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ROWAN UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN HOUSING MIXED-USE VILLAGE The proposed residential village at Rowan end of the village center, the concept envisions University responds to its environmental context a large outdoor patio–which can be converted within the campus and leverages its proximity to to a stage for theater events, musical concerts, Rowan Boulevard. The concept plan is organized outdoor movie evenings, and special ceremonies. around a common open space and key amenities Flexible design of the outdoor living room engages that create a central focus and opportunity for specialized organization and groups to connect vibrant indoor and student activity centers, with the student body. encouraging meaningful interaction among Rowan’s students. The entire mixed-use residential complex sets the stage for Rowan traditions and activities Centrally located, the Village Center is the hub that establish the university as a distinctive, of social activities and student life, containing a modern living environment for its students. The large athletic facility, meeting rooms, living rooms, ellipse space is expansive, housing annual events, leasing and management offices, in addition such as homecoming competitions and carnivals, to extra areas for future developments. At the reinforcing the innovative spirit of the institution. Location: Glassboro, New Jersey Size: 1,200-1,400 beds Features: Student housing village, Dining hall, Greens, Outdoor dining, Courtyards| 48
COMPLEXITY
COMPLEXITY OFFERS RICHNESS OF EXPERIENCE—MANY DIVERSE PARTS ADDING UP TO A WHOLE THAT TRANSCENDS THEM ALL.
BREAKING DOWNCAMPUS WALLSHOW A UNIVERSITY BUILDINGPROMOTED ITS EDUCATIONALGOALS AND HEALED AN URBANCOMMUNITYThe traditional viewpoint of many colleges A MODEL PROJECTand universities as being separate from thesurrounding community, both educationally The University Academy Charter High School atand physically, has resulted in the antagonistic New Jersey City University (NJCU) exemplifies therelationship known as “town and gown,” new movement in college and university planning.particularly in urban areas. The separation began The Charter High School reuses an existingas early as the Middle Ages in an era when post- industrial building that had been an important partsecondary education was a privilege of the elite. of the community, once employing many members of the local population, as well as the urban fabricMOVING TOWARD COOPERATION of Jersey City. It had been abandoned for several years before the University decided to give it aWith the demographic democratization of second look.undergraduate and graduate study, institutionsof higher learning are adopting a new model of New Jersey City University has always emphasizededucational integration with their surrounding community-based education. Founded as a teachercommunities. The model suggests sets aside the training institution in 1929, NJCU has focused oncampus planning model based on the traditional developing programs that train its non-traditionalmedieval Oxbridge campus as a walled physical students, often first-generation college studentsentity separated from and distinct in form from from a diverse range of economic and culturalthe community, on which many American campuses backgrounds, to become active members of theare based. In the new planning model, curriculum- community. The NJCU Mission Statement conveysbased changes that promote interaction with its desire:the surrounding community blur the distinctionbetween community and university. New buildings The mission of New Jersey City University is toare located in redeveloped neighborhoods and provide a diverse population with an excellentinclude a mix of university, non-university and university education. The University is committedhybrid uses that serve and enrich the needs of the to the improvement of the educational, intellectual,community and the institution. KSS Architects has cultural, socioeconomic, and physical environmenttaken the lead in developing this planning model in of the surrounding urban region and beyond.concert with its urban-based college and university Jersey City is an aging industrial city just across theclients. Hudson River from Manhattan. In the last 53 |
decade, new residential and office towers have population and a “laboratory” for students of transformed the waterfront opposite New NJCU’s College of Education. Local families and York City, but the revitalization has largely left children, prospective students for the new school, untouched extensive parts of the city remote from were included in the design process from the the waterfront. NJCU is located in the West Side beginning, participating in a series of innovative neighborhood about three miles from the Hudson programming and design workshops to determine River waterfront, an area that has seen only fitful the most effective learning environments for their improvements from the New York metropolitan needs. building boom. The business incubator helps university-related MISSION BASED PLANNING businesses grow while providing jobs for the students at the charter school and other The original planners of the campus followed community members. The black box theater traditional models, assembling a super block serves the needs of the University’s performing the size of several city blocks. The campus has arts programs and provides opportunities for served the university’s needs until recently when local residents to attend plays and musical the size of the student population outstripped performances. While the degree of programmatic the capacities of the existing buildings. Rather overlap in the project may seem overly ambitious, than attempting to expand into the surrounding mixing separate community and university uses residential blocks, the university took the lead in the same building can create very successful in redeveloping a brownfield site several blocks synergies. to the west of the existing campus. The 21-acre site formerly held a variety of industrial uses, EVERYONE BENEFITS including an old commercial laundry building and a mill building for Baldwin Steel, which occupied the With the redevelopment of the existing laundry largest space. building, NJCU has already improved its student life by providing state-of-the-art facilities, greater The redevelopment will convert the site for a security by converting a formerly abandoned mixture of uses, including retail, housing, cultural building, and aided recruiting by ameliorating and educational. Across the street, the University the appearance of the campus context. The Academy Charter High School is the first step refurbishment of the abandoned building has of the NJCU’s West Campus expansion separate improved the quality of life for the surrounding from but in concert with the Baldwin Steel community, provided educational opportunities redevelopment. The West Campus reinforces the for high school students, and created jobs for University’s mission of improving the surrounding local residents. These achievements elevate the urban region by taking compromised industrial University and community in tandem, and the properties and reusing them while providing badly effects will only multiply with the completion of needed space for University functions. the Baldwin Steel parcel redevelopment. GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED When university expansion provides tangible improvements to the community and engages The integration of community and university goals community in the planning process, everyone for the Charter School, and for the West Campus as benefits. Community resistance becomes a whole, began with programming. NJCU consulted community support. The Charter High School and with KSS and other advisers to identify elements West Side Campus are models of this approach and that would meld town and gown needs. For provide a new, positive meaning behind the phrase example, the old laundry building would include the “town and gown.” charter school, a business incubator for university- related businesses, and a black box theater. The charter high school provides educational opportunities for the local at-risk student| 54
