Newark, New Jersey
作为 SoMa 总体规划的第一阶段，这是一个变革性的城市飞地，用于教师住房、特许学校和零售空间，激活了纽瓦克贫瘠的中心街区的街景。
Teachers Village is a mixed-use development envisioned for downtown Newark south of Market Street and west of Broad Street. It will encompass eight new buildings, including Workforce Housing, Charter Schools and small to mid-scale retail located along Halsey Street between Branford and Hill Street. These elements will provide 200 residential units for teachers, three charter schools, a daycare center and a variety of retail spaces at street level. Sustainable design, new landscaping and streetscape improvements are integral to the goal of creating an exemplary development for a flourishing community in Newark.
Each new building is site specific and designed relative to its context. Street wall heights are regulated in accordance with the Newark Living Downtown Plan and provide a rich variety of street conditions. The new Halsey Street retail corridor is at the heart of the development and offers a mix of venues for vibrant street life. The residential spaces and schools are designed with generous windows that are open to the light and activity of the streets below. As required by the Newark Living Downtown Plan, all of the new building fronts facing Halsey Street are four-stories tall, not exceeding 60-feet in height. As permitted by zoning regulations, the buildings setback from Halsey Street above 60-feet grow in height, reaching a maximum of 6-stories.
Teachers Village is one of the first developments in America to pursue the LEED Neighborhood Development designation by the US Green Building Council, indicating that the project meets the highest levels of sustainable design and that the neighborhood integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism and green building strategies. Former parking lots are transformed into a sustainable new neighborhood that offers its teacher residents opportunities to live where they work and to experience high-quality healthy living in an affordable, safe environment downtown. The development is conveniently located to benefit from Newark’s efficient public transportation system, from extensive local and regional bus lines to a short walk to the Washington Street light rail and Newark Penn Station, hub for NJTRANSIT, AMTRAK trains and PATH train service to Manhattan.
Teachers Village will restore a sense of place by activating the streetscape, along Halsey and William Streets, attracting residents, students, and visitors to this dynamic new community and to the existing cultural, entertainment and educational infrastructure with institutions such as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark School for the Arts, the NJ Historical Society, Newark Museum, the main branch of the Newark Public Library and the Prudential Center Arena. Access to open space for Teachers Village residents includes proximity to three city parks and community gardens. Surrounded by six universities with a community of 50,000 people, each with its own library and cultural facilities, there is potential for collaboration between Teachers Village and the surrounding corporate and academic community.
The Teachers Village neighborhood is the piece of the puzzle that completes the picture of a healthy, vital downtown, creating a 24/7 environment and destination for diverse populations to linger and enjoy what downtown Newark can offer.
Teachers Village 是一个混合用途的开发项目，包括六座新建筑，其中包括劳动力住房、特许学校和各种规模的零售。这些元素提供了约 200 个教师住宅单元、三所特许学校、一个日托中心和各种充满活力的街道零售空间，共同实现纽瓦克繁荣社区示范开发目标。可持续设计、新的景观美化和街景改善是不可或缺的，以实现和谐社区的愿景。这个社区想象了一个健康、充满活力的市中心，为不同人群创造了一个 24/7 的环境和目的地，让他们可以在纽瓦克市中心逗留和享受。
六座新建筑中的每一座都是特定地点的定制设计，街墙高度根据纽瓦克市中心生活规划进行监管，并提供丰富多样的街道条件。新的零售走廊是开发项目的核心，为充满活力的街头生活提供了多种场所。住宅空间和学校设计有宽大的窗户，可以让光线和下面街道的活动开放。教师村通过激活街景、吸引居民、学生和游客来到这个充满活力的新社区以及现有的文化、娱乐和教育基础设施，以及新泽西表演艺术中心、纽瓦克艺术学院等机构，恢复了地方感，包括新泽西州历史协会、纽瓦克博物馆、纽瓦克公共图书馆的主要分支机构和保诚中心竞技场。教师村居民的开放空间包括靠近三个城市公园和社区花园，以及开发项目周围。周边还有六所大学和一个拥有 50,000 人的社区，每所大学都有自己的图书馆和文化设施，为与更广泛的纽瓦克社区接触提供了更多机会。
Teachers Village 是美国首批获得美国绿色建筑委员会 LEED 邻里发展称号的开发项目之一，表明该项目符合最高水平的可持续设计，该社区融合了智能增长、城市化和绿色建筑的原则策略。该项目将以前的停车场改造成一个可持续发展的新社区，为教师居民提供了在他们工作的地方居住的机会，并在市中心提供负担得起的安全环境，体验高质量的健康生活。
