Best over 50s housing designs for Global Awards shortlisted
MELBOURNE: The shortlist for the best individual over 50s housing design has been declared.
The fastest growing segment in over 50s housing is multigenerational affordable housing.
Over 250 designs have been considered by the awards secretariat. One of the finalists in this category is shown above.
FIVE88 gives priority for affordable workforce housing to residents who work at public education and healthcare institutions and senior applicants who live or work in San Francisco. Located in a rapidly developing neighborhood near the new UCSF Medical Center, it is the largest 100% affordable development in the city in the last 10 years.
FIVE88 steps down from four stories at the west side of the block to three stories toward the east. It provides 200 apartments—72 one-bedroom residences ($1,090 to $1,320/month) and 128 two-bedroom flats ($1,299 to $1,576/month)—plus 10,079 sf in a retail arcade.
The building wraps around a large communal open space. A second-level courtyard sits atop an embedded garage on the west side and a ground-level courtyard on the east.
The Global Award winner will be announced in November in London. (Globals)
