House renewal in ‘full swing’
When the former Inn at Harvard is fully transformed to accommodate students from Dunster (and, in the future, other Houses undergoing renewal), it will be a home away from the House, with familiar features including a dining hall, lounge, junior and senior common rooms, a seminar room, and music practice spaces. The impending renovation of Dunster House, the first full House to undergo renewal, is set to begin immediately after Commencement and last 15 months. The Dunster community will be relocated during the next academic year to a series of swing facilities, with its hub at the former hotel in Harvard Square. In addition to common spaces that architects and administrators have created for students throughout the one-time inn, double and single student rooms will occupy the upper floors. Each upper floor will also have a large common room. “I really appreciate the way they approached the planning and listened to the students’...