Star Apartments

Description

Star Apartments provides permanent supportive housing to 100 formerly homeless individuals using innovative modular pre-fabricated units that are cantilevered over a two-story concrete superstructure. Designed by the award-winning Michael Maltzan Architecture, Star Apartments is a LEED for Homes Platinum development that aims to inspire residents and the surrounding community. The apartments are terraced above a Health and Wellness Center on the second floor, which includes a community kitchen, art rooms, running/walking track, and space for supportive services. Residents can also enjoy a raised community garden, and multiple outdoor patio spaces for exercise and group activities. On the ground floor, the Star houses a clinic operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS), which serves both Star residents and the surrounding community. It is also headquarters for DHS’ Housing for Health Division, a ground-breaking team that is committed to funneling resources towards the most critical determinant of health: housing.

PRESS

• TIME: The 25 Best Inventions of 2015
• KCET: Good Design is For Everyone
• The Architecture Newspaper: Is prefab the future for affordable housing in Los Angeles?
• Fast Company: Michael Maltzan’s Quest To Remake Housing For The Homeless
• U.S. Green Building Council Announces LEED for Homes Award Winners