Project Info
Schmidt Design Group landscape-design details for this affordable-housing project include a 9,000-square-foot organic community garden meant to serve as an important resource for the new community’s residents. Fruit trees and edible cactus also add to the edible landscape of the site. An outdoor barbecue, picnic tables, and a play area with “natural play” elements such as tree trunks and climbing boulders are located in a central courtyard. Low-impact design elements such as bioswales and retention basins were also incorporated.
The project was spearheaded by nonprofit development organization, Community HousingWorks, which transformed four vacant and blighted single-family home sites into this active, new residential community featuring 36 affordable apartments, including eight that will be set aside to house homeless disabled veterans. The Green Point Rated project exhibits new green-energy geothermal technology used to heat and cool the new community center. The sleek, modern design of the building is by San Diego-based firm, PUBLIC Architecture + Planning.