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Torre Student Living, at the West Campus of the University of Texas, Austin, is an 18-storey tower featuring 153 units and 558 beds in a variety of configurations, from studios to six-bedroom homes. The ground floor features a sculptural canopy that gives way to an open lounge, while facilities include a rooftop pool, hot tub, gym, yoga room, rooftop lounge and firepit, co-working area and café.
Architect: Rhode Partners Client: Parallel
Main contractor: Roger O’Brien Construction
Interior design: Jill Pierce with LEVY Architects Photos: Nick Simonite
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Assembly Student Living in Denver used to be a hotel, before it was transformed into student housing. A full refit by Styleworks in 2020 included external graphic art, six new oversized windows to lighten the lobby and colourful social spaces filled with plants. Studios and shared apartments are available.
Design: Styleworks
Client: Central Street Capital Photos: Jess Blackwell Studios
created a building that was open to the public at the lower levels – forgoing the turnstiles that restrict access to earlier UCL premises. ‘It’s an open and aspirational building. Non-students can tap into the activity there and come into the front entrance and go up to the fourth floor terrace and enjoy the views; they can attend outreach lectures and events, so you have students and the wider community mixing together. What’s the point of going to university if you don’t have the opportunity to get together with other people and exchange ideas and not just be in an echo chamber? Te
idea was to create a place where everybody comes through the same door; that’s a fundamental part of the experience.’ Lifschutz, who is trustee of mental health charity Body & Soul, adds: ‘It’s good for students’ mental health to have contact with other people in the wider community – it doesn’t make sense to segregate people by age. Te whole ethos is about community; the wonderful thing about the building is that everybody comes together.’ Te upper levels, above the terrace, are purely for students, but communal living has also been a focus here.
‘We had a number of meetings with students themselves and we asked them whether they would prefer larger rooms and less communal space or the other way around, and they wanted small rooms and more generous communal spaces. Rooms are eight to ten in a cluster and at the end of each is a social area, with a kitchen, dining area and lounge, with three sides of glass and incredible views. If students are on their own, problems can seem overwhelming but they can deal with things when they are together.’
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