Residential

Communities

Residential

Communities

Designing Better

Residential Communities

Many of our efforts in the fi eld of urban redevelopment have involved the

design of market-rate and affordable housing. We have developed strategies

for the planning and design of housing communities that enhance the quality

of life for urban dwellers, owners and managers.

It is our experience that housing, both public and private, succeeds best when

both the design process and the built outcome match the needs of residents.

Housing should enable a sense of community and participation, be in scale

and character, be integrated into its neighborhood fabric, and provide a sense

of security. Housing should connect to open and green space, amenities that

all people need to have in their lives in order to be fully human, and which also

defi nes a domain of belonging within a larger urban fabric.

Trumbull on the Park is a mixed-use development

project located at one of the major points of entry

into the commercial heart of Connecticut’s capital

city. Facing Bushnell Park, a large city “green”, the

project’s new nine-storey apartment structure

contains 100 rental units in 1,2, and 3 bedroom

confi gurations. Each apartment living room has

a large bay window providing natural light and

views to the park. The ground fl oor retail frontage

reinforces pedestrian street life.

Trumbull on the ParkHartford, Connecticut

Site Plan

Trumbull on the Park (continued)

The project contains an 8-level, 600-space

parking structure screened from view by

the apartment “liner” building. Also part of

the project are three restored 19th and early

20th century buildings, now apartments.

This project lies in the Lewis Street Historic

District, a precinct which preserves some of

the best examples in Hartford of traditional

19th Century residential architecture.

Washington Boulevard

Mixed-Use DevelopmentStamford, Connecticut

This high-end rental loft development in Stamford is

both a gateway to the downtown from the north and a

gateway to a new park from the downtown to the east. The

development contains structured parking in the basement

and fi rst fl oor, a surround of retail and building amenities

along public ways, and 200 residential units.

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Trumbull on the Park (continued)

Conceived as three layers, the building has an animated

quasi-public fi rst fl oor, a stack of units in the middle, and is

topped with loft units and articulated elements which lift the

building and gesture skyward. The massing of the building

transitions between the high-rise central business district

and the planned central park at the Mill River.

The Arts Center District, Audubon CourtNew Haven, Connecticut

Housing as a building type offers a won der ful opportunity to renew the

vernacular of a city torn by urban decay. We have at tempt ed to mend this

fabric through the design and master plan of Audubon Court.

With its gabled brick facades, bays

and porches, this design continued the

domestic urban residential char ac ter

of the existing neighborhood.

Audubon Court encloses a group

of 70 townhouse con do min i ums

and apart ments above ground fl oor

com mer cial space. The court has a

central green, one of the two interior

court yards in the Arts Center District

master plan that rep li cates Yale

University’s nearby quadrangles,

providing both com mu ni ty and

security for urban living.

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Audubon Court (continued)

All townhouse front doors face the

green, a quiet, open space that serves

as an “outdoor living room,” while

street level storefronts accommodate

retail shops open to the public.

Whitney Grove SquareNew Haven, Connecticut

Although its uses are diverse, Whitney Grove is carefully

integrated into the neighborhood streetscape though the design

of its sidewalks, street furniture, fences, hedges, stoops, and

portals. At the south end of the site, facing toward New Haven’s

offi ce precinct, is an eight story offi ce building with retail space

at street level. The project massing gradually steps down in

height, complementing the size and scale of adjacent residential

neighbors.

Thirty-seven townhouses, with

landscaped interior courtyards

behind, continue the layering of

like-uses from public to private

spaces: front doors face front

doors, back doors face back doors,

and backyards face backyards.

Streets are the most important

spaces in cities. When special

attention is given to the layering of

scales and placing of like-uses on

both sides of the street, it makes

for a healthy street. These ideas

infl uenced our design of Whitney

Grove.

Whitney Grove (continued)

Ninth Square DistrictNew Haven, Connecticut

New Haven was one of the fi rst New World set tle ments to begin with a town

plan consisting of a grid of nine blocks, or squares, with the town green at its

center. The Ninth Square, located at the southeast corner of the grid, has a

rich past and a quality of ar chi tec ture that has led to its registry as a National

Historic District. By the late 1980’s, however, it had suc cumbed to urban

blight. A plan for re new al was de vel oped that iden ti fi ed housing as the key to

restoring life to the district.

In the Ninth Square we made new

retail spaces on the ground fl oor and

housing above to inject new life into

its streets. The housing - 335 studio,

one-bedroom and two-bedroom

apartments - is fully occupied, and

retail is supporting downtown New

Haven’s revitalized restaurant and

en ter tain ment district.

Ninth Square District (continued)

In continuation of our successful redevelopment

of New Haven’s downtown Ninth Square

District, pictured here is Newman Architects’

submission for the redevelopment of the

former Coliseum Site in downtown New Haven.

