Higher Education

Residential Facilities

Higher EducationResidential Facilities

Living and Learning Student residence halls are more than places to sleep and store belongings.

They accommodate the growing complexity of student life in the 21st century,

and have an obligation to acknowledge the importance of education outside

the classroom.

Newman Architects has provided residential life master planning and

architectural design services for over 50 residence hall projects on 25

architecturally diverse campuses throughout the US. Our design approach is

based on the ‘living and learning’ model. We believe that integrating academic

and social environments enriches and enlivens the experience of both. With

every new project we create community environments where students

and faculty share activity spaces, thereby providing daily opportunities for

intellectual, creative, social, and spiritual development.

Kahn Hall

Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio

Oberlin College desired its first new residence hall in 50 years to

set high standards for sustainable design and education. Kahn

Hall creates a sustainable learning environment consisting of

primarily of doubles and some singles in its 150 student rooms.

The hall accommodates a Resident Director, Faculty in Residence

Apartments, and 6 Resident Advisors. Common areas include

social areas, quiet study areas, and other social amenities.

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New Village Apartments

Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut

Fairfield University’s New Village

Apartments implements part of the

University’s residential master plan

(also by Newman Architects) to attract

more upper class students to live on

campus with a residence hall offering

low-rise independent-living apartments

in a verdant setting.

The New Village Apartments wrap the northeast edge of a wooded campus

site to greet pedestrians coming from the west and to form a new green space

to its south. The residence hall adds critical mass to a previously undersized

residential area, while preserving sensitive natural green areas that include a

stream to the east and a stream and wetlands with a pond to the southwest.

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Caird and de Cordova Halls

Hobart and William Smith

CollegesGeneva, New York

At Hobart and William Smith Colleges

we designed two new residence halls

to enhance the growth of a student

residential community. The buildings

join an older dormitory and a wooden

house to form a new landscaped

quadrangle. Both residence halls

extend wings out from centralized

common spaces. Lobbies, living rooms,

and small kitchens on each floor

provide settings where residents can

meet. A mix of single rooms, double,

quadruple suites, and a “theme house”

in each hall support a balance of ages

and interests.

Pondside III Residence Hall

Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire

Pondside III is located beside two

existing residence halls on the northeast

corner of Brickyard Pond. The Residence

Hall is suite style with between five

to ten singles per suite. The suites are

either all singles, all doubles or a mix of

both. The rooms open into a common

area and have a shared bathroom. A

variety of suite sizes and configurations

provides a range of rooming choice for

upper classes, complimented by floor

living rooms and study rooms that

create opportunities for socialization and

stimulate the formation of a residential

community.

Jewett House

Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York

A primary focus of the project was

enhancing the sense of community

for residents. The addition of common

lounges, small and large meeting

spaces, library and study spaces, and

kitchen/vending spaces served to

meet this goal. The project includes

a complete modernization to provide

additional occupancy and variety

in student room arrangements,

increased lavatory and bathing

facilities, reconfiguration of internal

paths to alleviate congestion and

clarify circulation within the building.

Jonathan Edwards College

Yale University New Haven, Connecticut

The oldest of Yale’s residential

colleges, Jonathan Edwards College

was designed in 1932 by James

Gamble Rogers. Newman Architects’

renovation of Jonathan Edwards

renews this architectural treasure to

nurture and inspire future generations

of Yale students. The comprehensive

interior reconfiguration enables the

college to provide an increased number

of student beds, maintaining the ‘suite’

style bedroom organization.

Jonathan Edwards College

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At Calhoun College our design solution focused on pres er va tion.

Where new ar chi tec tur al in ter ven tions were needed, we envisioned the

building in the eyes of its architect, preserving and enhancing the original

architecture. The program called for extensive suite reconfigurations,

including the full re de sign of the east wing. In the kitchen renovation,

the basement area has been fully modernized, allowing many first floor

operations to move down stairs. The first floor servery has been enlarged,

and the dining hall has been restored.

Calhoun College

Yale University New Haven, Connecticut

Vanderbilt Hall

Old Campus

Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut

Extensive infrastructure upgrades

brought Vanderbilt Hall into the 21st

century. Failing mechanical systems

were replaced, life safety systems

modernized and telecommunications

systems fully equipped. New

systems were concealed so as not to

compromise the existing architecture.

Refinishing of paneling and flooring,

together with enhanced lighting,

brighten and refresh Vanderbilt’s

interior environment.

