Santa Rosa, CA
Camp Newman is a beloved summer camp and retreat center tucked into the Mayacamas mountains Northeast of Santa Rosa. The Camp was mostly destroyed in the 2017 Tubbs fire and after the devastation they underwent a thorough master planning and fire scaping process. To rebuild as quickly and economically as possible, the URJ selected a Design Build team, led by FDC. The first phase to open Summer 2021includes a new Community Center, Dining Hall, large sports field and community plaza referred to as the “Kikar”. Extreme care has been taken to respect what was admired about the original camp while improving facilities for an even better experience.
Creating a camp environment that embraces the campus’s Jewish heritage, planned with intensive fire safety measures, as well as respecting the stunning site’s landscape was the goal. Large communal gathering spaces play fields for organized games, intimate areas for group campfires, and regeneration of the site’s tree cover are all being implemented. The heart of the camp is nearly complete, and the campers are eagerly expected.
Santa Rosa, CA
“We aim to support students, even outside the classroom. And what many students need right now is a place to live.” - SRJC President Frank Chong
Quadriga collaborated with HPI Architecture and BkF Engineers to develop student housing that maximizes views to the existing campus, buffers Highway 101, provides seamless connections to the campus core, and creates pleasant outdoor experiences for 350+ student residents.
Central to the SRJC Master Plan Goal, the large courtyard, or Commons, is a critical link to the larger campus circulation yet separate enough to encourage social interaction and to provide areas of refuge and reflection. The space is organized around a central sloping lawn coupled with tiered seat walls beneath a tree allée to provide multiple opportunities for lounging, gathering, and relaxing. Circulation around and through this space is intuitive and generous to encourage walking, skating, and biking from home to school. It is designed to be expanded as formal connections extend into the campus core. An open pit BBQ, raised beds, and gathering tables provide opportunities for residents to relax and enjoy the outdoors while preparing food and interacting with their neighbors. Generous tree plantings will act as a continuous living roof for all the outdoor experiences.
Fowler, CA
An urban infill project, Magnolia Commons affordable housing provides much needed multi-family housing within an existing neighborhood in Fowler, California. Integral to the design is a central activity area that includes lots of outdoor amenities. Residents have a group picnic & barbecue area, playground, pool, basketball courts, and a large recreation lawn. A large community garden space provides an opportunity to grow food and spend time outdoors. Stormwater management is integrated into site as a cobble lined riparian swale that weaves thought the site creating spatial definition between outdoor activity areas. In addition to creating vibrant and functional planting areas throughout the site, Quadriga has established an extensive shade tree canopy that will contribute to the comfort of the outdoor spaces.
Santa Rosa, CA
This Senior affordable housing project replaces mobile homes destroyed during the Tubbs fires of 2017. The City and development partners advocated for federal funding to rebuild this much needed affordable housing and were successful in obtaining funding to create three beautiful and sustainable buildings. Residents who lost their homes maintained a community in the face of many challenges and many of them call Laurel home.
The design is based in the principles of health, wellness and active living. Each of the buildings is connected by a walkway which extends around the entire project site connecting the buildings with the street frontages, courtyards and garden areas. The interconnected walkways provide ample pedestrian circulation allowing for walking in ever growing circles based on a resident’s capability. The courtyards are interconnected and provide outdoor gathering and activities space allowing for extensive gardening and encouraging both healthy eating as well as exercise. The focus of each courtyard are the gardens, with raised planters for residents to participate in growing food, flowers and plants.
Cloverdale, CA
This affordable housing project redevelops a former motel site into a 25-unit multi-family rental apartment community that provides housing for low and very low-income households experiencing homelessness. A community building fronting South Cloverdale Blvd. will offer services such as addiction recovery and job skills training. The landscape reflects these services and the people who will live here. The community building spills out into a large gathering area that is connected to other common areas for residents to linger in. The adjacent creek area offers views for quiet reflection and meditation as well as consistent access to green space. A play area for ages 2-12 and a basketball hoop provides a destination for kids, big and small. A combination of native and drought tolerant plants knit together the natural creek environment to the built environment as the whole site is fluidly connected and accessed by everyone.
Awards: North Bay Business Journal Top Projects for Affordable Housing
Town of Windsor, CA
Russian River Brewing Facility is a fully operational brewery and customer experience destination. Located in an industrial zone outside of the Town core, the landscape architectural approach echoes that of the architectural itinerary. An edible garden, hop growing and fermentation viewing areas honor the brains of the building – the functioning brewery; bike parking, queuing, outdoor welcome and dining areas reflect the owner’s commitment to hospitality; use of existing and new native oaks paired with enhanced wetland areas and storm water retention reinforce responsible sustainability practices.
Architect: ArchiLOGIX
Agua Caliente, CA
The Celestina Garden Apartments are the much-anticipated final phase of a master planned intergenerational community located in the heart of the Sonoma Valley. Named after Celestina Vailetti, the long-time property owner, the Celestina Gardens provide seniors with affordable housing and activities that foster an active lifestyle. The apartments open onto a communal courtyard embellished with plantings and seating areas. A welcoming arbor defines entry into the courtyard and reflects the entry arbor of the project’s community garden. The popular community garden is a hub of activity and has been very successful in creating an instant community. This project is Green Point Rated.
Santa Rosa, CA
The rebuild of the Paradise Ridge Event Center offers fresh energy and celebrates the expansive views of the ridgeline setting. This unique viewshed, framed and shaded by large specimen Valley Oak trees, is celebrated with a new event terrace that provides ample space where patrons can soak up sunsets and hand-crafted wines over the Santa Rosa Plains. Known for their hospitality, the Bycks have created two expanded outdoor spaces to accommodate their growing wedding clientele.
