Hellen Diller Anchor House
Residential, Student Housing | Under Construction | 483,943 SqFt | Berkeley, CA | BDE Collaboration
Helen Diller Anchor House student housing project is in Berkeley, located between Oxford Street and University Avenue.
It is a 15-story high rise, type I-A building. The project houses 244 units with 772 beds. It is subject to 11A and 11B residential building codes.
The project consists of 14 floors above 2 basement levels, these include an entry floor with retail, student lobbies and lounges, office space and back of house. 2nd and 3rd floors public spaces include student kitchen and pantry, art studio, dining room, fitness, and a lounge space. These spaces surround a large open terrace and courtyard divided to public and resident use.
Floors 4-14 house the varied student units which include studios, one to three bedrooms as well as study rooms and yoga rooms.
On the 13th floor there is an event space and two terraces for the use of students, faculty and donor events.
There are also two underground basement floors for parking and back of house, and the roof houses a vegetable garden for student use.