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY HONORS LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITY Some see it as a parking lot. Rutgers University - the lower scale nature of the street the entry has Newark sees it as a plot of asphalt brimming with been pulled back, providing a public quadrangle for the potential to positively affect the University, the student and community utilization. city, the world – and the lives of the 500 students who will have earned the opportunity to live and Along Halsey and Washington Street, the building learn there. The RU-N Honors Living – Learning reinforces the active street wall desired in the living Community reinforces the University’s position as downtown plan by locating ground floor spaces such an integral component of the City of Newark, and as dining, bookstore, university daycare and other seeks to further serve its citizens by creating a living community-based retail directly below residences. and learning environment specifically designed to This approach responds to the Living Downtown support a diverse, yet select group of students. Plan to create a denser, more walkable city. To underpin RU-N’s strategic vision as rooted in the The parking accommodations are located along the cohort model, the design of the new building will least public façade of Linden Street, but rather than provide many avenues for student support. From create a hard uninviting edge, the building reaches residences and community building areas to state- out to the community via a set back ground floor. of-the-art learning environments, administration A grand staircase provides access to a rooftop facilities, dining and retail, the HLLC will become, recreation area and serves as a gathering space for architecturally, a partner in student success. casual conversation and impromptu amphitheater space for community musicians. The corner of The conceptual approach provides the appropriate Linden and University will be transformed from a massing to address various faces of the site. back-of-house parking lot to an inviting connection The building works to respond and reinforce the back to the campus, and respond to the future university’s connective corridor along New Street by student services building to be located across locating its main entrance along this façade. Due to University Avenue.| 56
NEW STREET New Quad WASHINGTON STREET Dining Child Care/ Kitchen Community Retail Service Access Service AccessD HALSEY STREET Servery Green Roof Recreation WASHINGTON STREET LINDEN STREET E B A LINDEN STREET HALSEY STREET CBUILDING KEY KSS ARCHITECTS HONORS LIVING-LENAEWRNSTIRNEEGT COMMUNITY GROUND FLOOR PL Project No.502,296204G4SF| 07/23/15Building A floor 6] DRA- FFlloooorrs1:2-D6a:yRCeasirdekenstsiaal rchitec[8t,s73.0coflomors 1-5/7,310- Rutgers UniverBuilding B 59,040 GSF [9,840 per floor]- Floor 1: Lobby/Community Space/Honors Classrooms- Floors 2-6: ResidentialBuilding C 2,400 GSF - Floor 1: College HallBuilding D 106,410 GSF - Floor 1: Dining [14,430 floor 1/15,330 floors 2-7] - Floors 2-7: ResidentialBuilding E 66,080 GSF [16,520 per floor] D - Floors 1-4: Parking Deck 196 parking spaces - Green Roof Recreation LINDEN STREET KSS ARCHITECTS E HONORS LIVING-LEARNING COMM Project No. 22244 | 07/23/15 B WASHINGTON STREET Rutgers U kssarchitects.com A CBUILDING KEY HALSEY STREET NEW STREETBuilding A 50,960 GSF - Floor 1: Day Care [8,730 floors 1-5/7,310 floor 6] - Floors 2-6: ResidentialBuilding B 59,040 GSF [9,840 per floor] - Floor 1: Lobby/Community Space/Honors Classrooms - Floors 2-6: ResidentialBuilding C 2,400 GSF - Floor 1: College HallBuilding D 106,410 GSF - Floor 1: Dining [14,430 floor 1/15,330 floors 2-7] - Floors 2-7: ResidentialBuilding E 66,080 GSF [16,520 per floor] - Floors 1-4: Parking Deck 196 parking spaces - Green Roof Recreation KSS ARCHITECTS HONORS LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITY Rutg5er7s U|niDveRrAsiFtTy Project No. 22244 | 07/23/15 kssarchitects.com
NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY WEST CAMPUS STUDENT RESIDENCE The first of many new buildings to position the • To maintain affordable price points for students West Campus as an ideal place to live, work, learn, and families and visit, the proposed residence hall honors the • To meet and exceed NJCU objectives on this pivotal campus project Featuring a number of student-based social and academic amenities, the project fosters a surrounding city’s rich architectural heritage while offering a fulfilling living-learning sanctuary. A keyw Jersey City Universitycomponent to an engaging university urban village, the project team developed the following goals for community both visually stunning and functional asw West Campus Student Residence Hallthe new West Campus Student Residence Hall: • To develop a vibrant student community that the nexus for West Campus residents. Storefront spaces house student life programs, forming a serves both as an attraction and retention transparent window edge–with program elements tool, bolstering future enrollment goals for the like lounges, cafes, fitness centers, study areas, and shared kitchens to connect students. Beyond growing institution • To provide modern accommodations with added its role as an amazing new locale for dwelling, the envisioned residence hall offers a re-imagined, privacy and security, along with state-of-the- fulfilling on-campus living experience. art student amenities Location: Jersey City, New Jersey 1/20/14 6:42 PM Features: Student housing, Outdoor amenities, Study rooms, Kitchens, Cafes, Laundry rooms, Internet cafe, Fitness Centers, ‘Storefront’ residence life programs| 58
Level 2 View of NCoJmCmuUnitWy Speascets Campus A focus on community gathering spaces Level 2 features fitness spaces, modern game rooms, lounges for socializing andLeave Behind Separate Pages.indd 15 programming, and study nooks. FITNESS AND GAME ROOMS Fitness spaces feature modern workout equipment including treadmills, climbing and cycling machines, weight machines and free weights.Game rooms serve as a gathering area for socializing and are equipped with recreational activities that may include pool table, air hockey, foosball, gaming tables and arcade games. 1/20/14 6 Level 2
WELLNESS
WELLNESS IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE VAST SPAN OF OURNEEDS—FROM AIR, WATER, AND FOOD TO ESTEEM, BELONGING, AND SELF- ACTUALIZATION.
