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Net+Work+Camp+Us Connection, Motion, Shelter, and Identity The Net+Work+Camp+Us design concept is built around two primary factors related to the future of student housing. The ﬁrst is that students of the future will be positioned in a dynamic relationship between public and private space in a global context. The housing system is a crucial platform for redeﬁning this particular relationship between these two types of social spaces. The second factor is that students of the future will be intensive information users. Their campus experience, real and virtual, will enhance the relationship with multi-layered information. Informal and random activities will become one of the most important features in their everyday lives. In the Net+Work+Camp+Us design concept, every place is potentially a public space. A decentralized, non-hierarchical, open layout will foster a student-centered education model. With converging travel paths and program distribution, the environment will foster student interaction. Meanwhile, the building systems and programs will combine to create varying spatial conditions. The housing is part of a broader network, but by removing barriers, blurring boundaries, and encouraging exchange and interaction, these pieces come together. A successful design will manage a balance in each of ﬁve key dualities: The space should be secure while also being open, it will have a genius loci while utilizing a module system and prefabrication, it will nurture sustainability while allowing human intrusion of a designed landscape, it will present order along with informality, and students will experience traditional interaction while also exhibiting the “tunnel effect” of the Internet. One of the most important aspects of this design is the caféwall concept that diminishes physical and psychological barriers. Operable windows, incorporated with a comfortable bench-height divider, allow students to open or close their personal space in respect to the neighboring public space depending on their needs and situations. This creates an environment that better enables interaction, and serendipity blurs the line between public and private. Other features within the hall include movable interactive whiteboards, ﬂexible furniture, movable panel systems for ﬂexible space division, and operable glass panels to integrate the outdoor terrace and indoor space. Halls will also include solar-powered LED screens that project images The Net+Work+Camp+Us team was made up of Yang Tian, Suping Li, Yuzhu Zheng, and Nathan Herold, who all work at Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company in Alexandria, Virginia. The team was awarded the jury prize in this year’s 21st Century Project Design Showcase. May + June 2008 71

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