Completion date: 2004/2005
Budget: $24 million

Overview

Located in an area of the campus occupied by older, low-rise student residences, the project consists of a two-storey dining hall and three eight-storey U-shaped concrete residential towers. Social spaces were incorporated into the interior and exterior design, with a central lounge on each floor of the residences, and outdoor plazas and gardens nestled among the buildings. The complex is situated adjacent to the older residences, and is architecturally compatible with the rest of the campus.

The DA Difference

The challenge of this project was to provide 500 student residences that could be built in phases. The result was a series of three buildings - all of them south-facing - which will accommodate the proposed future expansion of a multi-level parking structure to the immediate north. The residences and the dining hall function as a unit, with a covered pedestrian walkway connecting all four buildings to provide weather-free ease of movement.