A Bill 7 affordable housing project designed on a consolidated urban lot with multiple setback restraints is programmed to provide 20 rental units, an open ground floor lobby, utility space, and a generous planted buffer fronting both streets of a corner lot. Five levels of light wood framing sit on a concrete podium, a construction type rarely utilized in Hawaii, but selected here as a strategy for its reduced carbon footprint, lower construction costs and compressed schedule. The massing is designed to visually minimize the scale of the building and engage with the mid-rise urban neighborhood.
