Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, Amber Drive Development
Goal: Developing circular solutions which create greater equity, sustainability and enduring affordable home ownership opportunities that can be replicated across projects in every community.
Project: Amber Drive, eight-home development which received the Golden Nugget award--the prestigious Residential Design Award, presented by the California Building Industry Association.
Statement: My work on the Interiors of this project via Grange Home involved the development of an innovative approach to how we could bring elevated, enduring and equitable finishes to these eight homes while still managing the budgets that were more inline with lower end product.
Building harmony between the new families, their homes and the neighborhood was an important aspect of this project and crafting partnerships that extended budgets was essential in order to do so.
Utilizing donated sample lines we added a heightened sense of personalization to the project by designing individual spaces which utilized the one-of fixtures. One might argue that this created more work via labor to assort these individual designs. However, when you balanced the cost savings from donations vs the time spent designing Interior Finish Schedules, the savings came out on top.
Finding ways of shifting our perspective on building systems that extend value, equity and sustainability as well as shifting products that may otherwise be bound for landfill was the guiding force behind our efforts. Designing award winning, BEAUTIFUL affordable home ownership opportunities that endure was an added benefit and one I'll proudly accept.
Golden Nugget Awards, see complete list of winners.
