The Weatherly Commons

Low Income Housing for Seniors and Intergenerational Families

Project Summary

Project Level: Bank of America Low-Income Housing

Challenge

Project type: Affordable Housing

Year: 2022

Location: Multnomah Village Portland, Oregon

Main Tools: Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator

Team: Brian Gardner, Scott Goodman, Qin He, Heidi

Hinshaw, Sam Huck, and Scott Sharba

Weatherly Commons is a mixed-use affordable apartment building with a mix of 48 studios, 10 onebedrooms, and 4 two-bedrooms for low-income seniors and intergenerational families earning at or below 50% of the area median income (AMI). We intend to create a livable and premium living space without luxury materials or premium’s construction. Our task is working with the finance team and community team to efficiently fullfill our design’s objectives and provide neccessary community’s services with availble budget.

Design Concept

Our main concept is integrating the idea of “Hugging” into the design, to emphasize the human interaction that show closeness and kindness to build a stronger relationship. Literally, the building is hugging the courtyard. Conceptually, our project explores the idea of hugging, of bringing different people and different generations together

Space for Senior and Children

By intergenerational, we recognize that humans need family in order to flourish, so our project encourages familial-like support to help us age in place, safely, comfortably, and with a sense of connectedness.

Trauma-Informed Design

This Project inergrates traumainformed design using biophilic tone, open space, and gentle textures while incorperate joyful colors and shapes for the development of young children.