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.
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
