Two new dormitories:
Planned houses move from concept to design

Designs for two new Milton houses are taking shape as the architects propose ideas to the community. Once considered as two separate building projects, Milton is now planning to build the two dormitories together; they will be ready to house students for the 2004–2005 school year. The students who live in these houses, once their doors are open, will represent an increase of 84 boarding students at Milton, for a total number of roughly 350 students.

A steering committee of trustees, faculty and students are intent upon replicating the community feel of dormitory clusters elsewhere on Milton’s campus, as well as the family feeling that characterizes Milton’s houses. Each of the dorms will house 42 students, and four faculty families, including the house head.

The new houses will be share a dining area at the center of the two buildings, and each house will have its own kitchen. Large common areas and recreation areas are highlights of each house. Each house will have single and double student rooms.

An especially designed passageway from the new houses, through existing Hallowell house, will connect these houses with the central Milton campus, visually and physically. Hallowell and the two new houses will form a community within the larger community.

The facades of the new buildings extend the red brick and multi-paned windows that distinguish Milton buildings across campus. The roofline is variegated, with plenty of dormers and peaks, once again to mirror the variation among Milton roofs that frame the campus today. Milton students and faculty are excited about these additions to the campus, as they are about the student-faculty center underway now, and the major renovations to Milton’s familiar and well-loved classroom buildings.