Paseo Senter Affordable Housing, Apartments
San Jose, California

This affordable rental housing complex is conceived as a new urban district. It is organized around a main street, Paseo Senter, which runs from the facing arterial roadway to the 13-acre Coyote Creek Park green space. Though this paseo will allow access by cars, it is designed to calm traffic and empower pedestrian use.

Lined at ground level with active uses, the paseo bustles with the activity of entry stoops, a community room, a library, leasing offices, social worker support spaces, a child-care center, American Indian Educational Program center and a grandparent caregiver center. Three stories of residential apartments are located above in a classic urban-mixed use style.

Near the mid-point of the paseo lies a public plaza which surrounds the main entries into the residential districts. This communal open space combines gardens and a palm grove with an active play area, gathering spaces, and a swimming pool.

awards

Structures Award: Affordable Housing Development of the Year
Silicon Valley Business Journal

project details

Client

Paseo Senter, L.P.

Nonprofit Housing Developer

Charities Housing

Architect

David Baker + Partners

Landscape Architect

CMG Landscape Architects

Lighting Designer

Horton Lees Brogden

Structural Engineer

OLMM Consulting Engineers

Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer

Belden

Civil Engineer

Giuliani + Kull