Berkeley Cohousing
Berkeley, California

Added six new units and rehabilitated eight others, plus a common house, to create a 14-unit urban community.

Designed for sustainability using permaculture landscape principles, passive and active solar heating, grey water re-use, sustainable growth timber, and low-toxicity and recycled materials.

Our challenge was to continue the organic yet coherent growth patterns and architectural style established over time on the site. The design is a delicate juxtaposition of craftsman style, clapboard style, and Spanish stucco style, creating a microcosm of the best of Berkeley's finer neighborhoods.

Project completed 1997