Project Brief

• Construction of a new 362-bed student housing and dining hall building.
• The 8,250 square metre, six storey building includes:
  • Café and dining hall located on the main floor (250 seat capacity)
  • Resident support offices, a multipurpose room and an Indigenous-focused reflection space
  • Total of 362 beds (approx. 72 beds per floor), with shared washrooms, laundry facilities, student study, lounge and kitchen areas on each floor
  • Unit types: 52 singles (12 accessible), 154 doubles and one two-bedroom suite for the residence life facilitator
  • Secure bicycle storage
• Wood First: Mass Timber incorporated in the gathering area of the dining hall (exposed beams) and wood frame on five upper residential floors.
• CleanBC: Targeting Step 4 of the BC Energy Step Code, indicating an expected GHG emissions reduction of 86 per cent over a baseline of LEED® Gold with natural gas.