Construction & Renovation
Student Housing has a strong commitment to the constant betterment of our facilities, with a number of goals in mind, including, but definitely not limited to: student comfort (heating systems, furnishings, carpet, etc.), health and safety (such as seismic upgrades, fire prevention and suppression, etc.), and energy/water use efficiency (double-paned windows, low flow fixtures, solar panel trials, etc.).
Below you’ll find information about current and future Student Housing projects, as well as campus projects which directly impact our residents. Further information about major projects across campus is available on the Land, Building and Real Estate Capital Projects page.
Construction, renovation, and repair projects will necessarily cause increased noise around directly involved and nearby residences, as well as throughout other housing areas. While all possible measures are taken to minimize the impact of these projects, any student moving into or living in affected areas should be prepared to accept the unavoidable aspects of life in a neighborhood under construction. Continual inspections and work may occur in and around your residence prior to and up to a year after a major construction or renovation project. Some students may be required to move to different rooms/apartments or temporarily vacate their current rooms while work is underway.
FOOTNOTE: This web page is updated periodically. Other projects may also be undertaken both in the areas of scheduled projects and in areas that have not yet been designated.
Student Housing Building Renewal
Improvements to several housing facilities on campus have begun. Each project is being undertaken as part of Residential & Dining Enterprises ongoing effort to enhance student safety and comfort. All of these projects are anticipated to be complete by September 2012. More information about the construction hours and types of work being completed for each project can be found at http://studenthousing.stanford.edu/renewal.
Current CAMPUS Construction
West Campus Recreation Center
Construction on the new West Campus Recreation Center started during Summer 2011 and will continue through early 2014. This new facility, bringing numerous recreation opportunities to residents living on the west side of campus, will be located on Roble Field. Information on the project is available on the LBRE website: http://lbre.stanford.edu/dpm/west_campus_rec_center
2012-2013 Housing Projects
Escondido Village Radiant Heat Renovation
For several years now, Student Housing has been progressively replacing the radiant heating (slab heating) systems in the Escondido Village low-rise buildings with new hydronic heating systems. Residents of buildings 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 30, 34, 36, and 38 will need to move during the 2012-13 year in order for the next phase of renovation to proceed. Students are guaranteed alternate housing when the project reaches their building.
To complete the renovations, it is necessary for us to move students into other housing while their buildings are being renovated. Renovations will begin on building 16 in late December. Building 18 will be renovated during Winter Quarter and buildings 20 and 22 during Spring Quarter, one at a time. Buildings 25, 26, 30, 34, 36, and 38 will be renovated during the summer, two at a time. Residents will move progressively as the renovations are completed.
McFarland House Renovation Project
We are planning an important renovation project for McFarland House that will take place during spring and summer 2013. The intent of this project is to improve the design of the McFarland apartments to permanently transform them into more equitable and appropriately arranged spaces for two single students (a two-bedroom efficiency apartment). These renovations will result in units similar to the apartments that were recently renovated in Quillen and Blackwelder Houses. In addition, we will be renovating the common spaces on the first floor and basement to provide renewed and focused community/social gathering space.
The current living room area will be enclosed to create a second private bedroom with an additional built-in closet. Locks will be installed in each of the bedroom doors. Significant improvements are also planned for the kitchen. The kitchens will be completely rearranged into a more open, L-shaped configuration, complete with new lower cabinets, countertops, upper shelving, accessories, lighting, and small eating area. In addition, a new fire sprinkler system will be installed throughout the building, as well as a new roof and boiler.
To complete these renovations, it is necessary for us to move students who are living on the first and second floors of McFarland into different housing assignments at the end of the Winter Quarter 2013. After we renovate the first and second floors, the students living on the third and fourth floors will move permanently into the renovated apartments. We will continue to move the next two floors down into the renovated apartments until we work our way up through the eighth floor. We will start with the first floor the beginning of Spring Quarter 2013 and finish the eighth floor by the end of August. Student Housing will provide you with boxes and moving assistance when your floor is scheduled to be renovated. Each set of two floors will take about four weeks to renovate.
When McFarland is converted to two-bedroom efficiency apartments, the couples living in McFarland may remain in the newly renovated apartment for the remainder of their current contract period, but will need to move to a different building that offers the traditional one-bedroom apartment for couples during the following summer.
At the end of Winter Quarter 2013, the residents of the first and second floors will be offered priority for reassignment to any of the vacancies that are available in graduate housing for Spring Quarter 2013. We will send out more detailed information to those students after the start of the 2012-13 year.
Students assigned to the one-bedroom, double occupancy apartments in McFarland will continue to pay the one-bedroom double occupancy rate throughout the 2012-13 year, even after their apartment has been renovated. The monthly charges will increase to the two-bedroom efficiency rate on September 1, 2013.
New Graduate Housing Construction (Comstock Circle 5, 6, and 8-14)
It is a long-term goal of the University to build additional housing for graduate students. A much needed and anticipated project will break ground on Comstock Circle in Escondido Village this spring. The residents of Escondido Village low-rise buildings 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 will be relocated during Spring Break 2013 to make room for this project. Four buildings will be built: one premium studio building for couples, two junior studio buildings for single students, and two buildings of 2 bedroom/2 bathroom apartments for single students. Major construction will begin Spring of 2013. Project website: http:\\comstockhousing.stanford.edu
Future University Projects
Manzanita Park Expansion Plan
An exciting new project which is currently in planning phases is the addition of a final building to complete the Manzanita Park complex. Check back for more information as this project develops!
FOOTNOTE: This web page is updated periodically. Other projects may also be undertaken both in the areas of scheduled projects and in areas that have not yet been designated.
