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Section 1.0Summary Dean Marchetto has dedicated his practice to transitioning aging inner cities

to sustainable mixed-use neighborhoods; his work has shaped the modern cityscape of Hoboken, creating a living example for urban growth.

When Dean Marchetto began his career as a sole practitioner in Hoboken in 1981, the former industrial city was on the brink of dramatic, double digit growth that drew private investment and doubled the population of the city. Marchetto has played a vital role in Hoboken’s rebirth as a residential community, having designed more than 100 buildings in the one square mile city. In projects of varying size, from adaptive reuse of historic structures to new construction of multi-family, mixed use high-rises, Marchetto has applied sensitive, contextual design, weaving together the new with the old, to reconstruct the urban fabric of Hoboken while maintaining continuity in its character - an achievement honored by nine Hoboken Heritage awards. His modern multi-family housing echoes the materials and vertical proportions of adjacent historic brick brownstones; his large mixed-use developments create public spaces where once there were abandoned waterfront properties, and by extending the city grid he creates vistas to the river and Manhattan, improving the cityscape for everyone who lives and works in the city. Building upon his success in helping to rebuild the city almost piece by piece, Marchetto has designed district-wide redevelopment plans based on his contextual approach.

With so many prominent public projects within the region, Marchetto has the unusual opportunity to be an ambassador for the profession. He has dedicated himself to making intensive educational public presentations, easily hundreds of simulations reaching thousands of people. Through the extensive and pioneering use of 3D modeling, Marchetto brings projects alive to a lay audience, a process he considers so vital that the firm has modeled all of Hoboken and Jersey City in order to show projects in their full context. In his interactive presentations, Marchetto is able to show attendees the proposed projects from all angles, even responding to requests to show the perspective from an attendee’s home. He places a high importance on using this public exposure to educate the public through planning board and zoning meetings, illustrating the impact of architecture and design on a city.

Marchetto has garnered press for his innovations in multiple areas of his practice. His commitment to sustainability is shown in his thoughtful consideration of site and natural resources in the Catskill Mountains Farmhouse, an Energy Star Home, which earned him a spotlight in Architectural Digest. On a larger scale, he has shown that green design can be integrated in the New Urbanism, having earned LEED certification – including the first Platinum in New Jersey – for six multi-family projects over the last three years. He is a pioneer in the U.S. for his use of zinc exterior cladding, a natural and “green” material; his innovative design of Apse-Traction earned him the Archzinc Trophee, an international award given by VMZINC. He is responsible for the design in 1996 of the first fully robotic parking garage in the U.S., located in Hoboken, and continues to use the space-saving technology in his larger construction projects.

While Marchetto has been active in lending his talents to his community, including speaking engagements, serving on juries, and chairing the local construction board of appeals, his service following Hurricane Sandy stands out. After extensive flooding in Hoboken and Jersey City, Marchetto spearheaded a pro-bono effort to plan against future disasters. Now in the RFP stage, the Coastal Defense Plan (Exhibit 3.1) provides a cost-effective template for waterfront communities around the world, creating a linear park upon a sea wall/levee that captures additional land for residential and commercial development - which in turn will create value to fund the infrastructure improvements.

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Section 2.1 Significant Work

Adopted Plans

Ongoing Plans

Completed Buildings

Pending Buildings North

City of Hoboken

Over nearly 35 years, Dean Marchetto has played a significant role in shaping the transformation of this formerly abandoned industrial shell into a thriving and vibrant city. With a dramatic increase in population and occupancy topping 97 percent, the city could have lost its history and character to unbridled growth.

Working within the existing urban fabric, Marchetto has integrated each building into its existing block with a sensitivity to each neighborhood’s special character. Hoboken has been Marchetto’s working urban laboratory, allowing him to experiment in real time with real buildings, testing new façade design techniques and creatively using traditional materials.

Marchetto has addressed many challenges as he has undertaken a wide variety of projects located in this one square mile city.• His adaptive reuse of historic structures has helped retain the charm of their

neighborhoods.• His new construction of housing within the city is sensitive to the scale and materials of

adjacent older structures. • His redevelopment plans and new construction at the edges of the city reactivate

abandoned industrial sites while improving waterfront access for all residents.

