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Architectural
rendering of housing proposed for New Bedford, Massachusetts,
by the 2007 first-place United Front Homes team.
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The four competition sponsors awarded first-, second-, and third-place prizes as well as an honorable mention for the 2007 Affordable Housing Development Competition during the awards ceremony held on April 26, 2007, at the historic Old South Church in Boston.
First Place: $10,000
United Front Homes, New Bedford, MA
Student team: Harvard University: Thomas De Simone, Seetha Raghupathy, Linda Shi, Juliana Silbermins, Andrew Spofford, Hieu Truong, and Angel Williams (Graduate School of Design); MIT: Allan Butler and Stephen Crim.
Developer: Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.
This proposal would rehabilitate an existing 200-unit affordable rental community on 12 acres located within three blocks of downtown New Bedford, Massachusetts in order to preserve affordable housing, improve public safety, and restore the livability of the site. The plan calls for the rehabilitation of 126 units, creation of 30 new elderly apartments, 30 new affordable townhouses, and a community center open to the broader New Bedford community.
Second Place: $6,000
Dudley Crossing, Roxbury, MA
Student team: Harvard University: Lorena Droba (Business School), Stephen F. Gray, Sylvie Nguyen, and Dongwoo Yim (Graduate School of Design); Tufts University: E. Franklin Miller.
Developer: Nuestra Community Development Corporation
This initiative would provide mixed-use, mixed-income housing including 24 new affordable units and 11 market-rate units. This 70-30 percent split of affordable and market-rate units would exceed inclusive zoning requirements in the city, providing enough market-rate units to diversify the neighborhood and allow people to stay in the area when their income increases.
Third Place: $2,500
Shawsheen Corner, Lawrence, MA
Student team: Harvard University: Elizabeth Christoforetti and Soojung Rhee (Graduate School of Design); MIT: Jonathan Cherry, Matthew Chua, Ted Schwartzerg, Hattie Silberberg, Bryant Tan, and Joshua Zade.
Developer: Lawrence CommunityWorks
This residential development would include 21 rental homes and 11 homeownership condominiums and townhouses targeted toward working families in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The proposal provides for passive open space within the setback zone along the adjoining Shawsheen River, and includes plans for a small, informal amphitheatre-like space as well as access to planned walking trails along the river.
Honorable Mention
Arbor Green at Forest Hills, Jamaica Plain, MA
Student team: Harvard University: Derek Chan, Zheng Chang, Jesse Mintz-Roth, and Kelvin Xuna (Graduate School of Design), Peter Clunie, Myron Thomas, and Jason Ward (Kennedy School of Government); MIT: Diana Brubaker.
Developer: Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation
This mixed-use, mixed-income proposal would create 37,000 square feet of retail space, 223 housing units, a connecting roadway, underground parking, community space, a day-care center, and green space. Of the available housing units, 92 would be affordable rental apartments, 92 would be market-rate apartments, and 39 units would offer affordable homeownership lofts, duplexes, and townhouses.
All eight submissions proposed creative responses to a variety of neighborhood challenges such as poverty, rising gentrification, and the difficulty reusing existing properties. The student-developer teams proposed mixed-income and mixed-use housing developments in response to community concerns. The proposals fully considered smart growth and transit-oriented development concerns as well as planned and financed energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable buildings based on LEED criteria.
All of the proposals have helped to advance the knowledge and practice of affordable housing development, giving students professional experience and aiding the developer in responding to community needs.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Kevin P. Martin & Associates, P.C., and the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) congratulate all eight student-developer teams on a job well done!
2007 Judges
Russel Feldman, AIA
Principal
TBA Architects, Inc.
William Fenton
Senior Vice President
Bank of Americal Rhode Island, N.A.
Helen Lemoine
Executive Director
Leadership MetroWest
David Parish
Member Services Representative
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Jennifer Raitt
Chief Housing Planner
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Suzanne Robinson
Green Building Consultant
Green Roundtable, Inc.
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