KENNETH JOHNSTON
Bruff Quad Phase II
Tulane University
2019-2023
350,000 SF
3 Residence Buildings, 1050 Students
Three new residential buildings complete the Tulane’s biggest residential housing project in the school’s history. Organized along two central axis, 3 Mixed-class communities think, learn, and lead through shared interior and exterior programs. The form of the builds respond to site context, visual density, and historic live oaks on site.
Offsets from existing buildings and tree-lines push and pull the building form. Upon approach, the staggered form draws the visitor deeper into the site towards the entry. The double height residential lounges, above the entry, create a beacon for those entering the quad at night. Moving around the site, the building peels away creating space around it’s context
Northwest corner approach from campus
Southwest corner view from Sharp Residence Hall
Southeast corner view from Paterson
Aerial view showing staggered form
Entry view from central axis
A multi-function (pedsetrian, fire, access, and service) path runs along the west side of the site. Spaces for students, under the shelter of the historic live oak trees, reinforces the pedsetrian experience. Connections to campus are strenghtened through the use of materials, landscape, and transitions to the building.
Current vs Proposed
LIVING RROOM
A transpaent glass edge blends the interior public spaces with the exterior. Nature and views connect the student to the outside throughout the plan.
LIVING ROOM
LIVING ROOM
Offsets in the building’s form create an intersection for gathering within the residential communities. Foreshortened hallways lead to a vibrant double height lounge filled with shared spaces to foster student interaction. A variety of active, semi-quiet, and quite conditions appeal to each student’s indivudal spacial preferences.
Offsets in the building’s form create an intersection for gathering within the residential communities. Foreshortened hallways lead to a vibrant double height lounge filled with shared spaces to foster student interaction. A variety of active, semi-quiet, and quite conditions appeal to each student’s indivudal spacial preferences.
QUIET STUDY
QUITE STUDY
Hobson College
Princeton University
2019-2023
150,000 SF
1 Residence Buildings, Performance Theater
A mixed class community occupies a prominent central location on campus. The courtyard vernacular of Princeton University sets a strong precedent for contextual and spacial design influences. A modern interpretation of the historic masonry facades brings new life to the quad while blending with it’s surroundings context. The articulation of the sloping exterior brick reveals the programmatic blocks beyond. Using a strict community model, the building program, form, and organization was crafted into a harmonic blend of data and architecture.
Southwest campus courtyard
Main circulation path running EW
New courtyard for Hobson College
New courtyard for Hobson College
North entry to Hobson College courtyard from Walker Hall
Upperclassman community organization
Freshman “Z-Group” organization
Community models were created using prescribed program allocations for community, residential, and support areas. Added together, these micro-communities allowed the design team to stay on program while efficiently designing the building’s form and exterior expression. “Stacked Communities” could also be created by splitting the community amenities between floors. This shared program reduced the overall square footage needs per floor, while still creating a desirable living situation. These “Stacked Communities” formed the basis for Upperclassman housing within Hobson College.
“Community Crossroads” concept with common areas organized along a central spine
“Connected Campus” concept alternating between residential and community program
“Helix” concept using an interior courtyard to intelock communities through shared program
“Preserved Courtyards” builds upon site context through two distinct residential forms
“Spine” creates hubs of residential activity orchestrating serendipitous encounters between student groups
Each of the concepts were developed through careful consideration of campus connections, existing urban context, and changes in typography
Linear spine along EW Axis with offshoot to complete courtyard with Patton, Walker, and Cuyler Halls
Offshoot to complete courtyard with Walker and Feinberg to the North
Offshoot to complete courtyard with Wu and Wilcox to the South
Resuting form from completeing historic courtyard fabric and creating open courtyards to the South
Version 3 from ES Meeting 01.26.2020 | Typical Residential Floor - Zee Groups
Kitchen
Graduate Student Apartment
Zee Groups
Bathrooms
Egress Stair
Head of College Residence
“Hall A”
“Hall C”
Head of College
“Hall B”
Wilcox Hall
“Hall D”
Community models and upperclassman areas are connected though a central living room. Located at the intersection of Upperclassmen and the Z-Groups (Underclassmen), groups of students that would not otherwise interact, collide to create new interactions within Hobson College. These spaces were designed to allow for students to gather and foster these new interactions. Small study rooms, kitchens, double height stairs, and conversation nooks all offer places to foster community and to “see and be seen”.
