Willard/Hallett Renovation
Project Manager: Keith Gardner
Design Team: Architectural Workshop
Contractor: JCL
Benefits: Willard and Hallett halls were developed in the 1950’s as dormitory facilities with three full stories above grade and a basement that is partially underground or “garden level”. The buildings were originally designed with double occupancy rooms plus two small “Social Director” apartments on the first floor and two “Head of House” apartments in the fourth floor attic level. The buildings are constructed with a cast-in-place concrete frame and are enclosed by the traditional materials of the Boulder campus – Lyons sandstone with limestone trim, steel-sash windows, and clay tile roofing. Beginning in the 1970s, portions of the Willard building were converted to offices for a variety of administrative functions, such that only about 40% of the building’s original residential capacity is used for student housing. Housing and Dinning Services currently provides housing for 196 students (98 double occupancy rooms) in Willard Hall.
This program plan proposes the re-commissioning of the Willard Hall Administrative Center as well as the Hallett Hall Department of Housing administrative offices to Residence Hall use. It is Housing and Dining Services’ intention to capture living space within the Willard Hall for at least 230 more students, for a minimum total of 426 student residents. Hallett Hall would recapture space for an additional 136 student residents. Significant improvements to building systems are not included as part of this program. HDS has Willard Hall scheduled for significant building systems upgrades in 2022 as part of an overall master plan for their facilities.
Gross Square Feet and Total Project Cost:
Willard: 85,795 and $7.175 million
Anticipated Construction Start: April 2010
Anticipated Occupancy: August 2011
Hallett: Is Open!