We all carry with us the memories of the communist-era student dorms where we lived over those four years which tailored our professional destiny. Old, modest, sometimes somber looking buildings, with exfoliated walls and toilets that were most of the time unusable, unfriendly spaces in a nutshell, but which were widely ignored thanks to the energy and effervescence of the youth inside. But that was then. Let\u2019s now turn the look to some examples of modern student housing architectural design, a real competition of contemporary architecture. We are not though fully convinced these spaces encourage solely studying and no other say recreational activities.<\/p>\n
We have recently ran an article on an Englishman\u2019s idea of building a modern boutique style student accommodation hostel<\/a>. Said and done! The first step he took was to buy an old office building in Canterbury, a university center in Kent, England. He paid 300,000 pounds for it and invested the same amount in renovating it and turning it into an 11 bedroom hostel, each room with its distinct interior design. The final result is a student dig built in a boutique style for which one pays up to 1,000 pounds a month.<\/p>\n