Classic materials, such as weathered steel, concrete, salvaged indigenous stone, succulents, grasses and native wildland species create a rustic elegance that communicates the aesthetic of the region and provides a vibrant backdrop for the events unfolding inside and out at the Event Center. The Paradise Ridge Event Center is slated for re-opening and a fire memorial event late November 2019.
Agua Caliente, CA
Located in the center of the Sonoma Valley, Fetters Apartments is a low-income housing project in historic Agua Caliente. Once the northern border of Mexico, the area has a colorful and storied past, one that we tried to honor. Mature, existing Canary Island Date Palms were saved and relocated throughout the site to help anchor the buildings. They also helped define the aesthetics of the new plant pallet. Fetters Apartments is the first phase of the Sonoma Springs Mixed-Use Project that, once completed, will provide housing for 140 families and seniors, neighborhood improvements such as connection to the Sonoma Valley Bike Trail, upgrades to the Sonoma Charter School play field, and a community garden.
Client: MidPen Housing
Design Architect: John Worden
Architect of Record: Christiani Johnson Architects, Inc.
West Sacramento, CA
The Moderns on Eames Walk is part of a burgeoning district in West Sacramento, CA along the Sacramento River. The 21 single-family homes are positioned around a shared “walk” that serves as a core common space for the neighborhood block. A central walk – Eames Walk, moves residents through a grove of shade and flowering trees and drought adapted plantings. The proposal seeks to integrate and blend outdoor and indoor spaces. A series of boardwalks bridge residents from the Eames Walk to individual units. Individual private courtyards are framed by low concrete walls and specialty paving and are designed for flexible space for outdoor dining, gardening and lounging.
Architect: Studio Skaggs Kennedy
Kenwood, CA
Drawing from the oak woodlands and the Valley of the Moon vineyards, the design for the Kenwood residence reflects the landscape character of the valley. Upon arrival to the residence, visitors meet a custom wood entry house and steel gate along the frontage road, framed by stone columns and native vegetation that blend the property into the hillside landscape. Visitors move through a meandering driveway flanked by wood split-rail fencing and planted berms. A large lawn event space accommodates informal gatherings and family softball games overlaid by a grove of trees. Terraces and gardens bound the residence providing areas for outdoor dining and lounging.
Stockton, CA
An urban infill project, Zettie Miller’s Haven provides affordable housing within an existing Stockton neighborhood. In addition to housing units, the project includes a common space with picnic and barbecue areas and a multi-functional lawn that also serves as storm water detention and emergency vehicle access. Additional storm water treatment is provided by swales around the perimeter of the site that are planted with vegetation that thrives in both wet and dry conditions. In addition to creating vibrant and functional planting areas throughout the site, Quadriga made it a priority to establish a tree canopy that will eventually shade much of the outdoor space and provide natural cooling for the building.
San Mateo, CA
In collaboration with Jon Worden Architects and the Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, Peninsula Station is a high density, transit oriented, affordable multifamily housing project located in San Mateo, CA. Resting atop of an underground parking garage, the design responds to an “on podium” condition with raised planting areas and integrated storm water treatment system. Semi-private patios, outdoor common areas, a community garden, commercial street frontage, and play areas support various amenities for residents.
Fresno, CA
Across the street from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center sits Parc Grove Commons, a 40-unit housing facility for low income veterans. Oriented around a central courtyard, one and two-bedroom apartments make up this two-story complex. Additional amenities include a community center, laundry facility and the courtyard itself. On the west side of the courtyard, near the community center, gathering and socialization are encouraged with horseshoes and built-in seating; while heavy planting surrounds exercise equipment on the east side of the courtyard, providing a sense privacy. A deciduous shade tree canopy accommodates hot summers and cool winters and ornamental trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials suited for the desert-like climate fill the site.
Architect: Mogavero Architects
Oakland, CA
Gallot Lofts is a 41 unit multifamily, urban-infill housing project situated within Oakland’s vibrant Jingletown District, near the Fruitvale BART station. The units frame a large, on-podium, communal courtyard filled with shade tolerant plantings, with weaving paths and seating areas. Large, raised planters filled with colorful vines engage the building’s architectural ‘fins’ that echo the neighborhoods colorful palette of diverse landscape arrangements and murals. Likewise, storm water planters collect and treat all rooftop runoff, and drought tolerant plantings fill the common areas and streetscape frontage unit.
West Sacramento, CA
Riveredge is a mixed use housing project located along the Sacramento River. Walking distance from Sacramento’s cultural epicenters, including: Raley Field, Tower Bridge, Capitol Mall, and Crocker Art Museum, to name a few, the River Edge project holds the unique opportunity to draw and re-connect residents and the regional community to the river. Currently, properties along the river front do little to engage the river. The master plan for River Edge reconceives the edge of the river as a lively and articulated edge that supports a range of programming and recreational amenities. First of its kind in the region, Quadriga have proposed an urban beach along the River Walk Trail to re-engage the community with the river. The urban beach is a place to play in the sand, lounge under sun umbrellas, soak up river views, work out, and engage with the community in a new way that is embedded into the city fabric. The master plan also speaks to the historical inland sand dunes that once existed in our Delta and sand bar island that once emerged during low tide at the mouth of the American River. In addition to the beach, the edge includes outdoor gym and educational gardens. Quadriga crafted the master plan, including private interior courts, streetscapes, and recreational amenities with the public right of way.
Architect: Mogavero Architects