WHERE NATUREAND NURTURE GOHAND IN HANDCASE STUDY: GOTTESMANRTW ACADEMYGottesman RTW Academy (GRTWA) was foundedin 1967 and serves approximately 225 children fromearly childhood education through eighth grade. Toachieve the school’s mission of academic excellenceand nurturing students in an environment infusedwith the thoughtfulness & richness of Jewish life,KSS designed the new 48,000 sf educational facilitywith emphasis on connectivity with the environment,sustainability, community, Jewish culture, andflexibility in dynamic learning environments.Emerging from the highest point on the hill top, thenew school rises from the glacier-formed bedrockbelow. The exterior concrete alludes to the stonewalls of Jerusalem, while vertical wooden slatsfilter light through the common space, echoing thesurrounding landscape of mature trees - carefullypreserved during construction. 60-75% of energyconsumed by GRTWA is provided by a rooftop solarphotovoltaic system and tracked by a display near thescience center. A kosher kitchen provides consciouseating programs and onsite opportunities forreligious and religious programs. A vegetable gardenharmonizes farm-to-table practice and ceremonialJudaic herbs, embodying GRTWA’s gracefulcombination of spiritual and educational growth. 63 |
EDUCATIONALLY INNOVATIVE At the heart of this project is an intimate understanding of how Gottesman RTW Academy infuses learning, nature, and community with the Jewish faith: • Cream-colored cement panels clad the exterior in an aesthetic that emulates Israel’s Western Wall—the school has even the same number of courses as the Western Wall does at its highest point. The color of the façade was matched to on-site rock outcroppings. • Included in the exterior facade of the gym is a stone that emulates the Western Stone, the monolithic mass that is the largest stone in the Western Wall. Historically one of the largest building blocks in the world, the Western Stone is one of the heaviest objects ever lifted by people without powered machinery—evoking it at the base of the gymnasium wall is a nod to both perspiration and inspiration. • Twelve small and humble square punch windows are scattered throughout the project, reflecting the twelve tribes of Israel.| 64
LEARNING A PLACE WHERE NATURE AND NURTURE GO HAND-IN-HAND INVESTIGATE EXPERIMENT COLLABORATE Nature transcends boundaries in the form of Gottesman’s approach to ACTIVIT Y NUT food for meals and food for thought. The Judaic concept of “tikkun olam”, RITION repairing the world, is expressed in the project’s approach to the methods FAITH in which students learn about the natural cycle from planting, to harvest, to VEG. GARDEN ENVIROMENTAL KITCHEN cooking and composting. COMPOST DINING SCIENCE • The farm-to-table experience begins with an aromatic garden for growing SUSTAINABILITY vegetables and traditional ceremonial herbs. An outdoor classroom in its own right, the garden area is where the seeds of intentional and thoughtful HEALTH learning about the cultural relationship to both land and food is cultivated. LEARNING NUTRITION ACTIVITY • Two kitchens, to maintain kosher processes, serve as a central gathering location in the building, in essence the “hearth and home”. • Near the kitchens and garden is a compost area where students can participate in the process of breaking down organic matter into humus that can be remixed into the garden soil.| 66
“Gottesman Academy has been the thread that binds my family’s moral fiber.” - Parent at Gottesman
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY Thomas Jefferson University is blazing its path to KSS, melding input from the Jefferson IS&T team the future by creating a dedicated and customized and Epic Consultancy, came decision-ready to each space for its new Electronic Health Records Team— meeting, identifying efficiencies and streamlining yet to be hired, but already setting the tone for processes. The resulting designs and specifications the University’s technological advancement via are astute yet agile—a combination of multi- innovation and functionality, collaboration and disciplinary, open team areas and quiet, more creativity. The 10,000 sf space in Philadelphia is personal spaces. A fluid, open floor plan that also designed to accommodate multiple user groups and affords privacy. Specific program elements include a accomplish many operational goals at once. Above all variety of conference and training rooms as well as else, it must attract and retain the right personnel to huddle pods, hotel stations, a genius bar and café. staff the department—becoming a workplace of both Broad brush strokes paint a flexible, expressive work comfort and inspiration. Driving the project ahead? space, awash in natural light, generating a tangible The ambitious seven-month time frame. sense of modern thought and deed to complement the department’s historic surroundings. Location: Philadelphia, PA Size: 10,000 sf consolidation and expansion Features: Administrative offices, Open work stations, Executive office suites, Collaborative spaces| 68
KIPP NEW JERSEY NEWARK COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, LITTLETON AVE. Newark Collegiate Academy is a thriving KIPP and library—each available for use by the local New Jersey High School, bursting at its seams community. An existing field will be upgraded with with a population of 540 students. To better playing turf, preserving a sense of open space. accommodate this wealth of learners, KSS is working to build a new, larger Academy which will To engage the street, the building is set on a glass phase growth to accommodate the 1,000 high base. The translucent-paneled gym emanates light school students who will progress through the to saturate the area at night. During the day, an charter network in the coming years. expanse of windows along the café affords exterior views while students enjoy high-top café seating The new Academy is situated within the Littleton indoors. The building’s upper floors are bent to Avenue Redevelopment Area and is intended to break down the building’s scale. With energy provide community space for the neighborhood as recovery units on the roof and handsome street well as the school. In addition to academic rooms, and landscaping below, the new school will work the 4-story building includes a gymnasium, café, hard to be just as smart and savvy as its students. Location: Newark, New Jersey Size: 120,000 sf Features: Library, Gymnasium, Cafeteria, Performing arts room, Classrooms, Art and Science labs, Administrative offices| 70
