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Lawrence Hill Wellfleet, Massachusetts

​Catherine Oranchak/Landscape Architect with Studio G Architects
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An affordable housing project is planned for Wellfleet, Massachusetts. An Upper Village of twenty-four townhouse units in seven buildings and a Lower Village of twenty-two units in a single building sit tucked into the existing landscape of existing scrub forest and recreational uses. The proposed landscape will expand an existing woodland buffer, will include common spaces for all residents and, will incorporate new planting focused on native species. 

Sketches by Dalin Janpathompong

Team:
Studio G Architects, Architect
Tighe & Bond, Civil Engineer
Dellbrook/JKS, General Contractor
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​Construction Began in 2024
 

89 Brighton Avenue Allston, Massachusetts

Catherine Oranchak/Landscape Architect with Prellwitz Chilinski Associates

The multifamily residential building 
features one hundred twenty-nine 
apartments and ground floor retail 
spaces. The ground floor 
landscape spaces are made up of urban 
streetscapes including wide sidewalks, 
street trees and a shaded planted alley 
with bicycle parking and a bicycle repair 
station. The second floor roof deck 
offers private outdoor spaces as well 
as an open common area available to 
individual residents or for group 
gatherings. In addition, there are fifth 
and sixth floor roof deck spaces with 
spectacular city views.

Complete 2022

Hattie Kelton Apartments (aka General Heath Square Apartments) Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Catherine Oranchak/Landscape Architect with Prellwitz Chilinski Associates

Located off General Heath Square in 
Jamaica Plain, the building is comprised 
of forty-seven affordable housing units 
including community and/or retail space. 
The site features a central south facing 
flexible-use courtyard with seat walls 
that allow residents to face inward- toward
​the courtyard or outward- toward 
the parking lot. The courtyard itself is 
partly paved and partly open lawn, with 
trees added for shade. The property’s 
urban edges include paved spaces as 
well as planted areas. Raised terraces 
opening directly from first floor units on 
two sides of the building give residents 
private outdoor space. The landscape is 
comprised of locally native plant species 
complete with numerous edible varieties 
including sugar maple trees, blueberry 
shrubs and planters filled with perennial 
herbs- all for residents’ use. 

Complete 2020

​Jackson Commons Roxbury, Massachusetts

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Illustrative Site Plan
Catherine Oranchak/Landscape Architect with Prellwitz Chilinski Associates

An existing one-hundred year old brick industrial building fronting Columbus Avenue in Boston is preserved and renovated to include an addition that together houses thirty-seven mixed income rental apartments, community and retail/office spaces. Tucked behind the new “L” shaped structure is a south-facing courtyard whose use is targeted to both the residents and office workers. A play structure sits at the center of the area devoted to residents. It is edged with native planting including trees, shrubs, perennials and groundcovers.  Fixed seating and bicycle racks are shaded by an overhead structure. An adjacent grassy slope is the perfect place for unstructured play. A paved terrace with fixed outdoor dining tables and umbrellas is dedicated to office workers. It too, is edged with native shrubs and groundcover.

LEED for Homes Gold Certified

​Complete 2015




Longyan Violet Paradise Sports Park A-1 Housing Neighborhood Fujian, China

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Study Of Personalized Outdoor Spaces
Catherine Oranchak/Landscape Architect with iPlace

Fujian, a mountainous province along the southeast coast of mainland China, provides the majestic setting for the Longyan Violet Paradise Sports Park project.

The A-1 Housing Neighborhood is comprised of villa, duplex and multifamily residences that step up the mountainside. Early in the schematic design phase, private garden spaces were developed for several individual residences as part of a study area meant to be constructed in advance of the entire neighborhood. The demonstration properties were to provide potential buyers with an idea of what personalized private spaces might look like throughout.​