diff --git a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Common/Constants.cs b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Common/Constants.cs
index c00fc0f1c..6372bf032 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Common/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Common/Constants.cs
@@ -38,4 +38,15 @@ public class Identity
         public const string UserClassName = "ApplicationUser";
         public const string DbContextName = "NewIdentityDbContext";
     }
+
+    public class DotnetCommands
+    {
+        public const string RazorPageCommandName = "page";
+        public const string RazorPageCommandOutput = "Pages";
+        public const string RazorComponentCommandName = "razorcomponent";
+        public const string RazorComponentCommandOutput = "Components";
+        public const string ViewCommandName = "view";
+        public const string ViewCommandOutput = "Views";
+        public const string ControllerCommandOutput = "Controllers";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Program.cs b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Program.cs
index 94ef9abea..a0dca6a2e 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/Program.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
                 var context = config.Context;
                 step.ProjectPath = context.GetOptionResult(projectOption);
                 step.FileName = context.GetOptionResult(fileNameOption);
-                step.CommandName = "razorcomponent";
+                step.CommandName = Constants.DotnetCommands.RazorComponentCommandName;
             });
 
         builder.AddScaffolder("razorview-empty")
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
                 var context = config.Context;
                 step.ProjectPath = context.GetOptionResult(projectOption);
                 step.FileName = context.GetOptionResult(fileNameOption);
-                step.CommandName = "view";
+                step.CommandName = Constants.DotnetCommands.ViewCommandName;
             });
 
         builder.AddScaffolder("razorpage-empty")
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
                 step.ProjectPath = context.GetOptionResult(projectOption);
                 step.NamespaceName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(step.ProjectPath);
                 step.FileName = context.GetOptionResult(fileNameOption);
-                step.CommandName = "page";
+                step.CommandName = Constants.DotnetCommands.RazorPageCommandName;
             });
 
         builder.AddScaffolder("apicontroller")
diff --git a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/DotnetNewScaffolderStep.cs b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/DotnetNewScaffolderStep.cs
index a2bd47ade..ceada6048 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/DotnetNewScaffolderStep.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/DotnetNewScaffolderStep.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Scaffolding.Internal.CliHelpers;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Scaffolding.Internal.Services;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Scaffolding.Internal.Telemetry;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Scaffold.AspNet.Common;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Scaffold.AspNet.ScaffoldSteps.Settings;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Scaffold.AspNet.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -54,13 +55,21 @@ public override Task<bool> ExecuteAsync(ScaffolderContext context, CancellationT
 
     private bool InvokeDotnetNew(DotnetNewStepSettings stepSettings)
     {
-        var projectBasePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(stepSettings.Project);
-        //using the project name from the csproj path as namespace currently.
-        //to evaluate the correct namespace is a lot of overhead for a simple 'dotnet new' operation
-        //TODO maybe change this?
+        var outputDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(stepSettings.Project);
+        //invoking a command with a specific output folder, if not, use the default output folder (project root)
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputDirectory) &&
+            OutputFolders.TryGetValue(stepSettings.CommandName, out var folderName))
+        {
+            outputDirectory = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, folderName);
+            if (!_fileSystem.DirectoryExists(outputDirectory))
+            {
+                _fileSystem.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);
+            }
+        }
+
         var projectName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(stepSettings.Project);
-        if (Directory.Exists(projectBasePath) &&
-            !string.IsNullOrEmpty(projectBasePath))
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputDirectory) &&
+            _fileSystem.DirectoryExists(outputDirectory))
         {
             //arguments for 'dotnet new {settings.CommandName}'
             var args = new List<string>()
@@ -69,7 +78,7 @@ private bool InvokeDotnetNew(DotnetNewStepSettings stepSettings)
                 "--name",
                 stepSettings.Name,
                 "--output",
-                projectBasePath
+                outputDirectory
             };
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(stepSettings.NamespaceName))
@@ -113,4 +122,11 @@ private bool InvokeDotnetNew(DotnetNewStepSettings stepSettings)
             CommandName = CommandName
         };
     }
+
+    private readonly static Dictionary<string, string> OutputFolders = new()
+    {
+        { Constants.DotnetCommands.RazorPageCommandName, Constants.DotnetCommands.RazorPageCommandOutput },
+        { Constants.DotnetCommands.RazorComponentCommandName, Constants.DotnetCommands.RazorComponentCommandOutput },
+        { Constants.DotnetCommands.ViewCommandName, Constants.DotnetCommands.ViewCommandOutput }
+    };
 }
diff --git a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/EmptyControllerScaffolderStep.cs b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/EmptyControllerScaffolderStep.cs
index 0dd87aafe..69bd16e4a 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/EmptyControllerScaffolderStep.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/EmptyControllerScaffolderStep.cs
@@ -56,10 +56,26 @@ public override Task<bool> ExecuteAsync(ScaffolderContext context, CancellationT
 
     private bool InvokeDotnetNew(EmptyControllerStepSettings settings)
     {
-        var projectBasePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(settings.Project);
+        var outputDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(settings.Project);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputDirectory))
+        {
+            outputDirectory = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, "Controllers");
+            if (!_fileSystem.DirectoryExists(outputDirectory))
+            {
+                _fileSystem.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _logger.LogError("Failed to determine output path.");
+            return false;
+        }    
+
         var projectName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(settings.Project);
         var actionsParameter = settings.Actions ? "--actions" : string.Empty;
-        if (Directory.Exists(projectBasePath) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(projectName))
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputDirectory) &&
+            _fileSystem.DirectoryExists(outputDirectory) &&
+            !string.IsNullOrEmpty(projectName))
         {
             //arguments for 'dotnet new {settings.CommandName}'
             var args = new List<string>()
@@ -68,7 +84,7 @@ private bool InvokeDotnetNew(EmptyControllerStepSettings settings)
                 "--name",
                 settings.Name,
                 "--output",
-                projectBasePath,
+                outputDirectory,
                 "--namespace",
                 projectName,
             };
diff --git a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/ValidateEfControllerStep.cs b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/ValidateEfControllerStep.cs
index 12997b735..d4b896877 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/ValidateEfControllerStep.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-scaffolding/dotnet-scaffold-aspnet/ScaffoldSteps/ValidateEfControllerStep.cs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public override async Task<bool> ExecuteAsync(ScaffolderContext context, Cancell
             ProjectInfo = projectInfo,
             ModelInfo = modelInfo,
             DbContextInfo = dbContextInfo,
-            ControllerOutputPath = projectDirectory
+            ControllerOutputPath = Path.Combine(projectDirectory, AspNetConstants.DotnetCommands.ControllerCommandOutput)
         };
 
         if (scaffoldingModel.ProjectInfo is not null && scaffoldingModel.ProjectInfo.CodeService is not null)