Yale University New Residence Hall
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University
124,000 square feet
The
hall has 108 two bedroom apartment suites with kitchenettes, living rooms and
private bathrooms. The suites are arranged along central corridors on four floors
in an apartment-style program that provides complete gender privacy within a
co-educational setting, and a number of activity spaces including lounges, computer
rooms, an exercise room and a common room. This program fosters community and
a sense of place for students as well as the University's summer conference
residents.
The design reflects our years of research into the behavior patterns of students:
their need to make connections with social groups, establish independence through
freedom of choice and privacy, and their desire to see others and be seen by
others unselfconsciously in a non-confrontational setting