Dormitory Renovation

Yale Law SchoolNew Haven, Connecticut

This interior renovation elevates the

quality of life for Yale Law School

students. In our work, we remained

faithful to the vision of the original

architect, James Gamble Rogers,

who designed the “Collegiate Gothic”

building in 1929. The original closed

floor plan clustered student suites

around six separate stair entrances.

The renovation program converted

three of the six entryways into

administrative offices and work

space. Several existing rooms were

converted to common spaces with

the intent to provide areas for quiet

meetings and study.

Old Graduate College

Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey

Princeton University recognized the

need to integrate the graduate student

residential population into the broader

Princeton community. Old Graduate

College, located at the edge of the

campus proper did not provide the

social and recreational programming

necessary to build a viable residential

community. This project provides

new enhanced social spaces in the

basement, including a social hall,

vending café, television room, and

recreational space.

Fauver Fields First-year

Residence Hall and

Upperclass Residence Hall

Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut

This Design/Build residence hall

project includes two 3-story residential

hall buildings. The freshman building

has space for 165 students in 80

double rooms and 5 single rooms,

with one area director apartment.

The upper classmen building has

space for 104 students in 20 five-

person suites and 2 two-person

suites. Each building has an array of

common support spaces for social

interchange and scholastic needs. The

entry in each residence hall serve as

the social hub of the building. Lobbies

are positioned in direct proximity to

primary lounges, laundry, vending and

vertical circulation, promoting social

interaction.

Harry L. Garrigus Suites

University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut

The new 138,000 square foot

building provides 450 new beds for

the campus. The design creates a

quadrangle with house-like forms

to give the architecture an intimate

residential scale and a front yard for

students to occupy and enjoy. The

program includes a large conference

facility, a main common lounge on the

main floor, smaller lounges on each of

the four floors, and a laundry facility

in the basement.

East Wheelock Residential

Cluster

Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire

Fraternity houses were traditionally

the most popular form of housing

at Dartmouth College, prior to

Dartmouth’s transition into a co-ed

institution. Our design provides an

inviting alternative to the fraternity

house by breaking the scale of a

dor mi to ry into “houses” with individual

living rooms, central stairways and

study/seminar rooms. Built into a

hillside, the three buildings join at a

common ground floor that creates an

informal quadrangle — an outdoor

living room.

Drake Hall

Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York

The Drake Hall Residence bridges an important

pe des tri an path between existing 1950s dormitory,

Curtis Hall, and the new Curtis Frank dining hall

(also by Newman Architects). The newly created

quadrangle provides an outdoor living room where

students can so cial ize and recreate with their

fellow residents.

Headington Hall

University of OklahomaNorman, Oklahoma

Under Construction

Newman Architects has been engaged as Design Architect

for a new 188,000 square feet, 380 bed suite style

residence hall at the University of Oklahoma.

The project forms a key corner of a newly developed

campus edge, creating a gateway into the Athletic quadrant

of the University. The new building will house freshman and

sophomore student athletes and non-athletes in single and

double rooming arrangements and will include specialized

dining facilities, fitness, recreation and retail spaces. It

will be designed to reflect the Cherokee Gothic style of

the University’s historic buildings, as well as more recent

modern additions to the campus.

Arnold Hall Residence and Mixed Use

Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut

Located in the heart of the Broadway retail district on the site of a small existing

parking lot, the building façade acts as infill in the manner of a normative

retail and residential structure. At the same time, the building creates

a small secure landscaped court as part of Yale University’s Davenport

College. The design/build project provides 47 new undergraduate beds in

suite arrangements to accommodate the immediate swing space needs of

the University.

Our Philosophy As architects, we believe that what we make can improve the lives of people.

We want to realize the idea of a better, richer place, made palpable through

the shaping of space, place, form, and climate.

The places we make reflect our affection for ordinary human interchange and

commerce, and for what lies beneath. People need to belong to something

larger, to make connections with others and the world, and to make order out

of chaos. So the architecture they inhabit needs to represent something larger

than either the individual or the group, yet provide places where they can both

be themselves and recognize the social and cultural structures that surround

them.

Design Process

Team StructureAn open office environment supports our ‘studio’ style organization, with staff grouped into teams supporting principals-

in-charge to address project challenges in a flexible manner - delivering talent where needed, when needed, with

efficiency and effectiveness. We add consultants to the team as each project progresses to provide the right engineering

and specialty expertise for the task.

