High Performance, High Density, High Ambitions: Housing for the Salem Housing Authority

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Date

2010

Authors

O'Neil, Shane
Keyes, Peter

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University of Oregon

Abstract

In collaboration with Peter Keyes’s 2011 Advanced Architectural Design Studio at the University of Oregon and the Sustainable Cities Initiative, the City of Salem and the Salem Housing Authority (SHA) sought to re-imagine the future of public housing so that it would dignify those who inhabit it and do so in a more economically, environmentally, and ecologically sustainable manner than is currently the norm.Following their research and analysis, the students generated room, unit, and building prototypes based on an understanding of their relationship to different local contexts. The students subsequently developed infill and redevelopment proposals for three multi-family properties currently owned by the SHA: Orchard Village, Meadowlark Village, and Glen Creek. The SHA provided students a list of goals focused on optimizing the use of available resources, including energy, land, water, and materials. Building on the SHA’s goals, the students sought to elevate perceptions of what is possible in low-income housing.

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85 pages

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Salem (Or.), Low-income housing -- Oregon -- Salem -- Planning, Housing -- Oregon -- Salem -- Planning

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