The recently awarded project includes many

but not all of the previous projects program

elements. We proposed a mixed-use project

that includes all the parcels of the development

site bounded by North Frontage Road, State,

George, and Orange Streets, a site that is part

of the Ninth Square precinct.

Mixed-Use Development

Former Coliseum SiteNew Haven, Connecticut

Center Pointe is the adaptive re-use

of two connected historic buildings

in downtown New Haven from

commercial uses into market-rate

studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom

apartments. The renovation retains

the ground fl oor for commercial uses.

The upper levels of the two buildings

will be connected with stairs to resolve

the elevation differences between their

upper fl oors.

Center Pointe of New HavenNew Haven, Connecticut

Newman Architects has designed a

new, multistory mixed-use building

for the Bridgeport Housing Authority,

the leading provider of public

housing in the City; and Southwest

Community Health Center. Southwest

is a federally-qualifi ed community

health center that offers medical,

dental, and behavioral health services

to uninsured and under insured

residents of the Greater Bridgeport

area.

Mixed-Use Housing

and Clinical

Services Building

Southwest Community

Health Center and Bridgeport

Housing AuthorityBridgeport, Connecticut

In Construction

Mixed-Use Village

University of Ontario Institute of

Technology

& Durham CollegeOshawa, Canada

The Mixed-Use Village project for Tribute

Communities will create a center for the

emerging satellite community of Oshawa,

Ontario, part of the Greater Toronto Area’s

expansion outward into former farmland

north of Lake Ontario. The Village site is

well chosen for growing a town center.

It is located at the confl uence of several

new residential communities, a rapidly

growing University of Ontario Institute of

Technology and Durham College.

The Village will create an iconic

‘college town’ in which local

residents, students, and faculty

can enrich each other’s lives. It

will seamlessly integrate vital

retail, residential, commercial,

institutional, and civic facilities into

a vibrant community, optimizing

all forms of connectivity between

new and existing institutions to

maximize social, cultural, and

economic synergies.

Mixed-Use Village (continued)

Mansfi eld Town Center, University of ConnecticutMansfi eld, ConnecticutMansfi eld, Connecticut

This new village has a central green and a pedestrian-oriented

residential neighborhood to its east. The two-acre green faces

Storrs Road and is bordered by the new UCONN School of Fine

Arts on one edge, and three-story buildings containing stores,

offi ces and apartments on the other three sides. The green

will be a central public space, with the University on one side,

sharing the space with civic offi ces, businesses and townspeople.

Emphasizing the University as part of the town, it will be a place

for students, faculty and visitors to congregate off-campus. The

diagonal pedestrian path through the campus will extend through

the green to the neighborhood, to form a continuous ribbon of

connection linking town residents to all parts of the University.

Metro Center IIStamford, Connecticut

This project is a new mixed-use development on

six acres adjacent to the Stamford Intermodal

Transportation Center. Principal program

elements include a commercial offi ce tower of

300,000 sf; 250 units in a mix of market and

affordable rental; and condominium resident

apartment and townhouse buildings; associated

parking and street-level retail uses.

Park Square West DevelopmentStamford, Connecticut

A major component of the master plan for downtown Stamford, Park Square

West Development will provide three new residential towers containing 420

units of market rate housing. The project also contains associated parking

structures and commercial space along a newly formed streets and pedestrian

alleys.

Charter Oak Communities Hope VI and Neighborhood Revitalization ProjectsStamford, Connecticut

For over a decade, Newman Archi-

tects has had an important role in

the planning and design of many

mixed-use and housing initiatives

in the downtown and “West Side”

neighborhood, including over 1,000

of new units of multi-family housing

developed by Charter Oak Commu-

nities. Beginning with the redevelop-

ment of a distressed, 1930’s era pub-

lic housing complex into the critically

acclaimed community of Southwood

Square, our projects have set a new

local standard for effective housing

design and construction. In our multi-

phased redevelopment of Fairfi eld

Court, another HOPE VI public hous-

ing revitalization effort, we took on a

variety of site conditions and build-

ing programs, resulting in an array

of highly regarded and commercially

successful new housing. The Fair-

gate Residences is the fi nal phase of

implementation, and has been cited

by HUD’s Regional Director as the

best model of what can be achieved

through the HOPE VI program.

The revitalization at Southwood Square creates a

new neighborhood to replace a “housing project”

by transforming a deteriorating residential site

into a mixed income neighborhood that integrates

public assisted and market rate housing into one

community. The arrangement of spaces and

streets is intended to create a “center.” The design

incorporates moderate density housing units of

varying architectural character, on a network of new

streets which reconnect to the existing neighborhood

street pattern, while clearly defi ning public and private

spaces in a secure manner. All buildings range in

height from two to four stories, and are designed in a

number of traditional vernacular styles to seamlessly

merge with the existing environs. Family units of 2, 3,

and 4 bedrooms are typically townhouses entered at

grade.

