Article source: Workshop 8

In February of 2010 The Housing Authority of The City of El Paso held a national design competition to help them create the “greenest affordable housing development in the country”. This 73-unit, LEED Platinum, senior housing neighborhood represents a bold new direction in affordable housing and HACEP is leading the way. The project is a mix of one and two bedroom units, nine single room occupancies (SROs), and a central, iconic community building housing office and meeting space — all of which are designed to be wheel-chair adaptable and have 100% visitability.

New Paisano Green Community Renderings

• Architects: Workshop 8 Architecture
• Project: Paisano Green Community
• Location: El Paso, Texas
• Software used: Vectorworks and Sketchup Pro
• Roma Campanile
  HOPE VI/Choice Neighborhood Grant Manager
  HUD/Office of Public Housing Investments
• client contact
  Housing Authority of the City of El Paso
  Gerald Cichon, Chief Executive Officer

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