What principles guided the site layout and design of the community?
The site layout was designed to maximize the efficient use of the land and accommodate features found within sustainable neighborhoods. For instance, considerable attention was paid to enhancing the pedestrian experience of future residents. The resulting “cluster” configuration of the site allows for the development of thirty-nine homes and some pedestrian-oriented common areas, including a public jogging trail and sidewalk along Stanford Avenue and a sidewalk along Olmsted Road. A number of the homes are oriented around shared private courtyards. Shared private drive courts minimize driveway curb cuts and paved areas. The shared courtyards and driveways also serve to extend the view corridors of Princeton, Cornell and Williams streets into the site, creating the same sense of neighborhood blocks that occur in College Terrace. In addition, similar street setbacks and height limits as found along the College Terrace street frontage were carried across Stanford Avenue into the site.
