Elmhurst College, North Hall

Elmhurst, Illinois

Firm

Wight & Company

Client

Elmhurst College

Area

52,290 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$7,200,000

Completion Date

09/1999

North Hall is the newest residence hall on the Elmhurst College campus and represents the first step of a master plan to expand this liberal-arts college over the next 20 years.
Elmhurst College is a traditionally planned campus with most of its buildings designed in a consistent Collegiate Georgian architectural style. The North Hall solution acts as a stylistic bridge that transitions the campus from its historical core facilities to more contemporary expressions of future planned facilities.
The configuration of North Hall encourages interaction among students by providing a variety of social, group-study and congregate living environments.
Each floor features four groupings of student living areas called social neighborhoods. Each neighborhood consists of 12 students housed in single or double rooms, which are clustered around living room lounges that include kitchens and access to separate male and female bathrooms. Although this three-story facility houses 120 students, the intent of these neighborhoods is to provide a family-like experience for each student.

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