Living and Learning Residence Hall, Gallaudet University
Washington, DC, 2012
Washington, DC, 2012
In fall of 2010, LTL, in collaboration with Quinn Evans Architects and SIGAL Construction, was selected as the winner of a competition for a residential and educational (Living and Learning) center on the Gallaudet University campus. As the oldest American institution of higher education dedicated to the deaf, Gallaudet sought through the competition to create an exemplary work of architecture tailored to their deaf community of students, staff and faculty. LTL worked closely with representatives of the university to plan this first project to incorporate the challenges and opportunities of DeafSpace design frameworks. These guidelines were developed by the university through the work of Hansel Bauman, Director of Campus Design and Planning, to formulate spatial logics that fosters and enhances the deaf experience. In expanding the residential program to include public gathering spaces and in locating the new residence hall directly on the historic central mall, Gallaudet sought through the project to change the current separation between residential and academic components of the campus, thus reactivate the mall as the center of vibrant campus life.
Project Credits
Living and Learning Residence Hall, 2010–12, Washington, DC
Client: Gallaudet University
Project team: Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis; Clark Manning, project manager; Carrie Schulz, Jason Dannenbring, John Morrison, Elena Koroleva, Chelsea Livingston
Architect of Record: Quinn Evans Architects
Design-build contractor: Sigal Construction
Structural engineer: Robert Silman Associates
Mechanical engineer: Setty and Associates
Civil Engineer: Delon Hampton and Associates
Living and Learning Residence Hall, 2010–12, Washington, DC
Client: Gallaudet University
Project team: Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis; Clark Manning, project manager; Carrie Schulz, Jason Dannenbring, John Morrison, Elena Koroleva, Chelsea Livingston
Architect of Record: Quinn Evans Architects
Design-build contractor: Sigal Construction
Structural engineer: Robert Silman Associates
Mechanical engineer: Setty and Associates
Civil Engineer: Delon Hampton and Associates
Photography: Prakash Patel