Alice Crocker Lloyd Hall was built in 1949 to house women students. A 15-month renovation of the now co-ed hall was completed in August 2012. Today Alice Lloyd Hall is home to approximately 520 students. The new Alice Lloyd features many improvements and innovations to student rooms, bathrooms, community areas and learning spaces, all of which support the social and academic needs of its residents and of the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program, the Michigan Learning Community housed here. The design of the hall incorporates ideas generated from meetings, presentations and focus groups with students, faculty, staff and planning teams, and was influenced by current trends in college housing from around the country.
The renovation of Alice Lloyd Hall is part of the Residential Life Initiatives (RLI). Launched in 2004, RLI is a comprehensive, multi-year plan to revitalize and expand the campus living experience at U-M.
Alice Crocker Lloyd Upon her untimely death in 1950, the “New Women’s Dorm,” as it had been called since its opening in 1949, was named for Alice Crocker Lloyd, Michigan’s then Dean of Women. The following is excerpted from the Regent ’s Proceedings, March 1950: “...having shared the experiences of student life on our campus as a member of the Class of 1916, she came into the service of the University with a knowledge of its ideals and a sympathetic insight into the difficulties faced by its students in solving their academic and personal problems. Her mature wisdom and her quiet graciousness made her a well-nigh perfect counselor for our young women, who found in her a friend upon whose constancy they could rely and whose nobility of character they could admire and emulate.”
THE BEST OF LLOYD
The building’s infrastructure has been upgraded to include new plumbing, electrical, heating and air-conditioning, ventilation, data lines and wireless high-speed network access throughout. A new fire sprinkler system has been incorporated with previously upgraded smoke detection and fire alarm systems. Accessibility features have been improved.
SECOND FLOOR
THE OBSERVATORY STREET LEVEL
umoja lounge
open to below
open to below
lounge
study room study room
study room vicky barner lounge
= restroom
With its inviting soft seating
The space flows into an open
The adjacent lounge and
The community area features
and engaging graphics, the new entrance on Observatory Street provides a warm welcome for parents and visitors.
community area, at one end of which are two rooms furnished for seminars, programs and meetings, and equipped with audio-visual systems for presentations and video projection.
multi-purpose room is appointed with study tables and soft seating.
an open lounge with a piano and a grouping of chairs designed by George Nelson, a noted architect and furniture designer during the mid-20th century, and contemporary to the period design of Lloyd Hall.
SECOND FLOOR
THE OBSERVATORY STREET LEVEL
The floors on either side of
The nearby Umoja Lounge
the central stairway have been removed to create a light and airy opening to the Community Center below. Floor-to-ceiling windows provide abundant natural light and a panoramic view of Palmer Field.
takes its name from one of seven guiding principles that represent each day of the African American holiday known as Kwanzaa. The name reflects the goal of the multicultural council in Lloyd Hall:
the promotion of unity among students of color. The design of the room includes a translucent acrylic counter top. The wall colors and the mural in the room are symbolic of the four federally recognized ethnic groups of color.
The second floor continues through secured doors into residential areas. Student rooms have individual controls to manage heating and central cooling temperatures within a pre-set range. All student rooms are appointed with modular furniture that allows for different bed and desk configurations, such as bunks or lofts. The community area also includes two multicultural lounges. Since the late 1980s, University Housing has incorporated minority-cultural and multicultural lounges into the residential communities. In these places, group meetings and special events advance understanding and appreciation of the diverse cultures, social identities and experiences that compose our student population.
The Vicky Barner Lounge is named in honor of a Native American who earned her fine arts degree from the University of Michigan and became a tireless activist on behalf of Native American culture and social
justice. The artwork, along with the symbolic colors and circular patterns designed into the room, reflect her passion for Native American art, culture and heritage. Wall displays showcase Native American art and serve as interior “windows” to the room.
SUSTAINABILITY Fully renovated bathrooms include new fixtures and counters, new tile on the floors and walls, reduced-flow faucets and showers and dual-flush toilets to reduce water consumption. Shower and toilet areas have been arranged for greater privacy.
In addition to traditional double and single rooms, Lloyd Hall contains unique suite arrangements. On the second floor, an eight-person suite includes four double bedrooms and two bathrooms with outer sinks; in the center of the suite is the living room with sectional furniture. Two, six-person suites occupy two floors connected by an interior stairway, each with two single bedrooms on the upper level and two double rooms on the lower floor. Also on the first floor, across the hall from the “townhouse” suites, are a pair of suites, each with two single bedrooms, a shared bathroom and living room.
ENERGY SAVINGS
• Insulation was added to all previously non-insulated exterior walls and roof insulation was increased.
• Low Volatile Organic Compounds materials (including adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, carpet systems, composite wood and agrifiber products) were used to reduce “off gassing.”