“With this new facility, KIPP New Jersey continues to invest in the community as well as in the education of future generations of leaders. This facility drastically enhances the quality of services we can provide at KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy in order to equip our kids to change the world.” — RYAN HILL, FOUNDER AND CEO OF KIPP NJ
AUBER RESOURCES HILLANDALE LIVING KSS is working with a prominent New Jersey Amenities in the master plan include a pool, developer on a master plan to renovate and tennis courts, topiary gardens, walking paths, and retrofit an existing academy campus into a senior putting greens. A large portion of the site work will residential community. The former Morris County reinforce pedestrian connections between existing school, situated on a hilltop, boasts over 150,000 structures while collecting the existing parking into square feet of historical masonry construction, larger clusters. This new parking will be set into some of which dates back to early 20th century. the hillside as to effectively conceal this additional built space and maintain the existing tranquil This project will implement up to 60 age-restricted atmosphere in and around the campus. condominiums within the existing structures while taking full advantage of the site’s striking geography The resulting master plan represents a and extreme topography. The oldest portion of thoughtful, astute, architectural marriage the structure, a central hall, will be dedicated of historic renovation and preservation with to common space and capitalize on its former modern-day necessities and accoutrements. residential scale to provide comfortable, relaxed areas to be utilized and enjoyed by small groups. Location: Morris County, New Jersey Size: 150,000 sf Program: Age-restricted condominiums Features: Pool, Tennis courts, Topiary gardens, Walking paths, and Putting greens| 72
STEWARDSHIP
THROUGH STEWARDSHIP, WE CELEBRATE EVERYENTITY'S INHERENT DIGNITY & PURPOSE, VALUING PEOPLE, PLACE & PLANET FOR WHAT THEY COULD BE, AND FOR WHAT THEY ARE.
BANCROFT NEUROHEALTH NEW CAMPUS KSS is planning and designing the entire new developmental disabilities. To progress with its Bancroft Campus, including community centers, innovative continuum of care and to unlock each vocational, residential, and recreational areas person’s full potential for lifelong learning and designed to meet the needs of the growing fulfillment, Bancroft is relocating programs on their population of individuals with neurohealth issues. 16 acre Haddonfield campus to a new 30 acre campus. Collaborating closely with multiple stakeholders, estimators, and consultants, KSS has navigated With a focus on life skills and job training, the new through complex issues ranging from detailed campus will provide state-of-the-art facilities for costs of storm-resistant windows to responding to the School, Lindens, and Transitional Housing in financial limitations requiring the re-assessment of 178,000 square feet of space. KSS is partnering space programming in large buildings. with Bancroft to bring insight and expertise to the architecture that will shape the campus as a multi- MISSION faceted learning and support tool—engaging and empowering the students, while championing their “One world. For everyone.” For nearly 130 years, families and assisting the staff in reaching each Bancroft has been a leader in breaking down child’s goal of becoming their best and highest selves. boundaries for individuals with neurological challenges, autism, and intellectual and| 76
THE SITE an environment where participants can access necessary services in a safe, comfortable setting.The Bancroft Pediatric Campus will be located on Like a successful village, the new campus will90 acres of greenfields, with convenient access to maximize opportunities for exchange and interactionthe transportation networks. The location offers with families, volunteers and seniors, other schools,vocational opportunities within the nearby office universities, and businesses.park and adjacent retail, and is surrounded on manysides by forested land, farm fields, streams, and a THE CONCEPTpond. This new campus will provide state-of-the-artfacilities, with buildings organized around a series of The design of the new campus is predicated onoutdoor rooms which will serve a variety of scales Bancroft’s holistic concept of creating, for eachand purposes, linked by views and pathways. Key student, a balance between comfort and personalto the success of the campus is the introduction growth, and thoughtfully nurturing each child’sof a commons building that creates synergies transitions in a nature-based, sensory-rich setting.between the education and housing programs and As the new campus navigation system intentionallyprovides nodes of interaction with the surrounding transitions from private residences to public areas, acommunity. Caring for the students’ well-being is secondary transition is cued: that from comfort zoneparamount, and the planned on-site clinic offers to growth zone, from home-life assurance toLocation: New JerseySize: 178,000 sf; 90 acresFeatures: Clinic, Medical/Dental Center, Classrooms, Housing, Pool, Early education and intervention, Elementary school, High school, Commons, Sensory space/therapy rooms, Food Service, Gym/motor rooms, Wawa, Welcome center, Lindens Crisis Housing, Transitional step-down housing 77 |
LINDENS HOUSING QUAD BEHAVIORAL CLINICTRANSITIONAL LIVING VOCATIONAL VILLAGE LIFE SKILLS & TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM MEDICAL & DENTAL CLINIC TRAINING CENTER ELEMENTARY & HIGH SCHOOL| 78
