brookview senior housing

Transformation of a former excavation spoils ground into a creek side setting for 102 homes for limited income seniors - all a short walk from transit and retail shopping in Poway, California.  The site design fosters daily interaction by situating private patios and porches overlooking a series of public courtyards - focused around the creek and commons building.  Ground level patios offer those residents the opportunity to grow their own vegetables or flowers.  Easily traversed pathways lead to a variety of vine covered pergolas from which to enjoy the setting - highlighted by a pedestrian bridge crossing the creek.  Previously a degraded storm water channel, the creek was expertly engineered to handle flood control while allowing for native plant revegetation.