Delhi Commons Project (Class of 2012-Spring)

Delhi Commons A Mixed-Use Development Project

Urban design and architecture project for the 3rd year class. The project was the development of a vacant site within the village of Delhi that provided various spaces for a variety of uses including an art gallery, a hotel with a restaurant, a bar and residential units and a public plaza. All these components had to be designed to fit into the context of the Village of Delhi.

Delhi Commons A Mixed-Use Development Project

Students were first placed in groups for the urban design phase of the project. After the basic massing of the project was developed, each student took a building type (i.e. bowling alley, art gallery, etc) and designed it in architectural detail.

The following images were designed using AutoCAD, Revit and Sketch Up by the 3rd year architecture students at SUNY Delhi under the direction of

Professor N ana An doh.

Delhi Commons Bowling Alley Typology

Dan Dahlstrom's project aims at dispelling the notion that all bowling alleys are designed as big boxes with no windows in the middle of a parking lot.

Dan's uses a two story scheme and takes advantage of large windows to bring in much needed natural light into the space.

The architectural character also speaks to the traditional warehouse building types in the Catskills.


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Sean Wheeler's design takes a different approach to the two story scheme by creating a double-height space for the howling alley, with a bar/pool area that looks into the bowling alley.

Sean also adds a restaurant to the building creating a variety of uses for the program which also results in a very interesting design composition for the buildings' facade.



Delhi Commons Bowling Alley/Art Gallery Typology

Cory Ely combines two of the project's required programs into a single mixed-use building.

The Art Gallery is designed as a modem glass and steel structure and the Bowling Alley takes on a more traditional approach with large arches typical of many sports arenas making it an appropriate architectural precedent for the

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Delhi Commons Bowling Alley/Art Gallery Typology

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Delhi Commons Art Gallery Typology

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The Art Gallery in this design is envisioned by N aoaki Kamitani as a landmark building meant to stand out from all the typical traditional buildings in the village of Delhi.

This mixed use building has a bookstore, a small cafe, and a gift shop with the contemporary art gallery rising as a transparent mass out of a very solid building.

The covered walkway provides an additional layer of protection and welcome for pedestrians.

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Delhi Commons Mixed-Use/Residential Typology

Kemuel Pena's design takes advantage of its location adjacent to the entrance of SUNY Delhi.

The ground floor of the building is lined with much needed shops with a large arched element aligned with the entrance to the campus that invites pedestrians into the enclosed public plaza.

The design is also sensitive to the creek which runs next to the project site.

The upper stories are occupied by residences of various occupancies.


The residences by Richard Rock are designed into a warehouse building type typical of the Catskills region. The design intent was an abandoned warehouse renovated and re-designed as a series of high-end townhomes.

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Delhi Commons Residential Typology

Richard Deluca designed a series of residential townhouse units with traditional proportions in a very contemporary style. The residents get to enjoy a semiprivate garden area complete with a playground and picnic areas.

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Maria Stathoudakis chose to design the residential units as an apartment complex in a classical language. The Catskills region and the village of Delhi have wonderful precedents of classical civic buildings which Maria successfully uses in a residential typology.

Delhi Commons Hotel & Education Typology

Nicholas Naccarato design combines Signatures Restaurant (run by the Hospitality Department at SUNY Delhi) and classrooms above in a complete educational facility.

The restaurant design uses large traditional wooden storefronts that give it a public appeal, while the classrooms above appear more solid. The complete building is designed as a traditional public building that can serve as a landmark for the village of Delhi.


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The interior of the building has a serene courtyard with seating areas and some vegetation to provide shaded areas.



The hotel design by Michael Magazu occupies a critical intersection on the project site that determined the eventual form of his building. The rounded comer creates an imposing civic presence on the comer that announces the entrannce of the hotel.

The hotel has a restaurant on the ground floor with other public ammenities such as a gymnasium, pool and conference rooms, with a private enclosed courtyard in the center of the building.


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Using a very classical approach, Albert Clark chose to design a formal hotel and restaurant building to be an example of the wonderful classical tradition of the Catskills region.

His design takes a diiferent approach however, by placing some of the more public functions on the higher floors such as the gymnasium, swimming pool and conference rooms.




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Delhi Commons Project (Class of 2012-Spring)