Architects Tillmann Ruth Robinson have announced the opening of Ontario Hall Student Residence at Western University. 
With the completion of the 1,000-bed Ontario Hall Residence, Western University guarantees accommodation to every first-year student. ?I think all first-year students benefit greatly from being in residence? says Susan Grindrod, Associate Vice President, Housing & Ancillary Services. More than a home away from home, Ontario Hall helps build the social and academic connections that foster active learning, collaboration and belonging that are essential to the Western Student Experience.
Western puts the students first. The University understands that in the competitive bid for students, future prospects are pursuing more than an education. To meet new expectations, Ontario Hall is a culinary-focused, dining destination of choice with micro-environments for students to eat and gather. Attractors such as fitness, music and media rooms provide the kind of spaces where both quiet study, as well as unplanned intersection of disciplines can be the genesis of innovation and creativity. Learning can take place at any moment, and with each personal encounter. Classrooms and bookable meeting spaces meet the needs of study and social groupings. Students can choose between studying and simply hanging around in the large lounge on the ground floor, or in smaller common lounges on each residential floor. Guided by evidence-based design principles, Ontario Hall?s inte...