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Communication from Public Name: Damian PipkinsDate Submitted: 02/23/2020 07:54 AMCouncil File No: 19-0770 Comments for Public Posting: This is my public comment for building ideas for the Leimert Park

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Housing Ideas

Mirador Housing – Madrid, Spain


• Mirador housing in Madrid’s Sanchinarro quarter is more than just a block of flats.

• It’s closer to a vertical collection of mini neighborhoods.

• Dutch architectural firm MVRDV created slits between the blocks in the construction imagined as upright alleyways, and the large open space near the top has been dubbed the “sky plaza.”


• This “semi-public” area provides residents with a communal meeting place and features a garden with stunning views of the nearby Guadarrama Mountains.

• The project won the Madrid municipality’s Best Design in Housing prize in 2005, even though it wasn’t completed until 2012.

• It contains 165 apartments.

Hatert Housing – Netherlands


• Tower Hatert in the Dutch city of Nijmegen is part of the local government’s plan to invigorate its housing.

• The rippling, sculpture-like 13-story building was designed by Rotterdam-based studio 24H Architecture.

• This development houses 72 apartments as well as a health care center on the ground floor.


• The timber used throughout the construction is FSC certified.

• And the non-aligned balconies – with the railings apparently inspired by leaf patterns – ensure that each unit gets enough natural light, while also offering residents uninterrupted views of their surroundings.

• This futuristic looking tower was finished in 2011.

Honeycomb Apartments – Izola, Slovenia


• This bright, eclectic and unusual affordable housing development is situated in Izola in the southwestern part of Slovenia.

• The distinctive design ensured Ljubljana-based architects OFIS won a Slovenia Housing Fund award in a competition that involved designing inexpensive housing for young families.

• Dubbed the Honeycomb Apartments, the two blocks enjoy a view of Izola Bay on one flank and look out onto the neighboring hills on the other.


• Shade and open-air access are important in this part of the world, so each unit has its own well-ventilated balcony area.

• Residents can also customize the interior of their apartments, while the colored fabric shades above the outdoor spaces provide privacy.

• Completed in 2006, the project contains 30 apartments in each block.

Simmons Hall, MIT, Cambridge, MA


• The undergraduate residence is envisioned with the concept of "porosity."

• It is a vertical slice of city, 10 stories tall and 382' long, providing a 125 seat theater, a night café, and street level dining.

• The "sponge" concept transforms the building via a series of programmatic and bio-technical functions.


• The building has five large openings corresponding to main entrances, view corridors, and outdoor activity terraces.

• Large, dynamic openings are the lungs, bringing natural light down and moving air up.

• Each of the dormitory's single rooms has nine operable windows.

• An 18" wall depth shades out the summer sun while allowing the low angled winter sun to help heat the building.

• At night, light from these windows is rhythmic and magical.

Hope on Alvarado

Hope on Alvarado

• Hope on Alvarado creatively utilizes purpose-built steel modules into a modern and affordable transitional housing community for the Los Angeles homeless population.

• The five-story Hope on Alvarado offers studios and one-bedroom apartments on a 0.44-acre site at 166 Alvarado Street.

• The modular units are constructed offsite speeding up the construction process.

Hope on Alvarado

• Once the units arrive onsite it takes around a month for the units to be lifted into place providing for a completed community in just 14 months.

• The building is constructed around a central courtyard, providing privacy, safety and a deepened sense of community.

• Parking spaces are provided for social services staff while each resident has a bike- storage space.

Hope on Alvarado - Financing

• The Hope on Alvarado Apartments, located at 166 S. Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, requested

• Recommended for a reservation of $768,865 in annual federal tax credits to finance the new

• Construction of 83 units of housing serving tenants with rents affordable to households earning 50-60% of area median income (AMI).

• The project will be developed by LSA Capital, Inc. and will be located in CA Senate District 24 and CA Assembly District 51.

Hope on Alvarado - Financing

Affordable Housing Developers

Affordable Housing Funding Sources

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