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Built on a lot only 50' wide, this 100% affordable housing project in Downtown Santa Monica features 37 residential units and 1,500 sf of retail space.

The design is based on a series of stacking volumes rotating around a central pivot point. The volumes are carved away to provide large private balconies, and are pulled away from the building edges to highlight the stacking effect.

Drawing on a rich palette of stacked stone veneer, fiber cement siding, smooth stucco and glass and wire mesh railings, this project seeks to redefine the notion of what affordable housing can be.

CLIENT: WS COMMUNITIES

PROGRAM: 6-STORY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH 37 AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 1,500 SF RETAIL AND 2 LEVELS OF SUBTERANNEAN STORAGE AND UTILITY

YEAR: ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION START JULY 2021

TEAM:

• DESIGN ARCHITECT, PLANNING AND ENTITLEMENTS - MISTY KAPLAN / FIFTH WALL ARCHITECTURE

• EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT (ENTITLEMENTS)- KILLEFER FLAMMANG ARCHITECTS

• EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT - OTTINGER ARCHITECTS