New Haven, CT
40,000 square feet
2021
Type: Civic / Arts / Adaptive Reuse
Theme: Transforming Old Buildings / Making & Learning
reduction in energy use compared to the AIA 2030 baseline
NXTHVN is a not-for-profit arts and community incubator founded by artist Titus Kaphar in New Haven, Connecticut. Dedicated to providing affordable workspaces for artists, mentoring local youth, and contributing to the revitalization of the Dixwell neighborhood and New Haven, NXTHVN occupies two former factory buildings and a luminous new addition.
The new building is a place of not just artists simply making work that goes out into the art world, where people sort of bid and barter for our products as if they were some sort of commodity, but creating situations that would allow those artists to build relationship with students to really impact their life through art making.
Titus Kaphar, Founder & President
TenBerke
Architect, Interior Designer
Aschettino Associates
Structural Engineer
BL Companies
MEP/FP Engineer
B&B Engineering
Civil Engineer
PHT Lighting Design
Lighting Designer
ConnCode
Code Consultant
Design Award
AIA New York, 2024
Design Award of Excellence
AIA Connecticut, 2024
Design Award of Excellence
SARA National, 2024
Architectural Record
March 2021
Winner of the Adaptive Reuse Category
AN Best of Design Awards, 2021
Runner-up for Best Project of the Year
AN Best of Design Awards, 2021
Design Award of Honor
SARA New York Council, 2018
Honorable Mention - Unbuilt, Cultural
2018 Best of Design Awards