Andrews Avenue
Location: Bronx, NY
Client: VOA-GNY, Robert Sanborn Development
Type: Affordable Senior Housing
Size: 95,609 SF
Units: 118
This 9-story Bronx development will provide 117 units of senior housing affordable to low- and extremely low-income renters. Intended to support socialization and community, the building will be full of indoor and outdoor gathering spaces including communal lounges on each floor. The eighth floor features an expanded lounge which opens onto a furnished roof terrace and the community room at the cellar has large folding glass doors that open out to a landscaped courtyard.
With a target of LEED Platinum, the building will feature numerous sustainability measures, including: a photovoltaic panel system to power common areas, high efficiency water heaters, Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) heat pumps for heating and cooling within the apartments and common areas, energy recovery units for ventilation and filtered fresh air (apartments and common areas), high efficiency double pane UPVC windows, continuous stonewool exterior insulation, low or no VOC paints, water saving plumbing fixtures with leak detection at plumbing risers, LED lamps throughout, and all electric appliances.
Large windows in units, hallways, common areas and stairways will create light, airy interiors building-wide. On the exterior, metal panels and window walls lighten the structure’s appearance and break its mass into two more contextual brick-clad volumes.
