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• Choice + Voice: Outdoor spaces are among the most comfortable for students. Residential life spaces can bolster this experience with a variety of accommodating furniture and clear sightlines to campus activities.

• Connection: Community is important for all students. Traditional, non-traditional, and graduate students alike need to feel at home in common spaces.

• Comfort: With a broadening knowledge and sensitivity to the needs of a diverse student population, existing halls can be renovated to provide more accessible and equitable experiences.

• Security + Well-Being: Clustered residence halls define neighborhoods that help an unfamiliar campus feel more manageable. Interstitial outdoor spaces enable spontaneous in-person interactions and physical activity essential to building connections and promoting mind and body health.

• Signage + Direction: As many institutions reevaluate their histories, environmental graphic design in student life buildings can be a powerful method for authentic representation and storytelling.

University of Maryland College Park - Yahentamitsi Dining Hall

Large stand-alone gym facilities can be intimidating. Including various scales of fitness and wellness opportunities that accommodate different activities and group sizes can offer different options for interaction and invite a more diverse population of students to participate.

Different dining platforms and retail operations provide students with options to support dietary needs, cultural preferences, and food access outside of traditional Western mealtimes.

For residence halls outside of the campus core, designs that incorporate integrated bike racks and storage and bus pull-ins and shelters help to keep students connected.

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