The proposal presents an infill project within walkable distance from the vibrant downtown of Huntington, with multimodal improvements to mass-transit connections. The idea of densification of the Town core is one of the principle strategies for Smart Growth and New Urbanism.
The 80 unit anchor prototype buildings are situated on 1.06 sewered acres in southern Huntington Village on Rt110. The apartments will be compact, modular factory constructed units specifically designed with ultra space and utility efficiency as central design features eliminating central HVAC needs, requiring only a minimal additional monthly utility cost to ten-ants. This will also serve to reduce construction time and cost while allowing enough density to target starting rents at +/-$1,000 PM. These units would be constructed in the Calverton Industrial Complex, thereby creating jobs and a new local industry supplying modular units for projects throughout Long Island and the North-eastern U.S. Transport of these units can be facilitated by rail or ship with minimal carbon creation. Special architectural attention will be given to the residential nature of the area and an adjacent historical site.
An existing hybrid bus stops within 50 feet and routes from the north at Huntington Harbor, through Huntington Village, south to the Huntington LIRR station (1.25 Miles), Melville business district, SUNY Farmingdale, Republic airport and terminating at the Amityville LIRR station and Amityville village.
The site’s unique topography provides significant interior space for 50 electric Zip-cars to service this site and nearby sister buildings with a total of 150 units. The Zip-car franchise provides a new lifestyle possibility to the village population of using cars only when public transportation is problematic while generating mixed use revenue thereby lowering apartment rents.
The team: E. Dokonal, I. Dokonal, Latham, Kave
