We’re presenting at ACUHO-I 2026

Outdoor gathering space for Manning Hall at Clemson University’s Bryan Mall first-year housing complex

Many public universities are sitting on a sizable inventory of aging residence halls — built for an earlier era, increasingly out of step with how students want to live and gather today.

At this year’s ACUHO-I conference in Orlando, Jonathan Ceci Landscape Architects will be presenting a renovation case study alongside colleagues from Clemson University, The Boudreaux Group, and Little Diversified Architectural Consulting. The panel will dig into Bryan Mall, Clemson's first-year housing precinct: three Mid-Century towers, 1,450 beds, originally built in the late 1960s.

The renovation pairs high-value upgrades to interiors, student rooms, and building skins with a full reimagining of the landscape — reorienting all three towers around a shared courtyard and transforming underused ground into spaces students actually want to use: an event lawn, an outdoor living room, recreation areas, and a semi-private veranda for each hall.

It's a great example of how landscape can do as much to modernize a residence hall as the building renovation itself.

Session Details: “Investment in Mid-Century High-Rises: Renovate, Re-Envision, Re-Activate” on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM EDT (Magnolia 10-12)