Award of Excellence: Blue Springs Crossing Apartments

摘要

Northeast Oregon Housing Authority (NEOHA) won a 2017 Award of Excellence in Project Design for building a distinctive apartment complex on a uniquely shaped lot of land. Nominated from among the NAHRO Award of Merit winners each year, the Awards of Excellence winners are chosen by national juries and honored at the annual National Conference and Exhibition in October. They represent the very best in innovative programs in assisted housing and community development. The Project Design category focuses primarily on the physical or landscape design of a building or project. The Northeast Oregon Housing Authority (https:/eoha.org/)’s Blue Springs Crossing Apartments project started off with a land donation in the shape of a small triangle that was previously a watering pond for livestock beside a high-end singlefamily home development. NEOHA’s challenge was to build as many units as they could in the unique parcel of land while ensuring that the project blended in with the adjoining neighborhood and commercial buildings in order to allay the city council’s concerns about the project. They implemented a courtyard design that kept the entryways and parking facing inward, which addressed the city’s concern regarding unsightly cars and porches.