Southwood SquareStamford, Connecticut

Located in the emerging Mill River

corridor district at the western edge of

the CBD, the Post House Apartments

provide 60 1-bedroom units in a 5.5

story supportive services housing

environment. The Mill River corridor

Fairfi eld Court Hope VI

Revitalization

Post House ApartmentsStamford, Connecticut

Phase II

is master planned for housing in 5 and

6-story buildings to allow a substantial

increase in housing adjacent to the

urban core, along a renewed park

system edging the river. This is the

second new building in this precinct.

Fairfi eld Court Hope VI

Revitalization

Taylor Street HousingStamford, Connecticut

Phase I

As in other parts of the West

Side neighborhood, Taylor Street

is composed primarily of closely

spaced multi-family residences in

two and three storey houses on small

lots. Parking is usually provided in

side yards or in detached garages

on the rear of the properties. The

challenge at this site was to design at

a signifi cantly higher density than the

existing neighborhood - specifi cally,

24 units on 3/4 of an acre - while

maintaining connections to the

residential scale and architectural

character of surrounding homes.

Our project accomplishes these

goals in a 3.5 story building that

mixes 16 apartments above 8 family

townhouses.

Fairfi eld Court Hope VI Revitalization

Fairgate ResidencesStamford, Connecticut

The Fairgate Residences is the fi nal phase of a three phase master plan developed by Newman Architects’ to renew

Fairfi eld Court a public housing site in the “West Side” neighborhood of Stamford. Fairgate replaces 144 apartments

of obsolete, substandard public housing, built in the 1930’s, with 90 new townhouse units providing residences for

publicly assisted families and market rate tenants. A 10,000 sf community building for tenant services, daycare, and

meeting rooms and 5,000 sf of new retail space provide a mix of uses integrating the new project into the activities

of the neighborhood.

Fairgate Residences (continued)

Vidal Court RevitalizationStamford, Connecticut - In Construction

We were selected by Charter Oak

Communities to be the master

planner and architect for the

design of 350 new housing units

for low- and moderate-income

working families and for market rate

households in the city of Stamford.

The revitalization of Vidal Court,

an obsolete, state-assisted public

housing complex, will make a crucial

contribution to the transformation of

an entire neighborhood into a stable,

economically balanced community

that will attract economic investment

and nurture family-friendly living.

Palmer Square - Phase II

Westwood - Phase I

Vidal Court Site - Existing Site

Greenfi eld - Phase III

Arnold Hall Residential

and Retail

Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut

The Elm Street Residence Hall

Design/Build project provides 47

new undergraduate beds in suite

arrangements to accommodate the

immediate swing space needs of the

University. The suites are grouped

around traditional common entryway

bathroom stairwells and the building

forms a new courtyard which is

connected to Davenport College.

Located on a small existing parking

lot, the building façade acts as an infi ll

building in the manner of a normative

retail and residential structure.

Headington Hall

University of OklahomaNorman, Oklahoma

Under Construction

Newman Architects has been engaged as Design Architect for a

new 188,000 square feet, 380 bed suite style residence hall at

the University of Oklahoma. Collaborating as Architect of Record

is the fi rm of Studio Architecture of Oklahoma City.

The project forms a key corner of a newly developed campus edge, creating a gateway into the Athletic quadrant of

the University. Working with Jones Lang LaSalle on initial market prototyping and retail benchmarking, the design was

able to balance public and university-owned spaces. The new building will house freshman and sophomore student

athletes and non-athletes in single and double rooming arrangements and will include specialized dining facilities,

fi tness, recreation and retail spaces.

New Village Apartments

and Residential Facilities

Master Plan

Fairfi eld UniversityFairfi eld, Connecticut

Fairfield University’s New Village

Apartments implements part of the

University’s residential master plan to

attract more upper class students to

live on campus with a residence hall

offering low-rise independent-living

apartments in a verdant setting.

The New Village Apartments wraps

the northeast edge of a wooded

campus site to greet pedestrians

coming from the campus to the west

and to form a signifi cant new exterior

green space to its south for the whole

Village campus precinct. The new

dorm adds critical mass to what had

been an undersized residential area,

while preserving sensitive natural

green areas that include a stream to

the east and a stream and wetlands

with a pond to the southwest.

Articulation into plan segments helps break

down the scale of the building both internally

and externally. Playful use of brick colors

unifi es and energizes Village campus buildings,

while further scaling down the New Village

Apartments.

