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Covering 180 square miles, San José is the largest city in the Bay Area, extending from the San Francisco Bay to the Santa Clara Valley foothills. San José is composed of diverse communities spread across a well-established mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses; public […]
STUDY DESCRIPTION
The Wayzata Boulevard Corridor Study was commissioned by the City of Wayzata to transform Wayzata Boulevard from a typical suburban commercial retail strip into a safe, connected, active commerce center through multidisciplinary land-use, urban design, and transportation planning improvements.
VMWP was retained as the City […]
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The 409 Acre parcel formerly home to the Central Louisiana State Hospital, is owned by the Louisiana Department of Health. After the hospital moved to its new location the community wondered what the future holds for this large site. It became apparent upon the site […]
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Oak Gardens is a 62 unit residential complex located on a 2 acre enhanced use lease at the Menlo Park Veterans Affairs campus. The housing will serve veterans, including formerly unhoused vets, with homes for individuals and families. Co-locating the housing on the VA campus […]
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Luna Vista, 950 W El Camino Real is a new 71 unit affordable housing community in Mountain View. The 100% affordable housing project will comprise independent living for a mix of single- and two-person households earning between 50% and 70% of the area median income. […]
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3210 Shoshone, at 32nd & Shoshone, is a .77 acre, 53 family oriented dwelling redevelopment of an obsolete 10 unit urban public housing project. The site is located within the Lower Highlands neighborhood, a mixed used urban district. The site is reorganized as a secure […]
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VMWP contributes urban design expertise as a subconsultant to Toole Design Group supporting their on-call urban design and mobility services for the City of River Falls. River Falls, Wisconsin is a city of 16,000 and home to a campus of the University of Wisconsin. VMWP […]
SAN FRANCISCO MASTER PLAN DESCRIPTION
The Sunnydale community, originally built as a visionary housing solution for wartime ship builders, is now a dilapidated assembly of disconnected buildings. Its leftover spaces are difficult to police and difficult to access. The new Sunnydale in San Francisco, the HOPE […]
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As a prospering suburb in the Tri Valley just over the hills from the Bay Area, Pleasanton has a complicated relationship with growth. VMWP previously authored Transit Oriented Development Design Guidelines and Housing Design Guidelines for Pleasanton. Spurred by a statewide mandate to provide Objective […]
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The Potrero Housing Authority Master Plan site is located on the edge of Potrero Hill, a steep site with dramatic views of the city and the San Francisco Bay. The transformation of this obsolete public housing site reconnects the street grid with a series of […]
San Jose Design Standards and Guidelines
Wayzata Boulevard Corridor Study
Central Louisiana State Hospital Campus Redevelopment
Oak Gardens – Under Construction
Luna Vista
3210 Shoshone
East Division Street Small Area Plan
Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan
Pleasanton Objective Design Standards
Rebuild Potrero SFHA Master Plan