On the Drawing Board

Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake:
Neighborhood Stabilization Program II

TerraLogos is providing architectural services for Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake (HFHC) in the Patterson Park and McElderry Park neighborhoods of East Baltimore. Working under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program II, a federally funded effort to mitigate the impacts of foreclosed, short sale and abandoned properties, we are conducting site surveys and designing affordable, energy efficient homes for over 50 new HFHC families.

Funding for the NSP2 program is being administered by the Baltimore Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative and with renovations contracted out to local builders and sub-contractors. TerraLogos believes that affordable housing is not simply about creating a home with an affordable mortgage, but also incorporating low operating cost through energy and water efficiency measures and durable building materials. The first section of the homes are under construction with anticipated move-in to start sometime in the summer of 2011.

East Baltimore Community School

Rogers Marvel Architects was selected in December 2010 to design the new East Baltimore Community School (EBCS) after a national design competition. Being the first Public School project in 30 years, EBCS is envisioned to play a key role in the largest redevelopment project in Baltimore’s New East Side. As part of the project team for the new 120,000 square foot school and community space, TerraLogos will work with the design team to reach lofty sustainability goals under the new Baltimore City Green Building Standards.

The design seeks to adapt all classrooms from K-8 and common-space to modules reflecting the needs of each specific grade-level with ever increasing connection to the greater outside world. Active exterior learning spaces will be incorporated into the design, including science/art terraces, roof gardens, playing fields, student gallery, weather stations, school garden and orchard. Please watch the space for updates and exciting green and sustainable features to be incorporated into the design and construction of this innovative project.

Blanchard Schaefer Advertising & Public Relations: Project Off the Drawing Board and Open for Business

On May 19th, 2011 Kim Schaefer stepped foot in the new offices of Blanchard Schaefer Advertising & Public Relations for a celebration of its grand opening that had been almost three years in the making. The project started on TerraLogos’ drawing board in 2009 when Blanchard Schaefer Advertising & Public Relations acquired a historic, six-apartment building know as the Dun Haven Apartments and located in the heart of historic Fairmount District in South Ft Worth, Texas. The three-story, 8,500 square foot property features a rich interior palette, open office concept with plenty of natural daylight, group work spaces in the center of each floor and exterior porch seating spaces wired into the internet.

Located almost 1,500 miles from TerraLogos’ offices in Baltimore, this long-distance relationship relied on teleconferences and email through the design, permitting and construction process. TerraLogos developed a plan to keep the historic fabric of this apartment building intact while updating it to meet the demands of a high-tech urban office. The complete gut of the property included all new energy efficient HVAC and hot water systems, new interior structure and the installation of a commercial elevator.