Rendering of the ‘top of the commons’ apartment complexes, as part of a concept presentation to community stakeholders. (2024)
Kingston Liberty Commons
A local developer plans a new family-oriented residential neighborhood that is conscious of its small home town’s architectural and environmental heritage.
DATE: 2024 - ONGOING
Tools: AUTOCAD, SKETCHUP, EnSCAPE
TEAM: MICHAEL KIM, PROJECT ARCHITECT; JENNY WANG, MODELLING LEAD
ROLES: DESIGN ASSISTANT, MODELLING ASSISTANT, PRESENTATION VISUALS LEAD
The client, a veteran family-owned residential developer, is engaging in its first master-planned neighborhood project in the Merrimack Valley town of Kingston, NH. The site involves former farmland as well as sensitive forest and wetlands, and abuts several established single-family residential properties. The MKA architecture team approached the challenge of site planning, unit programming, and the designs of duplexes, townhouses, and apartments in coordination with the client and the cIVIL engineering team from Fuss and O’Neill.
Concept drawing of the main commons neighborhood. (2024)
Design development of the Liberty Commons neighborhood masterplan. (2024)
Engaging directly with the town’s heritage perspective, the site design is influenced by the concept of a “quintessential New England common,” of which the neighboring Kingston Plains is a strong historic example. Building designs channel the Puritan Colonial and Georgian traditions of the region, while maintaining contemporary interior programming and shared exterior spaces that meet fluently with a landscaped network of community paths through the surrounding natural environment.
Final masterplan of design development stage, completed in coordination with landscape architect Ian Law of Fuss & O’Neill. (2025)
