STUDENT RESIDENCES

General Design Notes

Halls of residence are normally provided near colleges and

universities for students and are normally built and operated in
various architectural forms (20-30 units in courtyard layout or
groups of open structures, large buildings with 80 or more units).
They are used for the accommodation of students for the duration
of their course. The size and equipping of the rooms is often
very limited. Options such as single rooms, (double) flats and flat
sharing groups have proved successful. The arrangement and
design of the communal areas within and around the residences
are decisive for their acceptance.

Requirements
Ground floor plan Student flats are 'living places' and not considered as residential
homes in the sense of the building regulations. The general
requirements of the building regulations essentially concern STUDENT
RESIDENCES
residential rooms with minimum requirements for floor area (8 m2),
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ceiling height (2.40 m), orientation, ventilation and lighting (window
area Ys of the room area), accessibility requirements (i.e. for disabled State guidelines
for student
people) and escape routes (two independent escape routes from residences
Section A-A
each floor, one of which is a legally essential stairway). The state
guidelines for student residences set recommended dimensions
0 Student residence in Halle/Saale Arch.: Gemot Schulz
for living places (approx. 12 m2 for single rooms and approx. 16
in: Hillebrand!+ Schulz, Cologne
m2 for flats). In addition to this, a certain area will be required for
communal use.

Forms of living
These can be categorised into flat sharing -> f) - 0 and
individual rooms-> 0. e-
When flats are shared, the communal area is of more importance,
similar to a home. A group of rooms (4-8) with some functions
transferred to the communal area (kitchen, bathroom) has a
linear -> f) or central -> 8 type of layout. Single rooms located
along a corridor with communal bathroom and kitchen form the
1st floor plan classic (but anonymous) form of student residence. What has
proved successful is the further development of the single room
as flat-> e(room with shower room and perhaps kitchenette) and
the double flat -> 0 - 0 (two rooms with communal kitchen and
bath). This latter form of residence can be used very flexibly by
singles and also by couples (with child).

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Bathroom G Flat 9 Double flat

Single
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