Body Lawson Associates designs innovative affordable housing complex in the Bronx

by sadia_badhon | June 26, 2020 10:34 am

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Architecture, interiors, and urban design practice Body Lawson Associates[2] (BLA) has completed work on Home Street Residences, an innovative, new affordable housing complex in the Bronx, New York City, for formerly homeless seniors and a range of low-income residents.

Home Street Residences seeks to provide a congenial and memorable presence at a prominent intersection not far from two Bronx River parks.

Led by Victor Body-Lawson, AIA, the project team created 63 apartments averaging 51 m² (550 sf) each, with 30 percent for formerly homeless seniors and the balance for low-income individuals and families. Constructed with panelized steel stud framing and extra insulation—and clad in part with gray brick to recall schist from a church formerly on the site—the economical architectural approach allowed for well-appointed living units and common areas with custom furnishings of site-salvaged wood.

According to the nonprofit affordable housing policy and advocacy organization, New York Housing Conference, the 6968-m² (75,000-sf) building “transforms an underutilized site into a vibrant affordable housing project for seniors living in the Foxhurst Neighborhood of the Bronx,” with a “community facility space providing services for residents and community members.”

The developer of the project is Home Street Partners, LLC, working with manager-operator Bronx Pro Group. Community space programming is by the award-winning nonprofit DreamYard, which collaborates with schools, families, and youth in the Bronx.

Source URL: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/body-lawson-associates-designs-innovative-affordable-housing-complex-in-the-bronx/

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