Client: Abode Services
Location: San Jose, California
User: Homeless and very-low income residents
Building Area: 77,560 sf
Number of Units: 104 units
Du/Acre: 111du/ac
Parking: 51 spaces
Site Area: 0.94 Acres
Site Facts: Site is located on the historic The Alameda at the border of Santa Clara and San Jose
Amenities: Numerous outdoor gathering areas to supplement the small unit sizes
Construction Materials: Steel shipping containers, stained CMU, prefinished metal panel, corten steel, composite wood, steel, concrete, glass
Design facts: Buildings designed with metal shipping containers. Project site designed in two phases to allow existing residents to remain residing in the existing building located on the phase 2 area while phase 1 is constructed
Story to tell: This project is very unique to use metal shipping containers to construct housing for the homeless –shipping containers are structurally very stout for seismic design and allow for speed of construction since the containers are modified off site while the site work is completed at the same time.
