Stanford University Lyman Graduate Residences
Palo Alto, CA
The buildings of this 224-bed student housing project shape the landscape. They create a sequence of outdoor rooms that celebrate the site's climate, changing light, and native oak trees.
At one edge of the complex, the southern building wraps around a 60-foot-high oak tree to create a quiet, contemplative space. The central Commons Building incorporates another large oak tree as a natural "dome" above a circular wooden deck. Community rooms surround the deck and open onto it. The subtle curve of the northern building cradles a large, open green space. Three-story chain-link scrims line the western and southern facades, providing sun protection and modulating building scale.
- AIA California Council Residential, Merit Award for Architecture
- Client: Stanford University
- Size: 108,000 sq. ft.
- Team: Charlie Stott, Project Architect for LMS Architects
- Photographer: Richard Barnes
