The new student living model provides shared and private apartments and parking in close proximity to higher learning institutions. The concept is a new typology of a student housing that synthesizes program and marketing requirements geared toward an urban living/learning population. The client presented LVDA with the task of designing a large building in a dense urban environment. Even at 30 stories, the project is an infill building that is seen in glimpses rather as a whole composition. Driven by cost per bed rather than sf per unit, the program maximizes the smallest and largest units leading to a compositional arrangement that optimizes both in discrete compartments. The result is a singular identity that comes from its fragments.
programming, concept design
The new student living model provides shared and private apartments and parking in close proximity to higher learning institutions. The concept is a new typology of a student housing that synthesizes program and marketing requirements geared toward an urban living/learning population. The client presented LVDA with the task of designing a large building in a dense urban environment. Even at 30 stories, the project is an infill building that is seen in glimpses rather as a whole composition. Driven by cost per bed rather than sf per unit, the program maximizes the smallest and largest units leading to a compositional arrangement that optimizes both in discrete compartments. The result is a singular identity that comes from its fragments.
