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High-Profile: Awards
Sandywoods Farm Wins Award Tiverton, RI - Sandywoods Farm, an affordable, mixed-use agricultural/artists’ community in Tiverton, was honored with a merit award in the “Project of the Year: Best Reuse of Land” category at the Multifamily Executive Conference in Las Vegas last week. This award recognizes development projects that have best repositioned land for multifamily use, and/or with specific attention to environmental issues. Present to accept the award was Douglas Kallfelz, AIA, LEED AP, principal at Donald Powers Architects. The project was developed by Church Community Housing Corporation. Sandywoods Farm has been recognized as a development model for rural communities that are struggling to: 1) combat sprawl while trying to encourage economic growth; 2) provide innovative
Designed by Donald Powers Architects
affordable housing options; and 3) foster sustainable arts communities as economic generators. This sustainable land development preserves 150 acres of farm land, with an additional 27-acre clustered community affordable housing, market-rate housing, commercial and mixed-use space all or-
The community includes clustered housing
ganized around the perimeter of the larger agricultural preserve. The first phase of the project is complete, providing 50 units of affordable artists’ housing that is 100% occupied, as well as a 9,000sf community “Grange Hall” building, art studio space for resident use, and a commercial village center consisting of three mixed-use buildings including gal-
lery space, retail, and a café – all encouraging residents to buy and sell their goods locally. Residents grow produce in community gardens, which will eventually be sold at an on-site produce market. A 250 kW on-site wind turbine is currently being erected, which will provide energy for the community.
2011 Preservation Achievement Awards On October 6, over 200 guests gathered at The Paramount Center to honor historic preservation and compatible new construction in Boston at the 2011 Preservation Achievement Awards. The Alliance presented 12 awards
Sandywoods Farm is a model for rural communities.
for a range of projects including the restoration of the Brewer Fountain, the construction of the Art of the America’s Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, and the preservation of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, among others.
Yawkey Center Recognized
Boston - The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Yawkey Center for Cancer Care project received special recognition in the 2011 Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Outstanding Project Awards. The project was recognized for its innovative foundation design. A cutting-edge cancer care facility housing Dana-Farber’s adult clinical care and clinical research programs, the Yawkey Center for Cancer Care is situated on a 198-ft by-186-ft lot sandwiched between several buildings in the heart of the densely populated Longwood Medical Area. Adjacent to the site is the Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) that provides power for nine million sf of occupied space in the medical area. In-situ ground vibration measurements showed that the plant’s generators created low frequency ground vibrations that would affect the performance of sensitive medical research equipment and provide an unacceptable environment for clinical care. GEI Consultants designed an Photo by Walsh Brothers innovative foundation and excavation Yawkey Center for Cancer Care starts support system to isolate the building seven levels below ground. from ground vibrations generated by the MATEP power plant. Designed the below-grade parking garage floors from to support the building on bedrock located the perimeter foundation walls. Thus, the up to 110 feet below ground surface, this 14-story Yawkey Center for Cancer Care is foundation system was isolated from the actually a 21-story free-standing structure surrounding soil by physically separating that starts seven levels below ground.
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