Rebuilding Hoboken

The Hoboken Grande, 2002

Hanoben 2, 2014

The Skyline, 1985

Observer Lofts, 2008

Vesta West, 2009

Over a thirty-five year period, Marchetto

designed every building on Blocks Seven and

Eight in the southwest of the city, each for a

different client.

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Section 2.1 Significant Work

Park + Garden Multi-Family LEED Gold Completed 2015 Hoboken, N.J. This new 212-unit mixed-use residential building, located in a former industrial district of Hoboken within walking distance of the Manhattan ferry, features two 9-story towers above a 3-story podium which contains an automated parking garage; A 30,000 square foot charter school occupies the second and third floors. Retail uses wrap the perimeter of the ground floor. The garage roof between the towers is a recreation deck, and a green roof tops the towers. A composition of black and white brick and large windows create an exciting modern look. Mixed-use, Transit Oriented Development, and sustainable design make this building a true example of smart growth.

900 Monroe Multi-Family Green Apple Award, LEED GoldCompleted 2015, Hoboken, N.J.This 135-unit mixed-use residential building is located directly on a light rail stop along the western edge of Hoboken. The 11-story Transit Oriented Development steps back in plan to create corner views for the units over Hoboken to Manhattan. This stepping form also delivers a corner plaza at grade. The base of the building contains 15,000 square feet of retail space, including a restaurant and day care center, activated by the light rail. The base also includes a fully automated robotic parking system. The roof of the garage has a large outdoor landscaped deck for the residents’ use.

Hoboken Housing Authority Vision 20/20 N.J. Future Smart Growth Award Ongoing, Hoboken, N.J. This plan is a form-based code to renew Hoboken’s obsolete public housing, an 18-acre complex built in the 1950’s, grounded in the principles of the Choice Neighborhood program by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The plan calls for a 10-phase build-out that incorporates market rate housing in order to alleviate the concentration of poverty typically found at inner city public housing complexes. When fully realized, the plan will integrate public housing into the form, grid, street, and block pattern of the city.

The VestryCompleted 2014, Hoboken, N.J. The First Dutch Reformed Church of Hoboken was built in the late 1800’s, then passed to other congregations before being eventually sold to a developer in 2007. The design converted the building into 8 residential units while rebuilding the original pitched roof, which had been lost to a fire and replaced with a flat roof, and skylights were added to convert the gable area to residential space. The exterior brick masonry was restored, and the original window openings were retrofitted with new custom size windows.

100 Marshall Street Multi-FamilyCompleted 2014, Hoboken, N.J. This new 65-unit multifamily building is located at a diagonal intersection entering the back end of Hoboken, adjacent to a light rail track crossing. The cantilevered convex curved metal corner element is designed to “smooth out” the corner, responding to the vehicular movement of the intersection. As the building moves back alternating bays of red and brown brick create a transition to the neighboring brick row houses.

Rebuilding Hoboken

Marchetto worked with the developer and the city to transform Garden Street into Hoboken’s first pedestrian plaza, now home to a farmer’s market, art shows, and other community activities.

Jersey Journal, November 14, 2011

“With vibrant cafes and stunning views of the Manhattan skyline, Hoboken sets the bar high for all other Jersey downtowns.”

“Our Favorite Downtowns: Hoboken.” New Jersey Monthly, September 2015

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Section 2.1 Significant Work

The success of Marchetto’s work in Hoboken has drawn the attention of other aging cities within the region, where housing is in high demand with proximity to transportation into Manhattan. Marchetto has helped redevelop the waterfront along the Hudson River from West New York to Jersey City with a sensitive eye to the historic contexts of neighborhoods such as Paulus Hook.

75 Park Lane SouthOngoing, Jersey City, N.J.This new 40-story multifamily residential building on the Jersey City waterfront is the newest addition to the Newport Redevelopment area. The base of the building is lined with a 4-5-story component that has 7,500 square feet of retail and addresses the sidewalk. The tower steps back at the 19th floor to create a common roof terrace on the amenity floor. The building contains 405 residential apartments, and the exterior is clad with precast concrete panels and window wall.