Channing Way Tower
University of California Berkley
2023-2024
650,000 SF
2 Residence Towers, Dining, and Community Space
Redefining residential high-rise living, Channing Way’s contextual foundation gives life to a breathtaking architectural expresssion. This new 2,500 bed residence hall challenges traditional “stacked box” architecture infusing new ideas of landscape, wellness, and community in an urban setting.
Ground floor college spaces are connected by a stepped landscape terrace. A dynamic garden oasis takes you out of the busy city and into a calm oasis. Places to study, gather with friends, and participate in daily activities, surround the students.
Above, community spaces are organized to take advantage of views to the San Fransico Bay Bridge, Campus, and Downtown Oakland. Lounges connect two residential communities, the outdoors, and shared floor amenities. Roof terraces create a desintation within each tower.
Cascading Quad Scheme
Street View from Channing Way
Stepped Terrace Commuinity Space
Overlook from program Residential Tower lobby
OVerall view through portal
Building Plan with Exterior Spaces
Cascading Quad Massing Approach
Cascading Quad Massing Approach
Cascading Quad Massing Approach
Cascading Quad Massing Approach
Cascading Quad Massing Approach
Scale and orientation of the Lower Podium connects to neighborhood scale.
Upper Towers rotate to capitaize on views, solar/wind orientations, and daylighting opportunities to the ground floor spaces
Terrace Level:
The stepped courtyard isflanked by lounges spaces above, a creating a dynamic zone of student activity.
Large lounges spaces connect the ground floor amenity spaces to the communities above.
Lower Tower:
Mid Tower:
A central spines bridges between 2 communites to create a place of interaction on each floor.
Rooftop ammenity spaces offer sweeping views and a destination for students.
High Tower:
Pauly Science Center
Hampden-Sydney University
2019-2020
72,400 SF
Classrooms, Labs, Community Spine
Comprised of state-of-the-art research and teaching labs, lab support and material management spaces, classrooms, student study spaces, and faculty offices, the Pauley Science Center embodies Hampden-Sydney’s commitment to excellence in science education. Designed to promote collaboration, the building houses programs in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, environmental science, math and computer science, neuroscience, physics and astronomy, and psychology.
The new building at the corner of College Road and Via Sacra re-defines both this important intersection at the heart of campus as well as the adjacent central green space while respecting an established axis connecting important student residential areas to the north and south. Two parallel wings in the predominant Federal style found throughout the historic Hampden-Sydney College campus are joined by a more transparent glazed “hyphen” emphasizing the primary student entrances and showcasing a science atrium space focused on student interaction.
Arial View of building site with campus context
Atrium interstitial collaboration space
East connector from collaboration space
West central atrium with connecting stair to collaboration space
The Grove Residence Hall
Hampden-Sydney University
2019-2020
38,000 SF
5 Residence Buildings, 1 Community Space
The College wanted to create a community of lodging for upperclassmen with amenities to encourage social interaction at both the individual and group level, while capitalizing on the wooded setting and proximity to Chalgrove Lake. Site layout, apartment design and social amenities support this desired community interaction. Aesthetically, through exterior materials and scale, the built project gently blends into its strong natural setting reinforcing the informal cabin in the woods feeling.
Located on a heavily wooded site on the perimeter of campus, the halls are informally arranged around a community green and linked by footpaths supporting additional group gathering spaces, capitalizing on the location’s natural beauty. The Lodge offers central gathering spaces reminiscent of a mountain retreat with floor to ceiling windows that provide panoramic views and blur the visual boundary between indoor and out. The deck provides a dining and meeting area with views of Chalgrove, where new docks and foot bridges enhance pedestrian access around the water’s edge
Arial View of the complex