• Occupancy sensors have been installed throughout Alice Lloyd Hall. These • Many of the fabrics as well energy-savers turn off lights as furniture items used and help control heating and throughout the building were chosen not only for air conditioning costs. their aesthetic value, but for environmental impact (pvc• An energy recovery system free, recycled fiber content reduces heating costs by and Greenguard air quality heating and cooling incoming certified). air with the tempered air being exhausted. • Carpet manufacturers’ environmental commitments • New high-efficiency light (such as the use of postindustrial recycled fiber; fixtures were added in most maintaining a carbon-negative areas. status; pvc-free and achieving zero waste to landfills) were • Daylight harvesting (adding considered in all carpet windows and opening up selections. interior spaces) allows more natural light into the building • Carpet squares were selected and reduces the need for over rolled carpets to reduce artificial lighting. waste, to take advantage of recycled content in the backing material and for more efficient MATERIALS replacement of worn or • Approximately 95% of damaged areas in the future. the existing floors, walls and ceilings from the third • Old furniture was sold for through sixth levels were reuse, reducing the impact on reused. local landfills.
WATER CONSERVATION
• Older toilet fixtures were replaced with new, highefficiency models, reducing water use from approximately 4.6 gpf to 1.6 gpf. • Low-flow showerheads and faucets were installed, reducing water use from approximately 3 gpm to 2.5 gpm and from 2.5 gpm to 1.5 gpm respectively. • Water bottle filling stations encourage students to use refillable water bottles. Whenever the station is used, a visual display gives a tally of how many disposable water bottles have been eliminated from the local landfill. This supports a university sustainability initiative to reduce waste on campus by 40 percent.
FIRST FLOOR
THE PALMER FIELD LEVEL
group study rooms
lounge
lounge
living room
group study rooms dance and fitness studio below
community center
dining room
meeting room
house kitchen
huddle rooms
staff work room
huddle room
staff offices student rooms comunity learning center
= restroom
Near the south entrance is the community living room, set apart by a series of sliding glass panels that give the room a large and open feel. The stone flooring of the entrance corridor extends into the room, joining the vinyl plank
Lloyd Hall’s former kitchen and dining areas have been repurposed into a dynamic Community Center—a spacious and inviting social area and information hub for residents and staff. Digital screens provide information about goings-on in the Lloyd community and around the campus, and
flooring that lends to the warm, home-like décor of comfortable soft seating for relaxing, study or community activities. To one side is a small dining room with seating for eight; this is adjoined by the house kitchen and a casual seating area.
resident mailboxes are located here. Separate glass enclosures include a meeting room and a staff work room, situated on either side of two small “huddle” or conference rooms. The Community Center also houses a suite of offices for the residence staff and for the faculty and staff of the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program.
FIRST FLOOR
THE PALMER FIELD LEVEL
A large central lounge— trimmed in panels of birds-eye maple and furnished with soft seating—surrounds the stairway and is open to the community and residential areas above.
At either side of the lounge is a cluster of four small group study rooms that set off a smaller lounge area with sectional seating.
The Community Learning Center provides residents with an at-home resource for online research and learning. It includes individual and group study areas, computers and printers, a copy cam to digitally record information written on a whiteboard, and a digital screen and tabletop into which multiple laptops can be plugged for group work.
Punctuating each end of the Community Center are cozy upholstered alcoves with cushioned booths facing across a table—popular places for students to socialize or study.
LOWER LEVEL
vending
music practice room music practice room
den
art suite dance and fitness studio
mechanical
student laundry
art studio
= restroom student rooms
Nestled on the lower level at
Just down the hall is an art
the north end of the building is a two-story dance and fitness studio featuring a distinctive angled ceiling and high windows to admit natural light from outside and through the building’s entrance
suite with a gallery space for art
corridor above. The spring-board floor is illuminated by back-lit faux windows along one wall. Mirror panels on the opposite wall enable students to study their dance and fitness movements. The room is equipped with an audio system for music.
displays. The art suite is open to all residents.
LLOYD HALL SCHOLARS PROGRAM The renovation of Alice Lloyd Hall coincidentally—and happily—coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program (LHSP). It is the first of a dozen Michigan Learning Communities that are now in University Housing residence halls —created on the premise that learning and living together encourages personal and intellectual development. LHSP students interested in writing and the arts can explore their creative passions through composition, the visual arts, academic studies, and cultural and social involvements.
At the south end of the lower level is the den. This lounge/game area features live plants with natural overhead lighting and beautiful stone walls. The laundry room, soundproof music practice rooms and a vending area are located nearby, making the den a popular gathering space.
Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor Laurence B. Deitch, Bloomfield Hills Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio
CREDITS
Architects: Integrated Design Solutions, LLC, Troy, Michigan Hanbury, Evans, Wright, Vlattas + Company, Norfolk, Virginia
Construction Manager: Walbridge, Detroit, Michigan
Project Management: University of Michigan – Architecture, Engineering and Construction University Housing – Housing Planning and Design
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