The Revitalization Plan for the Ponce De Leon and College Hill Homes neighborhoods in Tampa, Florida transforms existing gated barracks-style public housing into a vibrant new mixed-income residential neighborhood consistent with Florida's best traditional communities. The new master plan, generated through a series of town meetings, knits the new streets and houses into the surrounding traditional neighborhoods. The plan capitalizes on the sites greatest natural amenity, beautiful large Live Oaks and other species, by maintaining the tree canopied streets, when present, and by creating new parks and greens which save large stands of mature trees. These new greens organize, and provide a sense of identity for, the new community.

Single-family, duplex, and Grand House (four-plex) residences are designed in the Florida Craftsman style and community buildings are designed in the Spanish Colonial style indigenous to the area. All residences have front or side porches, as is customary in traditional Florida neighborhoods, and resemble the single-family house style of the surrounding area.

There will be a mix of homeownership, market-rate rental, and subsidized rental units offered to persons at a variety of income levels. Four new community buildings, including a new educational facility equipped with computers and other digital equipment, will be available for the educational, social, and daily needs of residents.

Services

Architectural Design
Code Analysis
Community Meetings
Comprehensive Planning
Construction Phase Services
Design Charrettes
Feasibility/Yield Analysis
HOPE VI
Master Planning
Neighborhood Planning
Process
Programming
Site Plan Approval
Sustainable Development
Urban Design

Awards

Project Data

74 acre site
mixed-income community
860 residential units
3 community centers
1 community center/educational facility

Sustainable Design Elements:
preserved exisitng trees and landscape
utilized local building styles and traditions
created a walkable community
reconnects residents to existing neighborhoods

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