Richard W. Lyman Graduate Residences

At one edge of the complex, the southern building wraps around a 60-foot-high oak tree to create a quiet, contemplative space. The central Commons Building incorporates another large oak tree as a natural "dome" above a circular wooden deck. Community rooms surround the deck and open onto it. The subtle curve of the northern building cradles a large, open green space. Three-story chain-link scrims line the western and southern facades, providing sun protection and modulating building scale.