A Class V Organization, this adaptive re-use building in Santurce, Puerto Rico is a flagship facility planned for the Church of Scientology International. The program includes 44,000 s/f of rooms for the church's activities.
A Class V Organization, this adaptive re-use building in Santurce, Puerto Rico is a flagship facility planned for the Church of Scientology International. The program includes 44,000 s/f of rooms for the church's activities.
Riviera Clubhouse is a recreation facility for the development’s residents. It is located near the main entrance of Riviera; facing the development’s linear park. An activity room is provided and can be divided into 3 rooms or 2 rooms and or one larger room depending on the size of the resident activity. The activity rooms open into a covered terrace with access to an open terrace, an infinity pool, kiddie pool, looking into the park. A kitchen, restrooms, storage, and administration offices are provided. In a separate structure, a fully equipped gym is provided for the residents.
This residential product is targeted for families that favor a townhouse arrangement, where units are clustered into urban groups opposed to the more costly and higher maintenance single-detached house development. Each unit is sited in a 7.32 mt x 24.67 mt lot. Two models were designed: A 3 BR townhouse with 1,567 Sf living spaces plus 431 s/f garage (total of 1,998 s/f). A 3 BR + Den townhouse with 1,724 s/f living spaces plus 454 s/f garage (total of 2,178 s/f).
This residential product is a detached house locating one side of the house at the property line. This site arrangement helps provide more usable patios on the back and side of the house for family outdoor activities. Each unit is sited in an 11.432 mt. x 25.12 mt. lot. One model is offered: 3 BR + Den model with 2,230 s/f living spaces plus 405 s/f garage (total of 2,635 s/f). The first floor includes a 2-car carport/garage, entry vestibule, 1/2 bath, wine cellar under the stairway, open kitchen, dining room, living room, family room that opens into the side yard and back yard/terrace.
Within blocks of the Toa Alta Central Plaza, 103 units of Senior Housing is planned around a series of courtyards. This is Acacia Network's first affordable housing project in Puerto Rico. The central goal of this Green Construction Permit design is to provide high-quality, affordable housing with supportive services where the residents can feel safe, flourish and have pride in their living environment. By designing for a high density, both the existing downtown commercial businesses and new residents will benefit from each other’s presence.
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development are the two major design themes for this Residential and Parador Resort project. The protection of the land to maintain the relative undisturbed, natural and low-key quality of the island and sustainable development to contribute to the long-term sustainability of Culebra Island are the central policy concerns of this project. These themes promote the environmental preservation of the specific development sites and the outer reaches of the island’s fragile terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystem. In addition, the development concept is sensitive to the concerns of local residents and will ensure the area’s unique historic, cultural and physical character will be integrated into the project.
Culebra’s limited, but episodic rainfall, dry forest vegetative environment and sunny Caribbean island natural setting requires sensitive environmental management and a commitment to conservation of its ecosystem. The Villa Mi Terruño Village developer established from the outset of the conceptual planning, a commitment to natural resource conservation and a design criteria of sustainable physical development with conscious respect to fauna and flora, watershed areas and other significant parts of existing eco-systems.
Environmentally sensitive and significant forest habitat areas will be identified and protected and units of development will be sited on lower impact areas. All mature trees and all cacti are considered treasures, that require strict protection and conservation. Terrain features, natural land-forms, and ridge lines will be respected. Home sites are carefully introduced into the landscape below dominant hill profiles and other significant site specific features.
A “Bay Site” site organization strategy will set the development plan, defining specific home-site locations (GPS locations) within the property to minimize development impact and insure the maximum of natural resource conservation of the indigenous vegetation in the remainder of the property and to minimize non-sustainable irrigation.
Water and watershed resources shall be protected and developed for conservation purposes. Detention ponds are planned to enhance the limited watershed resources that are presently lost as runoff and thus improve the natural habitat. The development design criteria require the conservation of rainwater through the use of cisterns, and constructed wetlands. Water, energy efficiency, waste management, recycling programs and conservation are also core development goals. The development design program also makes use of passive and active solar strategies to capture and store energy, employs energy efficient lighting, integrated control systems and renewable energy design to reduce the development’s overall energy requirements.