The question of my thesis explores how residence hall architecture can anticipate its role as an inspiring distraction to the individual that provokes interaction, engagement, and community as a building type that is not quite transient and not quite permanent.

Sensitive to the existing urban environment, the site and building are spliced in relation to existing paths. Pedestrian streets at the ground level invite passersby to weave through the architecture. The composition of the architecture allows the residents to coexist as students sharing a greater campus and creates a transitioning interplay between the campus community and the community of the residence hall.