Student Housing

Designing for the 21^st century students may be easier than one might think. However if one needs to succeed in designing an abode for the millennials it turns out “living and learning” may not be enough.

Social and academic interaction has also become an important aspect and requirement for the same.

As a student I can assure you we like to co-habit. Living with like-minded people. And so communal spaces becomes an integral part of the design. With a good communal spaces students will have more reason to interact and share ideas instead of staying inside a room. A good common area starts a dialogue between people. Motivate group studies and/or activities.

Students have a very different mindset about community in general. We are more optimistic about the world and how it should be. And so we try making our immediate surroundings the way we see our future. We don’t mind sharing rooms with multiple people. Some may even prefer it. However we don’t like to lose the sense of self amidst the community, and so we want the living quarters to have the intended privacy that we need. To maybe concentrate on the upcoming exam.

Hence having community spaces is great as long as we don’t lose the notion of “self” and our privacy in it.