The Madox Multi-Family LEED SilverCompleted 2014, Jersey City, N.J. This 100-unit mixed-use multifamily rental building is located in the Historic Paulus Hook neighborhood of Jersey City. The 7-story C-shaped structure wraps three sides of an urban block and conceals a 2-story parking garage. The roof of the garage provides an outdoor open recreation deck for the residents. The lobby and 6,000 square feet of retail space line the garage and create a continuous activated frontage along the major street. Alternating vertical panels of brick and metal panels reduce the scale of the facade to context sensitive architectural proportions.

Rivertrace Multi-Family LEED Silver Completed 2014, West New York, N.J. This new 315-unit multifamily building is located on the Hudson River waterfront. The 12-story building has an embedded parking garage lined with residential units along the 4-story base. The upper structure is a C-shaped plan that is open to the east offering views of the Hudson River and the Manhattan Skyline. The roof of the parking garage is a recreation deck with an outdoor pool. The exterior is clad with panels of brick and metal trim and a rooftop cornice.

Ivy House CondominiumCompleted 2008, Jersey City, N.J. This 18-unit residential condominium is located in downtown Jersey City, which was transitioning to residential, retail, and dining functions. The upper structure contains three units per floor and steps back from the rear yard above the garage to allow private terraces for the second floor units. The roof is comprised of a common room and a landscaped deck with sweeping views of downtown Manhattan. The brick façade has two metal bay projections that provide cover for the entrance.

Gulls Cove CondominiumCompleted 2008, Jersey City, N.J. Gulls Cove is the first high-rise structure completed in the highly acclaimed “New Urban” community of Liberty Harbor North. This building contains 322 residential units and 400 parking spaces, all of which are concealed from sight by being embedded within the structure. The ground floor is ringed with 18,000 square feet of retail space including shops and restaurants. A true example of a Transit Oriented Development, Gulls Cove is immediately adjacent to the Hudson Bergen Light Rail stop. Modern metal cornices articulate the top of the building while a rich stone base defines the retail uses at the lower levels.

Regional Impact

“Hoboken’s continuing redevelopment has succeeded so thoroughly that many other cities hope to follow the same route.”

“The Hoboken Model,” New Jersey Monthly, April 2006.

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Section 3.0Exhibits

Rebuilding Hoboken: 3. Apse-Traction Office Conversion and Addition

Faced with a need for more space to accommodate his growing firm, Dean Marchetto undertook an addition to the Norwegian church, built in 1890, they had renovated and occupied in 1995. As the building owner, he had unusual freedom in the design and construction of the new addition.

Situated on a brownstone lined street in Hoboken, N.J., this project presented a unique opportunity to create a modern design studio within a century old religious structure, and in doing so, reinvent late 19th century religious architecture in the context of 21st century design and manufacturing methodologies.

Working with the progressive graduate program at the Project-Architecture Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology, the design added the traditional shape of a half-apse onto the existing flat back of the building, but utilizing innovative modern materials.

Pre-constructed of a Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) bent steel tubular skeletal frame, which was clad in innovative CNC laser cut zinc shingles and steel and glass curtain wall systems, the structure takes advantage of advanced parametric information modeling systems enabling the complex geometric form of the abstracted Apse to be constructed with the modest budget of a traditional urban addition.

Hoboken, N.J.

Project Completion:2010

Architecture Firm of Record: MHS Architects PC

Role of Nominee:Partner in Charge

Selected Publications:“Apse-Traction Parametric

Modeling,” Architectural Record, November 2005

“Workspace: Marchetto Higgins Stieve.” Residential Architect July/August 2013

Awards:2012 AIA N.J. Merit Award Built

Project2012 ArchiZinc Trophy Award, Paris

VMZINC2004 AIA N.J. Excellence in

Architecture

Declaration of Responsibility:I have personal knowledge of the responsibility for the project. That Responsibility included:• Largely responsibility for design• Project direction under nominee• Nominee’s firm executed the project

Signature:

Michael Higgins, AIAPrincipal at MHS Architects PCRelationship: Partner

Front View

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Section 3.0Exhibits

Conference Room

Interior Apse

Rebuilding Hoboken: 3. Apse-Traction Office Conversion and Addition