The Olympia Design Review Board held its virtual meeting for a Detail Design Review of the Martin Way Affordable Housing project on Thursday, November 3.
According to the board’s staff report, the current work is the second stage of a two-phase project on 111 Pattison St NE. The first phase, completed in 2021, included a five-story residential building and a shelter.
The second phase entails the addition of 64 additional units, a mixture of studios and single-bedroom units, to the site on levels 2-5, with accommodating parking and amenities at ground level. This will require the demolition of the existing one-story building to the south and the addition of parking.
The applicant team for the project is the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), represented by Encore Architects, who presented the designs for Phase 2.
“We are so happy that we finished phase one, and we're launching phase two,” said LIHI Executive Director Sharon Lee. “We have 65 units, and we moved in homeless veterans, seniors, people living with disabilities, and people from Interfaith Work Shelter, as well as homeless individuals at Plum Street village.”
The completion of the project's earlier phase provided the needy in the community with inexpensive accommodation, merely directing them to pay 30% of their income to secure permanent housing.
“We're very excited about the rest of the site being fully developed because we believe that it's going to increase our ability to operate the space in a way that not only is beneficial for the folks that are living there but really for everyone in the neighborhood as well,” said Meg Martin, Interfaith Work Shelter Executive Director.
Encore Architects discussed the specifics of the project with the board, including their responses and revisions based on the comments during the Concept Design Review.
“Overall, our building was originally aligned to Martin way,” explained Robert Dane, from Encore Architects. “It was a recommendation to move that over the overall building to meet the 10-foot setback along Martin way and also remove the surface parking that was within that 10-foot setback.”
”We also provided more on-site landscaping on Martin way, added Dane.”
Dane added several other details about the building’s orientation, pedestrian access, parking, amenities, landscaping, and colors.
They also discussed the project’s site plan and landscaping design, which were noted as approved as proposed; the building design, and the unit’s color paint.
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