The Auburn Research and Technology Foundation asked DumontJanks to help develop a research park master plan to accommodate future growth. The research parcel was one of three evolving land uses on the south end of the main campus along South Donahue Drive: the research “park” proper, arts uses inclu...
The Boston 2024 Olympic bid proposed bold urban design and landscape strategies to bring new life to neighborhoods that need modern recreational facilities and vibrant open spaces. The core idea of the post-games transformation of event venues into dynamic, efficient, and flexible athletic and recre...
DumontJanks has led a multi-year collaborative planning effort to transform a former military base outside Boston into a vibrant urban neighborhood. The plan is rooted in the site’s natural ecology, restoring the historic stream as a unifying feature that connects wetlands north and south of the pro...
Following the Cleveland Midtown District Study, this phase focuses on housing development within the Dunham District, situated between Euclid and Chester Avenues. This strategic location is positioned to create a residential neighborhood anchored by generous public green space and directly adjacent...
The Cleveland Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic foundation for community development and grantmaking, asked DumontJanks to lead a visioning effort for the Midtown District of Cleveland. The district lies at the midpoint between Cleveland’s downtown core and University Circle, home to Case Weste...
DumontJanks was asked by RMS Investment Group to investigate an investment and development opportunity in a downtown Denver former warehouse district next to a diverse, historic, mixed-income, bungalow neighborhood. The current warehouse buildings are occupied by start-up companies, non-profits (wit...
Emerson College is the only four-year college devoted exclusively to the study of communication and performing arts in the United States. It occupies prime real estate on Boston Common. The college is space constrained; our analysis showed investment needs in instructional and social space. The mast...
We collaborated with Johns Hopkins University on an in-depth study for residential life, student life, and retail for the Homewood campus. The plan provided an integrated strategy that maximizes site opportunities, capitalizes on existing buildings and infrastructure, reinforces the campus’ urban at...
This former hotel site is situated by the harbor on two acres in the heart of Nantucket. Our work reimagines it as a tight residential district. Careful analysis of zoning regulations allowed us to create thirteen lots where only five were previously thought possible, maximizing potential value for...
DumontJanks worked with Delaware North Development, our friends at Elkus Manfredi Architects, and Princeton University to plan a new residential, mixed use, and research district as part of Princeton’s long-range plan for the Princeton Forrestal Campus which sits across the lake from the historic ca...
The St. Clair Superior Community Building Project lays the foundation for the revitalization of one of Cleveland’s most historic neighborhoods. Once a hub of industry and immigration, St. Clair Superior retains a rich cultural legacy and unique assets, including its proximity to downtown and Univers...
St. James Church is a state historic register building in the heart of a vital Cambridge neighborhood. The project links the historic church with a new mixed-use complex, combining parish hall, classrooms for children’s programs, library, neighborhood food pantry, music practice rooms, and upper-lev...
We worked with a private development company to explore urban development projects on Thayer Street and Wayland Square in Providence, Rhode Island. Both projects explored the changing dynamic of the Brown University neighborhood and the city’s search for projects responsive to the historic commercia...
We envisioned a regeneration of the historic pier district of this island community. The idea puts forth a bold strategy of reinvestment in the waterfront that will create public access as well as distinct address and value. Program uses include a composition of water related commercial, restaurant,...
Along the New England coast, seaport economies rise and fall in a constant cycle of regeneration responding to local, and now, national and global economies. Our work envisions a major reinvestment in the historic waterfront of Newburyport. The reinvestment combines a working waterfront and marina d...