257 Thayer

Project Overview

• 95-unit, 267-bed student community designed for Brown University and RISD students  
• 1,000 SF of retail space
• On-site amenities include a community room with multiple high definition TVs, a community kitchen, group study rooms, gaming tables, cyber cafe, and a fitness center
• Landscaped courtyard, with a fire pit and barbeque, offers students a space to meet, study, and socialize outside of their suites
• Community designed as a sustainable living environment, with eco-friendly construction choices such as paint with low VOC and low emissions, electric car charging stations, bike storage, water-efficient fixtures, and a 66kw solar power grid, which provides up to 10% of the building’s power
• Architectural design refined according to neighborhood feedback in order to minimize apparent scale and impact, blending the building’s facade into the neighborhood context
• Our team reached out and met with numerous local groups, project stakeholders, and city officials to present existing conditions and our project’s design, and accommodated input/feedback from local groups into our final design. Organizations included College Hill Neighborhood Association (CHNA), Providence Preservation Society (PPS), Thayer Street Merchants Association, and the City of Providence.
• Project features original works of art including “Rafi”, a bronze sculpture of an Indian Rhino by artist Nick Bibby, and an illustration of Rafi by Victo Ngai, a New York based illustrator from Hong Kong and Rhode Island School of Design graduate
• Recipient of Student Housing Business Innovator Award for “Best New Development under 300 Beds”
• U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Silver Certified