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University of Washington Haggett Hall — a new residence hall at forest's edge

Seattle, WA
In Progress, 2027
230,000 square feet
Targeting LEED Gold
Type: Academic

TenBerke, in partnership with Mahlum Architects, has designed an all-electric 230,000-square-foot residence hall and wellness center at the University of Washington (UW). Haggett Hall will house 800 students, finalizing a critical piece in UW’s decade-long initiative to develop its North Campus and support more students in on-campus housing. In Seattle’s lush climate, this hybrid project embraces a holistic ethos of well-being, supporting multiple scales of community while immersing students in the city’s verdant landscape.

Geared towards first and second-year students, the building is sited dramatically on a hill at the northern edge of campus. UW’s historic campus plan was originally designed by the Olmsted Brothers in 1909; today, Haggett Hall negotiates the confluence of the natural and the formal, where the campus grid meets the woodlands. Here, on a forested ridge, the building will enjoy striking views east to Lake Washington and beyond to the North Cascades.

Haggett Hall’s two primary blocks are sited along the length of the ridge, oriented north-south to maximize sunlight and fresh air. The design builds a substantial portion of the 9-story structure into the hillside, minimizing its height and responding to neighboring buildings. At its northern end, the two parallel wings bend towards each other and interlock, embracing the newly forested courtyard in their center. From east to west, the site negotiates a complex 45-foot grade change. New, accessible paths wind through the 1.5-acre site, completing walkable loops and creating new connections to longstanding campus desire paths that link the primary buildings on North Campus together. The site strategy also improves connections to all-campus athletics further south at the bottom of the hill, as well as to a highly trafficked multi-use trail that links the campus to greater Seattle.

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This project expands our understanding of sustainability. It will achieve high standards in energy consumption and carbon reduction, to be sure. Moreover, by emphasizing community and well‑being, by so thoroughly integrating a dramatic and vigorous site and landscape design, and by carefully coordinating an embedded wellness program, it should be understood to be socially sustainable as well.

Maitland Jones, Senior Principal

Key People

Maitland Jones
Principal-in-Charge

Arthi Krishnamoorthy
Collaborating Principal

Jeremy Katich
Project Manager

Peggy Chong

Josie Baldner

Tim Carey

Collaborators

TenBerke
Architect

Mahlum
Collaborating Architect

Andersen Construction
Design Builder

GGN
Landscape Architect

Coughlin Proder Lundeen
Structural / Civil Engineers

Delta E
MEP Engineers

IMEG
Sustainability Consultant

Morrison Hershfield
Envelope Consultant

Dark Light
Lighting Designer

A3 Acoustic
Acoustic Consultant

Studio Pacifica
Accessibility Consultant

Studio SC
Signage / Graphics

Safranek Group
Code Consultant

Recognition

The Architect's Newspaper
August 21, 2024

Context & Drawings

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Site Plan

The orientation of Haggett Hall not only aligns it with pedestrian traffic and its neighbors, but its strategic positioning on a forested ridge maximizes exposure and takes advantage of the resulting warm upslope breezes.

Expressed outwardly as “peeks”, the hallways extend to the edges, where windows create pockets for rest and repose.

Haggett Hall is set into the slopes of North Campus, but from Mason Road, all 9-stories of the U-shaped building are visible. At the center, a large forested courtyard serves as the connective tissue for the residence hall’s two wings.

Wings take advantage of daylight and views

Connect wings and engage neighboring buildings

Push and pull massing to optimize solar orientation

Create peeks and portal for special views at specialty program

Connect to Mid-Slope path and North Campus housing

Heal the site and provide a new forested center

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