Noisette Community Master Plan
Noisette Company and City of North Charleston
North Charleston, SC
3,000 acres
Burt Hill and BNIM Architects led a team of national experts in designing a master plan that creates a sustainable vision for the 3,000 acre historic center of the City of North Charleston. In partnership with the Noisette Company, the city is embarking on the largest and most comprehensive urban redevelopment project in the U.S. This project is a prototype for the "New American City," a vibrant, healthy urban center, embracing its heritage and celebrating its role as community, ecosystem, and market place.
The master plan is based on a principle called the triple bottom line - a balance among people, planet, and prosperity - embodying the belief that sustainable cities must be equally responsive to social needs, environmental responsibility, and economic vitality. The project includes redevelopment of the former naval base on the Cooper River, a connecting 200+-acre urban park surrounding Noisette Creek, 7,000 new housing units, 3,000 rehabilitated housing units, and six to eight million square feet of commercial and retail space. A starting point for this plan was to understand the natural environmental systems that existed before human settlement began.
