Wilfrid Laurier is located in a highly competitive housing market with almost 7,000 privately-developed apartments surrounding their campus. As they considered notions of redeveloping a vacated site on the perimeter of campus, expanding their signature living learning communities to include students in their second year and beyond was foremost in their minds.
Hanbury was commissioned to help develop a plan for student housing that not only aligned with broader university goals but also created a signature student experience in all of their existing halls. The process included a visioning session with campus stakeholders, a web-based student survey and market demand analysis, a critical review of existing residences as student communities with recommendations for renovation and renewal, and site studies on two perimeter parcels for new housing and dining expansion.
