Walnut Street Housing Development

Weston & Sampson designed a master plan for a proposed senior affordable housing development in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Working with the project architects, we assisted in placing the buildings, roads, parking, and open space on this existing wooded site. The design concept is based on a shared open green space that is accessible from all three residential buildings that comprise the development. Pedestrian circulation leads to the centrally located covered bandstand, which serves as the heart of the development, and is where residents can meet and form a sense of community. Other proposed public amenities include a putting green, community gardens, dog park, pickleball courts, and an accessible woodland path system. In addition, all sidewalk and pedestrian areas are designed to exceed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards for accessibility. Low impact development (LID) stormwater measures, and the use of resilient materials were incorporated into the designs for this Passive House development.