Soundview to receive 16-story affordable senior housing
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BY ALEX MITCHELL
Soundview has been
awarded a large scale, entirely
affordable senior housing development
on the corner of
Watson and Thieriot avenues.
Adjacent to the 28, 7-story
buildings that comprise the
NYC Housing Authority’s
Sotomayor Houses, this affordable
development will
be called Casa Celina, after
the Supreme Court Justice’s
mother, Celina Baez.
The new, 16-story building
will create eaxctly 200 senior
housing units comprised of
strictly one-bedroom and studios.
Amenities will include an
exercise and fi tness room,
laundry room, lounge areas
throughout the building,
a ground fl oor community
space, and a landscaped rooftop
terrace.
Approximately 3,350 square
feet of community space will
be accessible to NYCHA residents
and the surrounding
community.
The development will also
provide on-site social support,
health services and cultural
programming for seniors and
the community.
An artist rendering of Casa Celina. Photo courtesy of Poliedro Estudio
Casa Celina was done
through a collaborative process
between NYCHA, NYC
Department of Housing Preservation
and Development in
addition to Xenolith Partners,
The Kretchmer Companies,
ELH Mgmt., and the Jewish
Association Serving the Aging
from the private sector.
It was built with an orientation
of the site and building
that provides an opportunity
for energy generation through
a large solar array, developers
said.
Angled recesses of the windows
and articulation of its
white façade were then added
to shade opposite facing units
to mitigate heat gain.
The building includes sustainability
and resiliency
measures intended to achieve
environmental accolades as
well.
It was designed within the
guidelines of an urban acupuncture
theme, according
to Fernando Villa, principal
of Magnusson Architect and
Planning.
“There was an idea that this
one point, this building, could
radiate benefi ts throughout
the neighborhood in the form
of services and community
programming, neighborhood
investment, and architectural
innovation, or more everyday
impacts like improvements in
open space and street illumination,”
he said.
Overall, that design is an
evolution of the public housing
typology, one that creates
a much stronger relationship
to the neighborhood particularly
through the ground
fl oor plan, along with large
windows and doors developers
said. The fully-glazed, double
height spaces will provide
views through to the side garden
and playground; and will
ensure visual connections to
all other parts of the community
as well.
The stairs are also given
prominent placement in high
traffi c areas and will have
clear way-fi nding, with glass
panels so that residents see
ample light rather than a dark
or closed-off area.
As an additional enticement
to walk up and down, the
lounges are located next to the
stairs throughout the building,
creating a vertical network
of social spaces, which
Villa and his team believe will
prevent isolation of residents.
Current NYCHA residents
will have a preference for
roughly a quarter of the new
affordable apartments, according
to HPD.
“We are also excited this
effort will focus on supporting
the community, where our social
service partners will offer
on-site social, health and wellness,
and cultural and art programming
for residents and
NYCHA families,” NYCHA
interim chair Kathryn Garcia
said.
A date for the beginning of
construction has not been confi
rmed as of press time.
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