project: CUYLER-BROWNSVILLE MASTER PLAN
date: 1999
location: SAVANNAH, GA
client: HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH
contact: MARTIN FRETTY, DIRECTOR
In the Spring and Summer of 1999, Urban Collage, in collaboration with Al Lindsay, AIA and Saussy Engineering, worked with the Housing Department of the City of Savannah to develop a plan for new single-family housing in a long-neglected community, Cuyler-Brownsville.
Initial work focused on the inventory of existing physical conditions in the eleven acre site just southeast of Downtown and the Garden District. Conceptual site plan alternatives were created for new housing construction, with associated infrastructure and open space improvements. Finally, a preferred plan of development was illustrated and detailed. The master plan involved 35 new homes, one new park, new street construction, re-subdivision of existing parcels and new public improvements. In addition, Urban Collage designed three housing prototypes to be developed in the first phase and prepared design guidelines to direct future development in the neighborhood. All work was done with community review and input by the Cuyler-Brownsville Neighborhood Association.
Urban Collage was then hired to prepare a Phase II companion master plan for 15 additional acres in the neighborhood.
Implementation Highlights:
- Single Family Housing constructed
- Community Park and Gazebo built
- Multi Family projects built
