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August 15, 2007, 12:50 PM ET
The Dorm Room of the Future Is Described Now in a Book
(Image courtesy of 21st Century Project)
Ideas for the dorm room of the future fill a new book from the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International, which is in the midst of a three-part competition to design a model residence hall for the 21st century.
The book is based on the first stage of the competition, which sought suggestions just for individual dorm rooms. Eight finalists presented their ideas at a conference in Phoenix earlier this year (The Chronicle, February 23), and their submissions are fully described in the new volume — including that of Jonathan Levi Architects, of Boston, which a jury chose as winner of the competition’s first stage.
Mr. Levi and his associates envision constructing dorms by stacking prefabricated modules — each 54 feet long, 14 feet wide, and 10 feet high, and each containing two student rooms, a slice of corridor, and a slice of a common space. The rooms would be filled with modular furniture as needed, creating various kinds of spaces — a conventional undergraduate double room (above), for instance, or a studio apartment with a kitchen.
The book, The 21st Century Project Design Showcase: The Home, also includes many ideas from the 38 submissions that were not chosen as finalists in the first round. The volume is available from the association’s bookstore. The price is $129.95 for association members and $199.95 for others.
The next two stages of the competition will seek ideas both about how to assemble individual dorm rooms into workable communities and about innovative products that could be incorporated into the 21st-century residence hall. The final rounds of both competitions will take place in St. Petersburg, Fla., on February 1, 2008.
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