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Lexington Apartments

This project is a student-focused, mixed-use community with 122 apartments and 3,100 square feet of commercial space.

Central common areas are at the heart of social contact between student residents and create a unique and friendly community feel. Common use areas such as the community building with recreation and exercise facilities, laundry spaces, and common study rooms were placed in key locations to socially enliven the whole site and provide 'natural surveillance' from the residents for added safety.

The site provides excellent connection to the University of Davis campus and was designed to be pedestrian-oriented with generous, shaded sidewalks, narrow drives, and hidden parking wherever possible. Retail and office space on the ground floor establish a public interface from the street. The three-story residence buildings were designed to allow maximum connection between the inside and the landscape with porches in varied positions, generous balconies and covered walkways that go through the middle of the longer buildings.

The residences are a combination of flats on the ground floor with 2-story townhouses on top. The units were designed to provide extra privacy and living spaces for the student lifestyle that constantly balances the interests of quiet study time with (sometimes loud) social activities.

Ecological responsibility was an important factor for the site and building design. Buildings were built according to green specifications and carefully designed for energy efficiency. Some of the approaches incorporated into the project include: a 10kw solar photovoltaic array for the community facilities and site lighting; additional site shading using overhangs, trellises, and variable transmissivity glazing; low-water irrigation systems; drought tolerant landscaping and extensive bicycle storage.

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