Ridgeview Hall

architecture+ worked with representatives from Residence Life to develop a design that provides a living and learning environment that fosters student engagement and provides a supportive and academically-oriented environment. This traditional style residence hall incorporates private use bathrooms in clusters in the bedroom wings. The arrangement allows for a 4:1 student to bathroom ratio while addressing gender neutrality. Communal academic and social spaces, seminar rooms, café, and social gathering spaces are integrated into the ground level. More intimate and collaborative group study, computer, and social spaces are scattered throughout the core of the building. To further support this living and learning environment, a faculty living space has been incorporated into the design.

The building design incorporates the Campus’ architectural vocabulary of brick and limestone. An elegant standing seam sloped metal roof has been incorporated into the design. Aluminum curtain wall systems are utilized to allow large expanses of natural light into the building at entries, public spaces, and the ends of residential corridors. The project has been designed, utilizing BIM, to achieve a LEED Silver rating.