NAU Honors College Living | Learning Community

Opened in the fall of 2018, the Northern Arizona University Honors College Living/Learning Community is the home of primarily first-year Honors students and some second-year students. Multiple state-of-the-art classrooms, faculty offices, Honors writing center, student support center, and a fitness center are located onsite, fostering academic and social connections.

This vibrant, engaging and academically focused community is designed as a place for Honors students to live, develop friendships, study and collaborate with others who are passionate about learning and challenging themselves.

BUILDING FEATURES

• Building: One, 5 & 4-Story
• Total Units: 300, with accessible variations
  Five Unit Types
  Beds: 630
  1 Bedroom/1 Bath
  2 Bedroom/1 Bath
• Academic Classrooms
• Faculty Offices
• Honors Writing Center
• Honors Student Support Center
• Honors Student Study Areas
• Community Space
• Fitness Area
• Maintenance & Mechanical Areas
• Connecting Bridge at 2nd Floor of Residential between East & West Wings of Building

SITE FEATURES

• Building Site Built Up Above Flood Plain Level
• Retaining Stem Walls
• Stand-alone Retaining Walls
• Elevated Sidewalks

STRUCTURAL SERVICES

• Comprehensive structural systems designed using 3D structural modeling software
• Value engineering
• Construction administration
• Special structural inspections

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

• Gravity System
  Residential: Wood Roof Trusses, Wood Floor Joists, Stud Walls
  Academic & Amenity Areas: Concrete Slab and Columns
• Lateral
  Residential: Wood Shear Walls
  Academic & Amenity Areas: Concrete Shear Walls