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Built on an underutilized parking lot at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses in the Soundview section of the Bronx, Casa Celina offers 204-units of affordable senior housing and is named for the Justice’s mother Celina Baez.? For more info on the project ...https://lnkd.in/egCRNPce Developers: Xenolith Partners, JASA, ELH-TKC Landscape design: terrain

Be sure to check out MAP Principal Fernando Villa, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP BDC this Monday at the AIA New York | Center for Architecture for?"Tracing the Future: Affordable Housing in NYC." The panel will be discussing the housing crisis in NYC, increasing the affordable housing supply, and other policy goals of AIANY. Fernando will present senior affordable housing development Casa Celina and Highbridge, which comprises affordable and supportive apartments as well as family shelter units, and is set to break ground in December. Register here...?https://lnkd.in/egAJUuJj

MAP-designed Casa Celina earns kudos from The New York Times Architecture Critic Michael Kimmelman in his latest piece - Radical Plans for Public Housing Stir Up Hope, and Doubt. The article is an important look at New York public housing redevelopment in light of the housing crisis. https://lnkd.in/eu7V_kPC Photo David Sundberg/Esto Xenolith Partners, JASA, terrain

Wonderful day in Brooklyn! MAP had the honor of joining Fifth Avenue Committee, elected officials, state and city agencies, residents and many more for the ribbon cutting at Sunset Ridge! The development's 84 affordable senior apartments are spread across a new building and two renovated townhomes next door. 30% of the units are set aside for seniors coming from the city shelters. For the remaining 57 units, available through the city's housing lottery system, more than 42,000 applications were received. The need for quality senior housing is clear and given the emotional remarks from a building resident at today's event, so too is the power and importance of this work. Developer: Fifth Avenue Committee? General Contractor: Bruno Frustaci Contracting, Inc

Casa Celina takes home an Honor Award at the Society of American Registered Architects National Awards celebration! Project team members including MAP Principals Fernando Villa, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP BDC and Christopher Jones, AIA, Technical Director Fernando Alvarez AIA, CPHD, NOMA, Associate Jennifer Y Yang, and landscape architect Steven Tupu of terrain-NYC were at the beautiful TWA hotel to accept the award. The 205-unit affordable senior building was developed by JASA Xenolith Partners, and ELH-TKC. For more on the project?https://lnkd.in/egCRNPce

Check out this recent article in Affordable Housing Finance about the NYSERDA #BuildingsofExcellence winner 2050 Grand Concourse! The 96-unit development of supportive and affordable housing is?also certified LEED Platinum. Developers: Unique People Services, Inc. and Robert Sanborn Development Images: David Sundberg/Esto and Ari Burling/Esto https://lnkd.in/em2DzcKK

MAP Director of Sustainability Sara Bayer, AIA, CPHC, NCARB, LEED AP is co-session chair and a panelist at Thursday's Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's BuildingEnergy NYC conference and trade show?https://lnkd.in/e6eXVvJS. Register and check out "Beyond Passive House: Emerging Research from NYSERDA BoE Early Phase Funding" where Sara and co-panelists from Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, and Paul Castrucci Architects will discuss the findings of three NYSERDA Early Design Support Buildings of Excellence studies. Each features a variety of electrification and decarbonization strategies. https://lnkd.in/eqguD8gp

Living Future (ILFI)'s Affordable Housing Summit is this week, and there’s still time to register! MAP Director of Sustainability Sara Bayer, AIA, CPHC, NCARB, LEED AP will be speaking about Innovations in Embodied Carbon. Register here: https://bit.ly/4g4RTxx Let’s work together to build a regenerative future for all! #AffordableHousingSummit- #HousingForAll #AffordableHousing #RegenerativeDesign #SustainableBuilding

If you are going to Zak World of Fa?ades New York tomorrow, be sure to check out Session 4, Affordable Housing: Creative Design Solutions moderated by MAP Principal Brian Loughlin, AIA APA with expert panelists from Studio Libeskind, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), Dattner Architects, and L+M Development Partners LLC.? https://lnkd.in/e99cZRR7

How can design help to prevent loneliness? MAP and Volunteers of America-Greater New York have been exploring this question at two recent buildings - East Clarke Place Senior Residence and the soon-to-open Andrews Avenue Senior Residence. Both affordable senior housing developments have a variety of gathering spaces providing different places to connect and foster community, which helps to reduce the chances of social isolation - a frequent challenge for seniors. In a recent episode of The Urbanist from Monocle, hosted by Andrew Tuck, MAP Principal Fernando Villa, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP BDC joins VOA-GNY President & CEO Jeffrey Ginsburg to discuss how conscientious architectural design addresses these issues. https://lnkd.in/evRn5PDB #SeniorHousing #LonelinessEpidemic #Architecture #TheUrbanist #Monocle