Mutual Housing at Fairview Terrace— Affordable Mixed-Use Housing Development
Publication Number
CEC-500-2024-076
Updated
June 28, 2024
Publication Year
2024
Publication Division
Energy Research and Development (500)
Program
Electric Program Investment Charge - EPIC
Contract Number
EPC-21-027
Author(s)
Danny Kolosta - Mutual Housing California; Cheryl McMurtry, LEED AP, LFA; Megan Repka, AIA, SEED AP - Architectural Nexus, Inc.
Abstract
The world is a sacred place. Everyone has a duty to sustain Earth’s crucial infrastructures by ensuring all parts are attended to equitably. The things that humans build and create have a large impact on the network of fragile natural ecosystems. With this in mind, the design team for the Mutual Housing at Fairview Terrace Project strove to achieve new practices for sustainable building design. These practices exceed current standards as a solution to the Next Electric Program Investment Charge Challenge competition.
Located in Stockton, California, the 62,568-square-foot Mutual Housing at Fairview Terrace Project is a 100-percent affordable, all-electric senior housing project with an adjoining tenant office space for Stocktonians Taking Action to Neutralize Drugs, a local nonprofit community organization that provides services to the South Stockton neighborhood.
The Mutual Housing at Fairview Terrace Project will both provide the community in Stockton with critically needed services and implement emerging technologies to provide this disadvantaged neighborhood with access to a sustainable, energy-efficient building. The robust community outreach and research completed led to a development design that includes a 76-unit facility with one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and studio residences; a services and management office; indoor and outdoor bicycle storage; tenant space; a resilient cooling center; community kitchen; courtyard; shared gathering space; urban agriculture; electric vehicle charging; meandering outdoor walkways; community art; a place to learn; and outdoor recreation. By considering the history of this place, the team was able to foster a design that is a catalyst for progress.