PURPOSEFUL DESIGN: Housing that supports student programs

“Architecturally, the residence hall is becoming one of the most complex buildings on campus. As students arrive with very high expectations for their living environments, campus administrators are looking to the residence hall to supplement students’ changing academic needs.”

Published in Talking Stick, January-February 2010   View pdf


CHAPTER: Residence Hall Architectural Design and the First Year Experience

“The new emphasis on the residence hall as a community of learners is transforming the physical space of housing from a place removed from the classroom to a place that is the center of academic life and student success.”

Published in Residence Life Programs and the New Student Experience by National Resource Center, University of South Carolina   View pdf


WHAT SHOULD YOU BUILD?

“Living-learning centers are becoming more and more prevalent on college campuses, and often are the residential hall of choice when funds and resources are available.”

Published in Campus Housing Construction by Acuho-i   View pdf


DESIGNING RESIDENCE HALL FACILITIES

“It is the process that we used at the University of Michigan, not the final design, that can be useful to other colleges and universities.”

Published in Talking Stick, March, 1999   View pdf


 

AWARD WINNER: LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITIES STUDY

“It’s a great example of programming research and can be quite influential in some of the bigger universities.”

Published in Architecture, 1998   View pdf


 

DORDT COLLEGE KUYPER HALL DEDICATION

Dordt Kuyper Hall Dedication News Video_KTIV
October 2010 Sioux City, Iowa KTIV report on Dordt College Kuyper Residence Hall