Tsoi/Kobus & Associates chosen to design academic, nursing facilities in South Street Landing project

TSOI/KOBUS & ASSOCIATES, of Cambridge, Mass., will design the academic offices and nursing education facilities in the $220 million South Street Landing project. This is a rendering of the project.  / COURTESY TSOI/KOBUS & ASSOCIATES
TSOI/KOBUS & ASSOCIATES, of Cambridge, Mass., will design the academic offices and nursing education facilities in the $220 million South Street Landing project. This is a rendering of the project. / COURTESY TSOI/KOBUS & ASSOCIATES

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Tsoi/Kobus & Associates will design the academic offices and nursing education facilities in the $220 million South Street Landing project, the architecture company announced Tuesday.
The redevelopment, led by CV Properties LLC, will convert the former power station on Eddy Street to the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center and Brown University administrative offices. The renovated structure will be one of three elements. A seven-story building for graduate student housing, a restaurant and retail shops, and a 740-space parking garage also are planned.
TK&A will team with Providence architect Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels, which has expertise on historic renovation, on the power station project. RCG Architects, of Baltimore, Md., will assist with the programming design for the nursing education center.
Within the power station’s preserved shell, about 120,000 square feet will be used for the Brown offices, while another 120,000 square feet will be used for the nursing education center shared by the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College, according to the TK&A release.
The project will achieve LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. It is expected to be finished in 2016.
The power station, a historic structure, is in the Jewelry District of Providence. In a statement, Rick Kobus, principal of TK&A, said the firm was excited to be working on the structure.
“The opportunity to preserve a key piece of architectural history while bringing new life to this neighborhood is particularly gratifying,” he said.
Founded in 1983, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates focuses on architecture, planning and design projects for science and technology, college and university, health care and in commercial real estate. Its projects include the Cuisinart Center for Culinary Education at Johnson & Wales University, which featured 30 teaching labs and classrooms.

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