JOB TRAINING life-skill learning. Nature, a proven collaborator in learning, eases transition and promotes balance by maintaining a constant presence. Sensory learning opportunities, both indoors and out, abound. Transitional architecture, in lock-step with nature, creates a supportive and innovative framework promoting student, teacher, caregiver, and family success. UNIVERSAL ARCHITECTURE The Plan: The master plan and the buildings of the Bancroft Campus work together to create a series of filters: those to draw in and lead the public through the more open areas, and those meant to guide the students through their more intimate daily lives on campus. For visitors, the promenade of the entry drive leads to the broad sweep of welcoming porticos along the main green. The Commons Building, approachable and generous, invites guests to the shared spaces for art, music, and fitness. Links to the school and the Vocational Village become apparent, while exterior views acknowledge Transitional Housing and The Lindens tucked into the distance. For residential students, days begin and end in the close comfort of their homes grouped along the green. Walking paths to the Commons Building, for school, activities, and friends, become open and accessible, visually cuing readiness for learning and working. Beyond the classrooms and activity rooms, public space expands to encourage engagement with friends, family, and guests. Sessions and days end with the return to the comfortable and familiar. For the kids at Bancroft, each day’s journey builds knowledge and trust—key ingredients for growth. The Program: Programming plays a significant role in supporting transitions at Bancroft. For those at The Lindens, the most intensive unit, program elements include a smaller group of more secluded homes in a natural setting with a semi-private garden for family time, and multiple individual playground gardens for intensive one on one sessions. The Transitional Housing area groups homes along the pond with uninterrupted views to the Commons Building, the Vocational Village and the School—providing a clear, visual connection to community. 79 |
The Commons Building draws community together— the Bancroft campus supports the idea of transition. from the more sheltered wings of the school, to the From East to West, from public areas to private— mock set-ups of the Vocational Village—program through the semipublic park, to The Commons elements here visualize progression; witnessing which welcomes the greater Bancroft public, to the challenges, celebrating successes. The programming most private area reserved for housing, the campus of the Commons provides innumerable nodes of itself is a transitional tool, visually setting tone and interaction, capitalizing on every opportunity for expectation. For students’ families, the campus students to engage: a shared meal, a greeting in a transition conveys an awareness of mission, earns corridor, a cacophony of musical instruments—tuned trust and fosters a sense of greater community. in, for moments in time, at Bancroft. The Classrooms: Considerations in the conceptual Nature Shapes Master Plan: The school and residential design for learning environments include wider administration building are placed around the new corridors, larger classrooms, and flexible physical entry drive and pond, the school and the housing are structures and atmospheric climates to respond to organized around the main green, the school wings changing needs of teachers and students. Classrooms are positioned to protect the elementary playground, account for the importance of fine and gross motor and the Lindens are grouped as a serene discreet skill development, requiring increased storage to quadrangle. The Lindens also include a semipublic accommodate practical objects; water becomes a area, designed as a family garden, to provide private critical element, used for hygiene, clean-up, food opportunities for families and their children to spend preparation, and restrooms. Light, pattern, color, time together. Playgrounds are organized into sound, and haptic factors are considered throughout intimate rooms for individualized equipment. programming and design. Control over and limitation of sensory overload – aural, visual, haptic – isThe programming of the Commons provides interwoven into each room.innumerable nodes of interaction, capitalizingon every opportunity for students to engage: Decentralized Indoor Learning: Beyond the morea shared meal, a greeting in a corridor, a formal classrooms, the indoor programing offerscacophony of musical instruments—tuned in, art and music therapy rooms, where doors openfor moments in time, at Bancroft. to outdoor space for experiencing and creating art and music in a garden setting. An indoor pool NURTURING TRANSITIONS FOR GROWTH AND accommodates aquatic physical therapy and water- SUCCESS play, while a wellness area includes a gymnasium and fitness center to promote the importance of daily The Bancroft campus is wholly designed with a exercise and healthy lifestyle routines. Gross motor- Community Center as its centerpiece. Known as skill facilities and indoor playrooms are also available. The Commons, the center is a 24/7 facility including the Vocational Village, the Conference and Training OUR BEST AND HIGHEST SELVES Center, and spaces for fitness, arts and music. It is a shared resource among students, residents, families, The Bancroft Pediatric Campus is at once a serene staff, and public—and a highly collaborative, greatly backdrop and strategic tool to engage and elevate used area. Additionally, The Commons houses a clinic each child to his or her best and highest self. The and medical center providing both in and outpatient design of the campus creates a fine balance and services, caring for students’ health and well-being. transition between providing students with a safe and nurturing environment, while presenting mock In its entirety, the physical layout and navigation of and real life opportunities to encourage growth and evolution. Infused with nature. Inimitable nurturing. Bancroft. When architecture planning and design supports mission—when it enables teachers, empowers students and enlightens families—it has reached its highest purpose, its best self.| 80
CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE GRADUATE AND FACULTY HOUSING To keep pace with its expanding research and living sustainability and respecting the indigenous education program, Cape Eleuthera Institute environment. Sited around an existing mangrove, needed to create new housing options for long- the new building needs to be self-sufficient due term researchers and full-time faculty. The new to its remote location. With a cistern, gray water housing facility creates a vibrant living learning collection and recycling, photovoltaic panels, and environment where faculty, researchers, and the solar thermal collection for hot water, the building Institute community at large can gather, socialize, seeks to be completely independent of the grid and interact. Framing the edge of a quad at the and is a net exporter of electricity. It is designed to entrance to campus, the new building welcomes achieve Living Building and LEED Gold certifications. residents and truly encapsulates the Institute’s environmental mission. The design team includes, Daniel Rew, AIA, Princeton Porter, AIA, Harrison-Hamnett, P.C., and The facility’s design is sympathetic to the The Rock Group Consulting Group. vernacular of the Bahamas to support the idea of Location: Cape Elethera, Bahamas Program: Residence Hall, Open Kitchen/Dining, Library, Meeting Space, Apartment Size: 15,000 sf| 82
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY POMONA COMMUNITY OF LEARNING KSS Architects teamed up with American Campus each house four bedroom/two bathroom apartment- Communities to develop a dynamic and engaging style units. In keeping with the architecture of community concept for Stockton College. In Stockton’s Campus Center its natural environment, keeping with the College’s Master Plan and the low-rise residential buildings are designed with outlook for future growth, the plan focuses on entry porches, cast stone features and siding with environmental responsibility and an academic the appearance of wood grain. Building entrances response to development. Organized into three and public spaces have large areas of glass to zones, the plan includes athletic fields and sports provide transparency of community activities within venues in its outer and most public zone; well- and views to nature. Low-rise housing is paired integrated parking that meshes with the landscape with a residential tower, featuring a community and ecosystem in the center zone; and residential center and offices on the ground floor and student buildings and the Community of Learning in the residences on floors two through 12. A windowed innermost private zone. multipurpose room offers sweeping views of the Pinelands on the top floor. Overall, the plan is sited The plan includes six low-rise residential buildings with sensitivity to the existing forest and preserved with each three-story building featuring a walk-up ecosystem of the Pinelands, as well as connection to design with eight units on each floor. The buildings the surrounding community. Location: Pomona, New Jersey Program: A vibrant living-learning community Size: 226,639 sf; 752 beds Features: Residential tower, Low-rise apartment-style housing, Fitness center, Business center, Study rooms, Mail center, Social lounge, Gaming lounge, Outdoor patio, Reception and lobby, Offices, Multi-purpose room, Storage areas, Field house, Outdoor concessions| 84
WHO WE ARE
WE BELIEVE THAT DESIGN CAN CREATEMEANINGFUL AND LASTINGCHANGE FOR OUR CLIENTS, OUR SOCIETY, AND OUR WORLD.
MEANINGFUL + LASTING CHANGE
KSS ARCHITECTS FIRM HISTORY EXPERTS KSS Architects is a full-service architecture, AT BUILDING BONDS BETWEEN planning, and interior design firm in Princeton, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PEOPLE, PROJECT, CLIENT, Since our founding in Princeton in 1983, KSS AND COMMUNITY Architects has matured, growing in size, abilities, and ambitions. KSS today has a staff of near RELATIONSHIPS that are lasting 60 talented and dedicated design professionals passionate about creating built environments that We believe that deep human relationships are the stimulate commerce, learning, and community. heart of all great architecture. We value building those relationships as much as the building ofWE THINK LIKE OWNERS GUIDANCE through the process stone and steel. We are experts at building bonds between people and project, client and community.STEWARDING ALL Our clients are leaders in the fields of business, Our firm creates design solutions that facilitate RESOURCES industry, education, development, cultural and and celebrate these interwoven relationships, social impact. They call us their trusted advisor creating rich and rewarding communities. because we have honed a process of ideation, built upon intensive listening, deep research, and DESIGN that inspires collaborative imagining. We think like owners, stewarding all the resources of the project to the Architecture, when steeped in expertise greatest return. We have earned the trust of our and insight, can affect meaningful change— clients to lead them through challenges, manage transforming the heart of the matter beyond the process, and exceed their goals with design metal and mortar, into empowerment, creativity, that inspires and execution that delivers. knowledge and achievement. Thoughtful detail embedded in a structure cultivates change - INNOVATION in the intersections meaningful and lasting change. We consistently use creativity to turn opportunity into reality. We are relentless and fearless in our reimagining of what places can be, creating meaningful innovation that realizes many goals at once. Although we face a world more complex than ever before, our inquisitive minds and deep expertise provide the unique ability to solveRELENTLESS IN REIMAGINING challenges with elegant, effective solutions that goWHAT PLACES CAN BE beyond single paradigm design. 89 |