Consensus BuildingWe listen. We meet regularly with stake-holders to gather essential project information and to assist with decision

making, building the essential consensus to move the project forward to completion. Our communication and coordination

skills achieve success with complex constellations of constituency groups and in demanding regulatory environments.

Building Information Modeling - BIMNewman Architects was an early adopter of 3-D Building Information Modeling to support our design process. We

use BIM for all projects, enhancing our ability to study a variety of project alternatives quickly, to monitor project scope

and cost, to improve coordination and reduce conflicts, and to support enhanced project visualization. With MEPF

systems coordinated in 3-D, our BIM models have reduced contractor bids, construction clashes during construction

and anticipated construction costs.

Integrated DeliveryWe use our leadership in 3-D design to support the construction process. We are participating in the development of

new practices in the delivery of architectural projects, collaborating with construction managers at all phases of design,

bidding, and construction, utilizing BIM as the common platform for communication of intention and realization.

Design VisualizationWe employ a wide range of powerful visualization methods to help our clients and ourselves understand and test design

concepts and alternatives, including: physical and virtual modeling, photo-realistic synthetic imaging and fly-over and

tour-though animation.

Public OutreachWe have developed an extensive repertoire of skills and tools for helping institutions successfully present to the public

and to obtain community acceptance of proposed projects.

Cost and Schedule ControlWe maintain control of cost and schedule through a range of tools and processes. We specify the creative use of testing

and mockups to verify feasibility and constructability; early setting and periodic review of project schedules together

with the use of Microsoft Project scheduling tools; early setting, benchmark testing, and periodic review of budgets;

rigorous and regular risk assessment at each project phase; and BIM systems that export detailed information about

scope to guide estimating and procurement. We have also gathered extensive experience with alternative procurement

and contract-delivery strategies that can speed schedules and reduce cost, including: fast-track documentation, design-

build, early enabling projects, and early-purchasing.

Quality ControlWe employ an arsenal of quality-control techniques, including: a detailed office design and procedures manual; outside

code/regulatory reviews; internal third-party document reviews of our work and that of our consultants at each project

phase to ensure correctness, coordination, and constructability; coordination with project CM’s in developing and

checking documents; and BIM systems that unify project information in single models and greatly reduce opportunities

for conflicts.

“The new housing met our program needs and was com-

pleted with excellent results. The design supports the col-

leges architectural context and provides outstanding over-

all value. Newman Architects has a willingness and ability

to listen and respond to the owner’s requirements. They

have strong project management capabilities with an em-

phasis on an ability to design to budget. I would welcome

an opportunity to work with them in the future.”

Charles C. Jackson

Assoc. Vice President of Planning and Facilities

St. Mary’s College of Maryland

The Newman team has been exceptionally collaborative

on all of our projects. As a result of their skills, organiza-

tion, and ability to lead and coordinate the complex team of

sub-consultant disciplines, Calhoun College was delivered

on time, on budget, and with minimal change orders. They

care deeply about the concerns of their clients. The build-

ings at Yale for which they have been architect are located

in a dense urban fabric with very difficult site constraints

and complex owner constituencies. They are excellent col-

laborators and unselfIsh team players who seek solutions

and resolution of issues with win-win attitude for all con-

cerned, while pursuing excellence in design, construction

methodology, and service.

David Yager

Senior Architect Planner, Program Manager (Ret.),

Yale University

“Over the last decade, I have had the distinct privilege of

working with Newman Architects on the design and con-

struction of two residence halls on our campus…They sup-

ported our vision, provided leadership throughout the proj-

ect, and in the end, we had a building which exceeded our

expectations in terms of usefulness and desirability as a

student residence hall…The products they’ve delivered to

us have become our most desired campus housing. New-

man Architects begin strongly with good designs, and fol-

low that up with support and a truly collaborative effort to

see the project through to its completion and the client’s

satisfaction. “

Maribeth Griffin

Director of Residential Programs & Staff

Western Connecticut State University

“We’re honored Fauver is setting a positive example for

other new constructions in the state. A great deal of time

and effort went into the planning, and it shows. It’s a lovely

facility, and one that not only affords more students a com-

fortable place to live, it has made the campus more beau-

tiful. This is something the entire Wesleyan community

should be very proud of.”

Joyce Topshe

Associate Vice President for Facilities

Wesleyan University

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