The first 21st century school designed for the Monroe County School District, the new school will inspire collaborative learning for the next generation of PK-8 Florida Keys students. Originally built in the 1970s, the project consisted of the phased replacement of the existing facilities while ongoing operations were maintained.
Dr. Toni Bilbao Preparatory Academy (DTBPA) is a K-5 school, planned for a phased future expansion to a K-8, with a Cambridge Language Immersion program that provides an enriched and diverse learning environment for all students. The 21st century prototype is the ultimate in meeting Cost per Student Station Compliance.
FAU and the SDPBC pioneered a new direction for high performance schools in Florida. The entire 150-acre parcel serves as an outdoor classroom and the two adjacent facilities share numerous site, building system synergies and design features.
The plan for Grove Garden, which is primarily multi-family condominiums with a commercial component, applies principles of Real Urbanism®, which, as defined by firm principal Bernard Zyscovich, is a planning method that considers form, scale, and the invention of new possibilities in terms of the origin and native character of a place.
Zyscovich designed an extensive addition to this unique shopping center by adding over 200,000 SF of high-end retail.
Aventura ParkSquare was designed with health and wellness in mind and features Active Design Guidelines. Located one block east of a major thoroughfare along a primary artery, this project is the area’s first pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use community.
This new urban community provides residential and non-residential development components within a new street grid reconnecting to the surrounding neighborhood. The residential component of 260 units of housing includes subsidized and low-cost rental live/work open lofts for artists mixed with affordable and market-rate ownership.
The Liberty View Industrial Plaza adaptive re-use project involved the conversion of a warehouse building, formerly known as Navy Fleet Supply Base Storehouse #2 and more recently as Federal Building #2, into an urban retail center covering approximately 250,000 SF on the first two floors of the eight-story building.
In response to the construction of the new Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum, the design included the re-orientation of the station’s face to connect it to Museum Park.
Transit supportive land use plays a critical role in the success of major rapid transit investments. The SMART Plan intended to advance six rapid transit corridors, along with a network system of Bus Express Rapid Transit (BERT) service, in order to implement mass transit projects in Miami-Dade County.