PROFESSIONAL MERITS MERILEE MEACOCK AIA, PP, LEED APLeading Woman Intrapreneur of New Jersey Finalist, 2016. KSS ARCHITECTS | PARTNER“Gottesman RTW Academy Tour,“ AIA NJ State Convention, Merilee is a design leader in the education community. She has assisted large 2015. and small organizations find new building sites, made recommendations for“Community Revitalization: The Restorative Properties of planning new campuses, and designed improvements to make current buildings more functional and dynamic. An excellent communicator, she often organizes Schools,” Planning for Higher Education Journal. Vol. 43 and leads a team approach to the design and construction of buildings and Num. 4, July-September 2015. campuses. Her broad-minded yet pragmatic ideas pave the way to handle“Across the Generations: Addressing the Elephants Still challenges related to the planning, design, and construction of many project in the Room,” Panelist: Groundbreaking Women in types adeptly. She helps clients realize their highest potential by creating a Construction, 2015. legacy of places that is inspirational, comfortable and functional for all.AIA-New Jersey, Architect of the Year, 2014.NJBIZ 50 Best Women in Business, Honoree, 2012. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE“Bringing Education into the Mix.” School Construction News. 2010. Bancroft, New Campus“Transforming Lives and Communities: Successful Planning Build with Purpose, Golden Door Charter School; Obama Green Charter School Strategies for Starting a Charter School.” National Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund, KIPP Philadelphia, KIPP Alliance for Public Charter Schools conference. 2009.“The Good Neighbor: Looking to Mission-Based Initiatives to Philadelphia Elementary Academy, Addition and Renovation Develop Programs for the Future.” SCUP Mid Atlantic. 2008. Civic Builders, Hyde Leadership Charter High School“How Design Works for You.” http://howdesignworks.aia. Cranbury K-8 School, Gymnasium, Classrooms and Entry, Addition and Renovation org/casestudy-school.asp. Eden Autism Services, Eden Institute, Special Needs SchoolYoung Architect of the Year, AIA New Jersey, 2003 Gottesman RTW Academy, Addition and RenovationsArchitectural Consultant, LEED for Schools; National Inquiry School, Master Plan and Renovation; Science Classroom Committee, U.S. Green Building Council Kean University, Human Rights Institute, AdditionPrinceton Future KIPP Philadelphia, Fitzsimons Test Fit; Stanton Renovations; WestmorelandChair, Zoning Board, Cranbury Township Mid-Atlantic Preservation Services, Office Building New Jersey City University, University Academy Charter High School; West | 90 Campus Master Plan; West Side Theatre, Renovation New Jersey Schools Development Authority, Barnegat Board of Education, Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary School, West State Street Office Pennington Borough, Municipal Building and Public Library Princeton University Press, Addition, Renovation, and Feasibility Study P.S. 55, Jonathan Rose Green Bronx Machine RBH Group, Makers Village & AeroFarms RBH Group, Teachers Village, Chen School; Discovery Charter School; Great Oaks Charter School; TEAM Charter Schools; SPARK Academy Rutgers University, 15 Washington Arts Space; Hahne & Co. Building Adaptive Re-use ; Biomedical Engineering Building, Information Science & Technology Building, Master Plan, Center for Adult Autism Services TEAM Charter Schools, Newark Collegiate Academy; Littleton The Calais School, Addition and Renovation The Harmony Schools, Daycare Center The Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School, Renovation & Addition Uncommon Schools, 15th Avenue; 310 Sherman Avenue; 377 Washington; Haddon Avenue K-8; Mt. Ephraim; North Star Academy Charter School, Addition and Renovation United States Coast Guard, Building 140 Renovation on Governors Island Widener Partnership, Charter School EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture & Bachelor of Science, The Pennsylvania State University
PROFESSIONAL MERITS MATTHEW H. MCCHESNEY AIA, LEED APChair of the Lawrenceville Main Street Organization KSS ARCHITECTS | PARTNER Clients know Matt for his ability to listen to their needs, understand their values, and create spaces where they can maximize their potential. As he leads projects from design to construction, he strives to balance the client’s objectives with the demands of budgets, site restrictions, and scheduling. Matt is a powerful force in the K-12 community—he is a trusted advisor to many, helping to build community and facilitate education pedagogy, thereby empowering students to succeed and neighborhoods to flourish. With all projects, he strives to integrate both simple and complex systems that minimize architecture’s impact on the environment and help preserve resources for future generations. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Bancroft, New Campus Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund, University Heights Civic Builders, Hyde Leadership Charter High School Cranbury K-8 School, Gymnasium, Classrooms and Entry, Addition and Renovation Denville Township, Town Hall Fairfield Township, Public Safety Building Gottesman RTW Academy, New K-8 School Inquiry School, Master Plan and Renovation; Science Classroom Kean University, Center for Academic Success, Academic Building Kean University, Eugene and Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Renovation New Jersey Schools Development Authority and Barnegat Board of Education, Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary School New Jersey Schools Development Authority and Vineland Board of Education, Vineland Middle School #2 Princeton University, Lewis Center for the Arts, Dance and Visual Arts Departments, Addition and Renovation Princeton University, West College Admissions Department, Renovation RBH Group, AeroFarms RBH Group, Teachers Village, Chen School RBH Group, Teachers Village, Discovery Charter School RBH Group, Teachers Village, Great Oaks Charter School RBH Group, Teachers Village, TEAM Charter Schools, SPARK Academy Rutgers University, 15 Washington Arts Space Rutgers University, Biomedical Engineering Building Rutgers University, Hahne & Co. Building Adaptive Reuse Rutgers University, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Collection Addition TEAM Charter Schools, Newark Collegiate Academy The College of New Jersey, School of Arts and Sciences, Master Plan The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Campus Center Uncommon Schools, North Star Academy Charter School, Addition and Renovation EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse University 91 |
