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Expanding Residential Accommodation With Limited New Construction

Delivered March 8, 2019
Presented by Heidi R. Sokol, Lois Stanley, Gretchen Von Grossmann
Planning Types: Campus Planning

Institutions referenced in this resource:
Tufts University

New dorm construction takes time and funding that often competes with the ongoing need to upgrade existing dorms. Despite limited resources, campus planning and capital programs teams are successfully doing both. Tufts University's first housing program since the 1970s is transforming the undergraduate residential experience two-fold: by rapidly increasing the on-campus bed supply in existing facilities and by renewing residential buildings. Come learn how a 2016 housing planning study that started with an inventory analysis quickly evolved into an ongoing program to add 100+ beds per year beginning in 2017.

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