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Thomas Mayo Associates / |
Auburn Housing Authority/
Housing for the Elderly & Barrier-Free
Housing
Auburn, Massachusetts
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Thomas Mayo
Associates/Architects & Urban Designers was selected as the Architect for
this joint effort between the Auburn Housing Authority and the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities & Development. This
Housing for the Elderly/Barrier Free Housing project is a part of an overall
$4.5 million dollar residential development consisting of four separate
components on four separate sites located in Auburn, Massachusetts. The four components, totaling 45 new
housing units, include this 667 Housing for the Elderly/Barrier Free Housing
project, a 705 Family Housing project, a 167 Special Needs Housing project,
and a project consisting of a new Maintenance Garage and renovated
Administration Offices for the Housing Authority. Total building area for the entire project is 45,400
square feet. This Housing for the Elderly
and Barrier Free Housing component consists of the construction of four new
two-story structures located at the rear of the Housing Authority's existing
Pakachoag Village site. The building construction consists of wood-framed
structure, prefabricated wood roof trusses and concrete slab on grade. Total building area for this
component is 22,608 square feet, and includes 28 new single bedroom standard
dwelling units and three fully accessible barrier-free units. The barrier-free housing units
and a laundry/community building are located in single story structures,
while the standard housing units are located in two-story buildings designed
so that groups of four individual units are clustered around a common entrance/stair
core. Working with an extremely
tight site, TMA developed the site design for the project based on orienting
the dwelling units in four separate buildings around a central landscaped
parking area. Access road
connection is provided to the existing Pakachoag Village housing area, as
well as an emergency access road (designed as a pedestrian pathway) at the
rear of the site. Other site
improvements include site lighting, sidewalks and landscaping. This project has been designed under Massachusetts Architectural Access Board and Federal Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines, and was developed in close coordination with the Town of Auburn through the Comprehensive Permit process. |