MAYVA DONNON AIA, LEED AP KSS ARCHITECTS | PRINCIPALPROFESSIONAL MERITS Mayva has experience on projects from large-scale institutional master plan work to detailed design documentation. A leader in integrating buildingGuest Juror, University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Architecture information modeling (BIM) into daily practice, Mayva coordinated theGuest Juror, Philadelphia University, Dept. of Architecture implementation of BIM technology on one of the office’s largest projects, aSouth Street West Civic Association, Board Member new campus center for Lawrence University.Moderator “Elevating Minds by Expanding the Classroom Mayva was drawn to architecture because it presents opportunities to tackle and Engaging the Community”, SCUP Mid-Atlantic 2014 a range of challenges that demand practical and creative solutions. Her love for the design process and the rigors of architectural practice make her adept| 92 at balancing the technical aspects with the human side of design. She thrives in problem solving, carefully translating the needs and desires of clients into thoughtful architecture. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Bancroft, New Campus Beeber School, The Inquiry School at Beeber Campbells Soup Company, Day Care Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund, KIPP Philadelphia, KIPP Philadelphia Westmoreland Academy, Addition and Renovation Civic Builders, Hyde Leadership Charter High School Drew University, Land Use Master Plan First Round Capital, Offices and Technology Incubator Space, Interior Renovation Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Scandling Campus Center, Add. and Renovation Kean University, Institute for Human Rights, Addition KIPP Philadelphia, Fitzsimons Test Fit KIPP Philadelphia, Stanton Renovations KIPP Philadelphia, Westmoreland Academy, Addition and Renovation Lawrence University, Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center The Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School, Renovation and Addition RBH Group, Teachers Village, Discovery Charter School RBH Group, Teachers Village, TEAM Charter Schools, SPARK Academy The Community School, Alterations Uncommon Schools 15th Avenue School Uncommon Schools, Haddon Ave. School Addition and Renovation Uncommon Schools, Mt. Ephraim School Addition and Renovation Uncommon Schools, North Star Academy Charter School, Addition and Renovation Widener Partnership Charter School, Widener University EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Cum Laude, University of California, Berkeley Regents & Chancellor’s Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania Arthur Spayd Brooke Bronze Medal, Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, for excellence in Architectural Design E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania Lewis Davis Merit Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania
JASON CHMURA AIA, LEED AP BD+C KSS ARCHITECTS | ASSOCIATEPROFESSIONAL MERITS Jason brings a wide spectrum of experience to all projects. Having a background in engineering and construction, Jason is able to work collaborativelyCurbed’s 2015 Class of Groundbreakers with consultants and contractors to find the right design solutions in allAIA New Jersey, Trustee phases of the project. With varied project expertise, including theater andAIA New Jersey Committee on the Environment (COTE), performing arts facilities, he understands how to balance pragmatic needs and architectural style to create buildings that truly express a client’s vision. A LEED Co-Chair Accredited Professional specializing in Building Design and Construction, JasonAIA New Jersey, Young Architect of the Year, 2014 brings his passion for environmental sustainability to every project and extendsAIA NJ Jersey Shore Chapter, President his interest beyond the firm as an educator.AIA NJ Jersey Shore Chapter, Chair of the Emerging RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Professionals CommitteeAIA NJ Jersey Shore Chapter, Young Architect of the Year, 2014 Auber, Mount St. John’s Adult Housing DevelopmentAIA NJ LEED Study Groups, Facilitator ArtsCAP Artist Live/Work Analysis & Concept, Asbury ParkEast Coast Green Conference 2011, Speaker Chair Boston University, Arts Master Plan*East Coast Green Conference 2012, Speaker Chair Build with Purpose, Hope Academy Charter School, RenovationNorth Brunswick High School and Brick Township High Build with Purpose, St. Aloysius Convent, Housing Renovation Cranbury Township, Public Library School, Guest Lecturer Fairleigh Dickinson University, Monninger Center Library*Princeton University and New Jersey Institute of Gill St. Bernard’s, Performing Arts Center Gottesman RTW Academy, New School Technology, Guest Critic Liberty Property Trust, 650 Boulder Avenue, RenovationTownship of Ocean Environmental Commission, Member Longwood Gardens, East Conservatory, Addition* Matrix Development Group, World Kitchens, Renovation Princeton University, Whig Hall, Renovation* RBH Group, AeroFarms RBH Group, Teachers Village, Apartment Complex Rutgers University, Hahne & Co. Building Adaptive Reuse Scholar Academies, Paul Robeson Charter School, Renovation Stonybrook Millstone Watershed Association, Environmental Center* TEAM Charter Schools, 18th Avenue School, Addition and Renovation TEAM Charter Schools, Littleton Avenue Campus The College of New Jersey, West Hall, Renovation* The Willow School, Health and Wellness Center* The Willow School, Master Plan* Towson University, Center for the Arts* Uncommon Schools, Vailsburg Campus Gymnasium YWCA of Princeton, Education Center* *Denotes previous experience EDUCATION Master of Architecture, Certificate in Sustainable Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science, Architectural Engineering Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology 93 |
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