Michigan
Tech's new residential apartment building offers
a new type of campus housing. The hybrid
building combines the social benefits of dormitory style housing with the
option of an independent apartment lifestyle, containing private bedrooms
with semi-private bathrooms, and shared great rooms including kitchens. The
building also includes a wide variety of common areas to enhance the
live-learn experience. The location reinforces a central residential node
for housing on campus, enhancing student life and the development of a wide
diversity of on-campus housing options.
The new residence hall fits into Michigan Tech’s modern architectural style, but also
evokes an “up north” aesthetic with forms, details, materials and finishes
that are not typically used in student housing including sloped metal roofs,
stone walls, wood timber columns and beams, exposed wood decking and a
combination of natural gas and wood burning fireplaces. The common areas
look and feel like a northern lodge.
Michigan Technological University, Hillside Place Apartments Houghton, Michigan
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