HexCity An atelier of master-plans
Plate i. A folio of master-plans

HexCity.

An atelier of urban design. Six districts, twelve commissions, one master plan rendered at 1:2400 and orbited from above. Scroll the sheet to glide across the model.

147 Hex parcels
12 Commissioned works
04 Districts active
∞ Sketches in flight
NORTH-RIVER ATELIER · MMXXVI · NEW JERSEY RIBA · AIA · 28 YEARS PRACTICE

Plate ii. Districts

Four districts. One conversation.

The plan reads as four districts knitted by a single street network. Each parcel is a hex — a six-sided neighbour to six others — so every site has six conversations to honour. Pins on the model mark the work currently in flight.

  • Riverline North
    42 parcels · Mixed-use
    88%
  • Quay South
    38 parcels · Cultural / Civic
    72%
  • Loop West
    35 parcels · Residential
    54%
  • Atelier East
    32 parcels · Office / Workshop
    41%

Plate iii. Blueprint

The plan, in line.

Strip the volumes back and only the geometry remains: hex parcels, street centrelines, the breath between buildings. Every commission begins here, on tracing paper.

Built — completed parcels
In design — wireframe stage
Reserved for future programme
01
Mass-timber hybrids dominate Riverline North
02
Pedestrian primacy across all hexes — no through-traffic
03
Each district anchored by one civic commission

Plate iv. Flagship

Riverline Library.

A civic library on parcel P-001 — eight stacked floors of mass timber, brass-shingle skin, a reading garden on the roof. The first commission of the new master plan and the spine the rest of the district hangs from.

  • SiteP-001 · Riverline North
  • GFA8,400 m²
  • Carbon−620 t CO₂e net
  • AwardsRIBA shortlist · MMXXVI

Plate v. Commission

Three ways to brief us.

Every project starts with a one-week feasibility, a sheet of trace, and a coffee. Pick the engagement that fits the parcel.

From North-River Atelier · HexCity Studio Sheet F-MMXXVI · Engagements Drawn Plainfield, NJ · MMXXVI
  1. i.

    Feasibility

    Site analysis, programmatic study, three concept directions — delivered in one week from receipt of brief.

    A site walk with photographic record, a massing study in three options, a code & planning audit against the local design framework, and a one-page summary report concluded with a written recommendation. Suitable for clients who hold the parcel but not yet the brief.

  2. ii.

    Schematic RECOMMENDED

    Concept through permit-ready drawings, with renderings, structural strategy, and a cost estimate within ten percent of construction.

    Concept and design development, material and structural strategy, four hero renderings issued at the close of design development, a permit-ready drawing set in conformance with planning, and a cost estimate at ±10 percent. Six months from kick-off; engineering consultants engaged in our name.

  3. iii.

    Master-plan

    A full district master-plan — transit, public realm, design code, stakeholder consultation, and a five-year delivery roadmap.

    Site-wide urban analysis, phasing and delivery plan, public realm design code, stakeholder consultation through six rounds with the local authority, and a five-year delivery roadmap concluded with a presentation to the planning committee. Fee proposed against scope; one to three years.

Plate vi. Reach

Bring us your parcel.

Every great city starts with one well-considered hex. Send us the brief — site address, programme, schedule — and we'll write back within 48 hours with a feasibility outline.

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