South 5th Student Housing and Dining

The new South Fifth Residential Development, a five-building complex, will add 2,300 undergraduate beds and a 900-seat dining hall between East Hoover Avenue and Hill Street. This will also include a replacement practice and teaching facility for the Michigan Marching Band.

The student residential portion of the precinct consists of five residence halls, ranging between five and seven stories, defining a series of courtyards and quadrangles along a broad pedestrian walkway. These buildings are designed to support the specific personal and academic needs of first- and second-year students, and are organized in 30-bed communities, each featuring a shared community commons and a Resident Advisor’s room. The ground floors of all five buildings are dedicated to amenity and student support programs. The 900-seat dining hall offers a variety of dining experiences including a double-height, light-filled dining hall, private event rooms, a teaching kitchen, and dedicated outdoor space.

The new precinct’s buildings are designed to obtain LEED Platinum certification and combine a variety of resource efficient features in support of the University’s carbon-neutral commitments. The dining hall will be one of the first all-electric facilities of its type in the nation, and features heating and cooling systems that are supported entirely by geothermal energy.

Additional sustainability features include: estimated 25% energy savings, over 20% water reduction, dorm-unit air quality commission testing, fully electric HVAC infrastructure, geothermal heating and cooling, and AIA zero energy use intenstity compatible. Energy Use Intensity (EUI) per building is: Building 1: 116 kBtu/ft², Building 2: 47 kBtu/ft², Building 3: 57 kBtu/ft², Building 4: 49 kBtu/ft², Building 5: 54 kBtu/ft².