New Village Apartments (continued)

Our Philosophy As architects, we believe that what we make can improve the lives of people.

We want to realize the idea of a better, richer place, made palpable through

the shaping of space, place, form, and climate.

The places we make refl ect our affection for ordinary human interchange and

commerce, and for what lies beneath. People need to belong to something

larger, to make connections with others and the world, and to make order out

of chaos. So the architecture they inhabit needs to represent something larger

than either the individual or the group, yet provide places where they can both

be themselves and recognize the social and cultural structures that surround

them.

Design Process

Team StructureAn open office environment supports our ‘studio’ style organization, with staff grouped into teams supporting principals-

in-charge to address project challenges in a flexible manner - delivering talent where needed, when needed, with

efficiency and effectiveness. We add consultants to the team as each project progresses to provide the right engineering

and specialty expertise for the task.

Consensus BuildingWe listen. We meet regularly with stake-holders to gather essential project information and to assist with decision

making, building the essential consensus to move the project forward to completion. Our communication and coordination

skills achieve success with complex constellations of constituency groups and in demanding regulatory environments.

Building Information Modeling - BIMNewman Architects was an early adopter of 3-D Building Information Modeling to support our design process. We

use BIM for all projects, enhancing our ability to study a variety of project alternatives quickly, to monitor project scope

and cost, to improve coordination and reduce conflicts, and to support enhanced project visualization. With MEPF

systems coordinated in 3-D, our BIM models have reduced contractor bids, construction clashes during construction

and anticipated construction costs.

Integrated DeliveryWe use our leadership in 3-D design to support the construction process. We are participating in the development of

new practices in the delivery of architectural projects, collaborating with construction managers at all phases of design,

bidding, and construction, utilizing BIM as the common platform for communication of intention and realization.

Design VisualizationWe employ a wide range of powerful visualization methods to help our clients and ourselves understand and test design

concepts and alternatives, including: physical and virtual modeling, photo-realistic synthetic imaging and fly-over and

tour-though animation.

Public OutreachWe have developed an extensive repertoire of skills and tools for helping institutions successfully present to the public

and to obtain community acceptance of proposed projects.

Cost and Schedule ControlWe maintain control of cost and schedule through a range of tools and processes. We specify the creative use of testing

and mockups to verify feasibility and constructability; early setting and periodic review of project schedules together

with the use of Microsoft Project scheduling tools; early setting, benchmark testing, and periodic review of budgets;

rigorous and regular risk assessment at each project phase; and BIM systems that export detailed information about

scope to guide estimating and procurement. We have also gathered extensive experience with alternative procurement

and contract-delivery strategies that can speed schedules and reduce cost, including: fast-track documentation, design-

build, early enabling projects, and early-purchasing.

Quality ControlWe employ an arsenal of quality-control techniques, including: a detailed office design and procedures manual; outside

code/regulatory reviews; internal third-party document reviews of our work and that of our consultants at each project

phase to ensure correctness, coordination, and constructability; coordination with project CM’s in developing and

checking documents; and BIM systems that unify project information in single models and greatly reduce opportunities

for conflicts.

“Throughout your career, you have used your talents

to bring beauty and light to many buildings in the public

realm. I—as well as other citizens from New Haven and

beyond—am reminded of your work every time I take the

train from the New Haven Railroad Station or visit the New

Haven Arts Center.”

Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro

State of Connecticut

“I am very closely familiar with a good deal of Newman’s

work, having frequently visited and used--almost inhabited-

-many of the public spaces that he has designed or helped

to build. At Yale Law School and Yale colleges, for example,

where he has done such sensitive and creative renovation,

I have appreciated his ability to retain the best of the past

while adding new features and advantages. At these and

other academic settings, he has demonstrated insight into

the particular human traits and needs likely to be present-

-insight that involves deep and profound recognition of the

interests and activities of those who will use them.”

Richard Blumenthal

United States Senator, State of Connecticut

“The design by Newman Architects has been a resounding

aesthetic and functional success. The result came because

your fi rm went above and beyond the call in listening to

neighbors and other stakeholders and to make sure that

their concerns were both heard and addressed in the

design.”

Michael Morand

Associate V.P. Yale University

for New Haven and State Affairs

“In addition to the knowledge Newman Architects brings

to the table, they are excellent listeners. They are open to

the client and are always willing to listen and to understand

our needs…Newman Architects also added glamour

to the ordinary concept of suites. Our award-winning

building is praised by students, parents and other staff at

the University. It is a functional design yet it manages to

capture the eye and take advantage of the surroundings…

Newman Architects go beyond what we expect from

architects. They have a passion for designing environments

that support the University’s vision and the aspirations of a

housing department.”

Logan Trimble

Director of Operations, Department of Residential Life

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