
Adohi Hall
Fayetteville, AR
- Award Year
- 2020
- Award Category
- Multi-Family Wood Design
- Architect
- Leers Weinzapfel Associates; Mackey Mitchell Architects; Modus Studio (AOR)
- Contractor
- Nabholz Construction
- Structural Engineer
- Equilibrium Consulting; Engineering Consultants, Inc.
- Photos
- Timothy Hursley; Kiara Luers; Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas is the nation’s first large-scale mass timber student housing facility. A bold demonstration of sustainability, the 708-bed complex includes three main volumes, linked together to create a serpentine form set into a sloped site. Buildings A and B include five stories of mass timber—a cross-laminated timber floor and ceiling system supported by glulam columns and beams—over a concrete podium and partial basement. Building C is a one-story volume linking the two residential buildings. Maintaining acoustical separation was a significant issue. To expose the CLT ceilings, acoustical treatment was concentrated on top of the panels. To minimize the depth of the panel topping, and thus the floor-to-floor height, the team used an ultra-thin sound attenuation mat topped with less than 2 inches of heavyweight gypcrete and luxury vinyl tile planks—which surpassed the required STC rating of 50 between sleeping quarters. The use of wood both structurally and aesthetically makes this project a groundbreaking example of student housing design. 202,000 sf / Type III-B construction
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