KMDG collaborated with ICON architecture on the largest new affordable housing project in Cambridge in the last 40 years – featuring 98 new units built to Enterprise Green Communities certification. The one-acre site is across the street from Fresh Pond Reservation and a short distance to Alewife on the Concord Avenue raised cycle track. The landscape capitalizes on its tight 25’ building setback, utilizing seat walls with inset wood bench tops that serve multiple purposes. They help create a clear edge between public/private serving both residents and those at the MBTA 74 and 78 bus stop, while also defining a flush deck that becomes the project’s ‘front porch.’ The back of the site features a custom landscaped play space for children.

For Enterprise Green Communities certification, native and low water requirement plants, porous paving and infiltration areas to retain stormwater on-site and strategically reduced the need for irrigated landscape.