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Simmons University — One Simmons

Project Description

In response to the University’s Strategy 2022 initiative Simmons and Elkus Manfredi Architects developed a set of priorities and recommendations for campus development.
Elkus Manfredi’s approach to this campus planning project was to understand the strategic plan of the institution, to analyze existing assets and resources, and to develop a framework for renovation and new building that would support the strategic vision.
An outcome of this strategic partnership with the University has been multiple renovation projects to existing academic, administrative facilities and library spaces and the addition of a new state-of-the-art science center.
Additionally, and currently in construction, the new 1,100-bed, 400,000 sqft Living and Learning Center will be the next step to consolidate Simmons’ residential and academic facilities into one location.

Rendering credit: Elkus Manfredi Architects

Photographers: Peter Vanderwarker, Connie Zhou, and Mikayla Galvin

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Rutgers University — Honors College

Project Description

Elkus Manfredi has designed the first home for the residential Honors College on the main College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University consisting of 540 beds.
This building provides dedicated residential, study, and amenity space for undergraduate Honors College students, as well as administrative offices for the Honors College dean and faculty while four faculty apartments enhance the live/learn environment.
All three wings of the building feature generous student lounges at ground level that look out onto the new quad, as well as a grab-and-go café, living room area with fireplace, terrace with river views, and seven distinct seminar rooms.
The project is certified LEED-NC Silver.

Photographers: Frank Villafane and Robert Benson

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New England Institute of Technology — Meltzer Family Residence Hall

Project Description

A commuting school for its first 78 years, New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) engaged Elkus Manfredi to design its first ever residence hall on its East Greenwich campus.
The new 416-bed, 123,460 square foot building anchors one end of what will become a main campus quadrangle, fostering a greater sense of community.
The new residence hall offers a mixture of unit types including traditional single- and double-occupancy rooms, and semi-suites. Common areas are activated by student lounges, study rooms, and flexible spaces for multi-purpose use. The ground floor contains an administrative suite for NEIT staff, as well as two staff apartments.
The overall form and materiality of the building is rooted in traditional New England collegiate architecture and features a façade of brick and metal paneling, with large windows in student rooms and on the ground floor.

Photographer: Gustav Hoiland

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Emmanuel College- St. Julie Residence Hall

Project Description

Situated at the gateway to the Longwood Medical Area, the 267,500-sf building rises 18 stories and presents a six-story wing along Brookline Avenue animated by glimpses of student life on the ground floor, a convenience store, and a streetside plaza that serves as a central gathering place for residents. The first floor includes student lounges, group study rooms, an all-purpose media center, a fitness center, and a dance studio, all open to the entire Emmanuel community.
Primarily catering to upper class students, the building offers contemporary apartment-style living spaces with views of the Fenway and downtown Boston. Most are four-person suites – two-bedroom, two-bath units with a kitchen and living room – as well as some studio apartments.
The new building is a part of the Institutional Master Plan and will help the College’s initiative to accommodate undergraduate growth to 2,200 students.
The project is certified LEED-NC Gold.

Photographers: Peter Vanderwarker and Bruce T. Martin

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Northeastern University — LightView Student Apartments

Project Description

Totaling approximately 310,000 square feet, this new residence hall contains 800 beds in 207 apartment units, plus student amenities and first-floor retail space that animates the streetscape and connects the internal life of the campus to the public realm.
Along Columbus Avenue, the building rises eight stories, consistent with the heights of existing buildings along the street. Stepping back, the eastern half of the building toward Tremont Street rises 20 stories and the western portion 16 stories.
When viewed from both Columbus Avenue and Tremont Street, the taller portions of the building have a slender profile.
This project is certified LEED-NC Platinum.

Photographers: Robert Benson and Flaunt Boston LLC

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Harvard University — Soldiers Field Park

Project Description

The Soldiers Field Park complex is a prominent component of Harvard University’s affiliate housing portfolio, with approximately 750 residents in 478 apartments spread across four buildings.
Elkus Manfredi provided planning and design services for extensive cosmetic, infrastructure, and system upgrades of the entire 1970s complex.
Our work reconfigured apartment layouts to meet changing tenant demographics, reprogrammed the street-level spaces to expand amenities and engage pedestrians, and redeveloped the site with improvements that connect with the surrounding and developing Allston campus.
The amenity program includes study rooms, conference rooms, lounge and common rooms, a fitness center, and indoor children’s playrooms.
All four phases are certified LEED-ID+C: Commercial Interiors Gold. The project also meets Harvard’s Healthier Building Academy’s standards and Healthcare Without Harm’s Greenhealth Approved standard.

Photos: © David Kurtis and Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Georgetown University — 55 H Street Student Residences

Project Description

- 55 H Street is Georgetown University’s first student residence hall constructed in downtown Washington, D.C., and represents the University’s commitment to a new Capitol Campus that strengthens its presence on Capitol Hill and broadens its ability to offer students deep engagement with the city and the world.
- Elkus Manfredi designed the interiors to foster community among residents, activating the building’s contemporary classicism with connections to Georgetown’s heritage and integration of biophilia and sustainability.
- The ground floor’s variety of spaces encourages casual community gatherings and chance encounters with a formal seating area, library and game lounge, multifunctional parlor, and group study rooms of various sizes.
- The building is LEED BD+C NC Platinum certified.

Architecture by RAMSA and Interiors by Elkus Manfredi Architects

Photography by Peter Aaron / OTTO

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Emerson College — Little Building Reimagining

Project Description

Originally constructed in 1917, the 12-story building had nine floors of office space, a two-story shopping arcade, post office, restaurants, and tunnels connecting it to the subway and neighboring theaters. Elkus Manfredi reprogrammed and reimagined the building into a mixed-use student residence for 1,054 students.
The repositioning effort included a major façade renovation and restoration that employed laser scanning and digital reconstructions, infill of the lightwells to create upper-story common rooms, and improvements for structural and MEP building systems.
A cornerstone of Emerson’s campus, the building also hosts additional instructional and collaboration space as well as ground floor retail.

Photographer: Robert Benson

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University of Southern Maine — McGoldrick Center & Portland Commons Residence Hall

Project Description

The McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success at the University of Southern Maine has created a vibrant new heart for the Portland campus.
LEED-NC Gold-certified with a hybrid steel and mass timber structural system, the McGoldrick Center includes space for dining, a university store, veterans and career services, student organizations, and a diversity center.
As the first-ever student housing on the Portland campus, the Passive House-Certified Portland Commons Residence Hall adds 580 beds for undergraduates in their upper-class years and graduate students. The two wings of the building embrace a central courtyard, with common areas on the ground floor that spill out onto the street, providing visual interest and activity along a bustling entry point to campus.
Portland Commons is the second largest Passive House building at a university in the United States.

Photography by Trent Bell

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University of Chicago — Woodlawn Residential and Dining Commons

Project Description

The Woodlawn Residential and Dining Commons provides 1,298 students with an on-campus home; contributing to the University’s goal of 75 percent of undergraduates living on campus.
The residential program includes eleven houses with 118 residents per house, each house accommodating 30 percent of students in singles, 30 percent in doubles, and 40 percent in four-bedroom apartments.
The floor plans of each house are configured to promote collegiality within the house and interaction between upperclassmen in apartments and underclassmen in the single and double accommodations.
The Commons offers state-of-the-art amenities including academic study spaces, social spaces, and a vibrant dining common with capacity for 650 students.

Photographer: Brad Feinknopf