Project Category: Senior + Supportive
Senior Center PV Canopy + Roof Garden
As part of ICON’s work with the City of Cambridge to reduce their municipal building portfolio’s energy and greenhouse gas usage, this project replaces an aging roof trellis with a photovoltaic canopy. The canopy incorporates LED lighting, infrared patio heaters (to extend seasonal usage), and fans. Additionally, the new roof garden incorporates a green wall […]
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Veteran’s Transitional Housing
Supporting the New Bedford Veterans Transition House in their mission to help homeless and at-risk veterans, ICON developed a campus plan which creates new high-quality homes, saves existing housing stock, and provides program and service spaces for veterans and their families to thrive. At the bottom of the hill, the renovated administration building includes a […]
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Simpkins School Residences
Nestled in the historic district of South Yarmouth, the 1930’s built John Simpkins School has been redesigned to offer 65 senior housing units. The adaptive reuse, which totals up to 78,000 SF, includes a historically-sensitive addition per the Cape Cod Commission’s Regional Policy Plan. Amenities include a community room and an expansive green space which […]
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Coady School Residences
Coady School Residences in Bourne connects the community to the town’s rich cultural history with affordable housing options set within the former elementary school. Fifty-eight residential units for active seniors are situated amongst a variety of communal spaces rich in historic character retained in the renovations: original open stairs, full proscenium at the entry lobby, […]
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