Dorm Layout
The best way to think of New House is: one building, divided into six physical structures, shared by nine different living groups.
We call each of the six physical structures a "house." See the diagram below.
All six physical houses are connected by the "arcade" on the first floor of the building. In addition, houses 1, 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6 are connected diagonally on the second through fifth floors. It's a bit confusing, but you can figure it out when you come visit us in the fall :).
The rooms in these six physical houses are divided into nine living groups, which, to make things confusing on purpose, are also called "houses" (except for one) As if that's not enough, four of these houses are "numbered" houses.
Numbered Houses (remember, these are living groups):
- New House 2 (all floors of House 2)
- New House 3 (floors 3-5 of House 3)
- New House 4 (floors 3-5 of House 4)
- New House 5 "Desmond" (floors 1-4 of House 5)
Cultural Houses (these are living groups, too):
- iHouse (floors 1-2 of physical House 1)
- Chocolate City (floors 3-5 of House 1)
- French House (floor 5 of Houses 5 and 6)
- German House (floors 2-4 of House 6)
- Spanish House (floors 1-2 of Houses 3 and 4)
Floorplans
1st Floor • 2nd Floor • 3rd Floor • 4th Floor • 5th Floor • 6th Floor
Floorplans are courtesy MIT Facilities.