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Furnished?: Yes [View NW35 location on MIT Campus Map] [Housing Policies & Regulations] Ashdown House is located at 235 Albany Street in the northwest section of campus and is a fifteen-minute walk to the main entrance of MIT. This location, which opened in August, 2008, is next door to Sidney Pacific and across the street from the Warehouse. This complex consists of a series of connected buildings that are three to five stories high and are situated around two courtyards. In addition to the private and public spaces in the buildings, the area surrounding the complex is landscaped with spaces to create "greenscape" along Albany Street. The courtyards create a singular community and serve as private outdoor gardens for the graduate residents. Room TypesAshdown has a mix of apartment and dormitory (suites) style and accommodates 483 single new and continuing graduate men and women. All rooms are for single occupancy only (previously MIT had shared bedrooms in graduate housing). Each assignment will be for a bedroom within an apartment or suite. There are apartments and suites specifically modified to accommodate disabled residents. Apartments and suites are coed (both male and female), but single sex suites (female and male only) are available for students who prefer it. Ashdown House is also the current home of the Phoenix Group. This is a group of 48 male and female undergraduate students that will move to the original location of Ashdown House on Memorial Drive when it reopens after renovations.
Each bedroom has a twin extra long captain's bed and mattress, desk and chair, bookcase, nightstand with drawers, and a wardrobe. The living area in each apartment has a love seat, 2 chairs, 2 end tables, and some barstools. Each apartment kitchen has a refrigerator, stove, and microwave oven. You must provide your own linens, study lamps, and kitchen supplies. Furniture cannot be removed from any room or apartment. Floorplans with square footage information are now available online to people with MIT Certificates on their computer:
Ashdown Highlights: Strong community: Ashdown House has a vibrant community with many social events throughout the year. More than half the residents are international students. Ashdown hosts a weekly Coffee Hour each Thursday evening, which typically has over 100 people in attendance. There are also monthly Sunday brunches, large parties, and various cultural events and outings throughout the year. Ashdown has more than 40 officers who take care of everything from parties to plants. Professor Terry Orlando and his wife Ann are the faculty in residence and provide many opportunities for the residents to get to know each other and are invaluable as sources of advice and counsel to individuals, both personally and academically. Ashown House Government: The Ashdown House Executive Committee (AHEC) is comprised of students who are elected by the residents. AHEC meets weekly to biweekly to discuss issues that are brought up by residents or MIT Administration. AHEC manages the internal room lottery and represents the dorm in meetings with MIT Administration. Participation by new residents is strongly encouraged. New ideas and suggestions for programs are always welcome. A House tax of $5 per month is charged to each resident to support House programs. This charge is determined by the AHEC and billed with your room charge through the Bursar's Office. Both the room charge and the house tax are reflected on your student account statement. Extensive public spaces: Common facilities include four common floor lounges, four common floor kitchens (there are no refirgerators in the floor kitchens), a television lounge, study lounges, a music practice room with piano, and another lounge with a grand piano. The dorm has table tennis, foosball, and a pool table, along with two equipped exercise rooms. There is space for meetings, private parties, and large events. There is also laundry facilities, a pub, two courtyards with barbeque facilities, and a bike room. Ashdown House subscribes to many newspapers and magazines that are available in the lounges. There are public computers for checking email along with both black and white and color printers. Various items, such as movies and sports equipment, are available for checkout by residents from the front desk. Co-ed Units Available: Traditionally all suites and apartments in MIT Graduate Housing are single sex. However, Ashdown House allows co-ed apartments and suites. If you have someone of the opposite sex that you prefer to share an apartment or suite with and you are both assigned to the same unit-type in the Graduate Housing Allocation, you may request to be assigned together. If you do not receive the same unit-type initially, after move-in you may enter any in-house lotteries to try to get a shared apartment, pending availability. Also, any future suitemates might be opposite sex if they are assigned to your suite after an in-house lottery. Single-sex only suites are available upon request. Thirsty Ear pub: the "Institution of the Institute", the Thirsty Ear Pub, is moving to the new Ashdown. A new and improved Thirsty will offer more seating, an improved entertainment venue and a full food menu along with beer and wine service. MIT Shuttle Service: MIT Parking and transportation runs several shuttles that will stop at Ashdown House from early morning until late into the night, seven days a week. Parking: Ashdown residents' on-campus parking spot, if purchased, will be allocated in Sidney-Pacific's parking lot, adjacent to Ashdown House. Please note there is an annual parking fee administered by the Parking Office. Sustainable features: Ashdown House - W1 - Former Location In the summer of 2008 the Ashdown House Community was moved from its 305 Memorial Drive location that it occupied since 1933 (building W1), to its current location on the northwest side of the MIT campus at 235 Albany Street (building NW35). W1 is currently being renovated to house undergraduates in the future. |
