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Location: Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Garofalo Architects
Client: ABLA Homes, The Chicago Housing Authority
Most mixed-income housing is in a predicament because the highly individual nature of homeownership is at odds with the standardized, repetitive design of most public housing. This entry for a Chicago Housing Authority design competition for low-rise affordable housing proposes a “weave” of elements. Landscape and materiality are combined to form a backdrop for community relations. The rich palette of discrete, yet related, construction systems unify the scheme — without making outward distinctions between residents — but still expresses the diversity of individual lives. Within the site, a complex pattern of unit types ties together residents of varying family structures and incomes.
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