theaters and social spaces. The colleges share a servery. The program included a rigorous “green” agenda, which resulted in the first-ever use of specially designed pre-fabricated bathroom pods in student residences in the United States.


“In addition to improving the quality of each building, the renovations will also give each college a clearly-defined quadrangle. What this ultimately achieves is a clear delineation of the space of each college.”

Matthew Taylor, Adviser to the Dean of Undergraduates



Inspired by both the historic context and the desire to realize the greatest outcomes offered by the residential college experience, the renovations and new construc-tion for the existing South Colleges have transformed the student experience. Using the research and analysis developed by Hanbury Evans for the ideal civic and academic outcomes in a college community, the life of these colleges is invigorated through enhanced space relationships, new program opportunities and the desire to foster social relationships between students, faculty and staff.

The new work enhances the existing historic architec-tural, academic and social context as well as several campus connections through the south campus. Each of the colleges impacted by this work will now host the offerings of the traditional college experience and will be further complemented by new spaces, technology and aesthetic enhancements that preserve what is core, yet bring these colleges well into the 21st century. Students and faculty find the new features invigorating to their daily experience as well as nurturing of new opportunities for college operations, gatherings and special events.

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