Missing Middle
Missing Middle
Vanilla 301
Madison, WI
Vanilla 301
Madison, WI
Common to so many cities across the country, Madison, WI finds itself in a housing shortage. Although thousands of units are being added each year, the diversity of housing stock is limited. Vanilla 301 targets an increasingly uncommon scale of development--at a modest 30 units with ground-floor retail, the project provides urban-infill density while fitting into a neighborhood, rather than replacing it. Preservation of a mature street tree defines both the landscape and the architectural massing. Site furnishings echo the structural use of mass-timber and the warm tones of the interior design.
Bernau Design is providing landscape architectural and entitlement services to make this a beautiful place, honoring of its neighborhood context and oriented to the street.
Architecture by Sala Hars and Neutral Studio.
Common to so many cities across the country, Madison, WI finds itself in a housing shortage. Although thousands of units are being added each year, the diversity of housing stock is limited. Vanilla 301 targets an increasingly uncommon scale of development--at a modest 30 units with ground-floor retail, the project provides urban-infill density while fitting into a neighborhood, rather than replacing it. Preservation of a mature street tree defines both the landscape and the architectural massing. Site furnishings echo the structural use of mass-timber and the warm tones of the interior design.
Bernau Design is providing landscape architectural and entitlement services to make this a beautiful place, honoring of its neighborhood context and oriented to the street.
Architecture by Sala Hars and Neutral Studio.
Design Concept
The site design uses orthogonal forms and grid organization to parallel the 12'x12' mass-timber module of the architecture. The front entry void in the building mass establishes a dialogue between the site and architecture and sets the stage for social interaction softened by drifts of plantings and pedestrian amenities.
Design Concept
The site design uses orthogonal forms and grid organization to parallel the 12'x12' mass-timber module of the architecture. The front entry void in the building mass establishes a dialogue between the site and architecture and sets the stage for social interaction softened by drifts of plantings and pedestrian amenities.
