affordable housing graduate project
Master's in Architecture | June 2022
Designing Housing Around Human Experience
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My Master of Architecture terminal project explored how architecture and interior design can work together to create stronger, more connected communities. Rather than treating interiors as a finishing layer, the project began with the people who would inhabit the building, allowing their daily experiences, needs, and relationships to shape the architecture from the inside out.
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The proposal combines affordable senior housing, family support services, and community gathering spaces within a mixed-use development, encouraging interaction across generations while fostering a sense of belonging. The design was informed by extensive research into Trauma-Informed Design and DeafSpace principles, demonstrating how architecture can support health, dignity, accessibility, and social connection.
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This project represents the culmination of my graduate studies and reflects my belief that successful multifamily communities are created by thoughtfully integrating architecture, interiors, landscape, and the human experience into a unified design vision.
Project Type: Graduate Terminal Project
Institution: University of Oregon
Degree: Master of Architecture
Year: 2022
Focus: Affordable Housing | Community Design | Trauma-Informed Design | DeafSpace
Site analysis for the graduate terminal project, examining the relationship between affordable housing, community services, circulation, landscape, and the surrounding Eugene context.
Landscape concept integrating outdoor gathering areas, pedestrian connections, planting, and shared community spaces to support interaction across generations.
First-floor plan organizing community amenities, family support services, circulation, and shared spaces around accessibility, connection, and everyday resident needs.
Second-floor plan integrating residential units with shared spaces and circulation designed to encourage connection while maintaining privacy and dignity.
Upper-level residential plans exploring unit organization, accessibility, circulation, and opportunities for community interaction within the affordable housing development.
North–south building section illustrating the relationship between residential floors, community spaces, courtyards, daylight, and the overall building massing.
East–west section showing how housing, shared spaces, circulation, and landscape work together as part of the project’s inside-out design approach.
Family support facility designed as an accessible, welcoming environment integrating community services with the broader affordable housing development.
Central courtyard designed as a shared outdoor gathering space supporting social connection, intergenerational interaction, and access to landscape and daylight.